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Japanese Firms, Flush With Cash, Step Up Deals

3 points by rbc 18y ago

rbc 18y ago
My apologies to anyone who doesn't have a WSJ account. It's an interesting story given the current VC environment in the US.
- natrius 18y ago
  1. Add ?mod=googlenews_wsj to the end of the URL. 2. Copy URL. 3. Go to news.google.com and use Firebug to replace a link's href with your copied URL or make a new link. 4. Click link. There's probably a better way.
  - Retric 18y ago
    Paste:"Japanese Firms, Flush With Cash, Step Up Deals " into Google news, click link.
    - pg 18y ago
      I tried changing the url of the link here to that, but alas the WSJ seems to check the referrer. (Could a plugin change the referrer?)
      - kirubakaran 18y ago
        http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1999 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1999
      - tc 18y ago
        Yes, this works reliably: http://refspoof.mozdev.org/ http://refspoof.mozdev.org/
patio11 18y ago
True in my little slice of Japan, too. I work in Nagoya, The Town Toyota Built. People don't always understand when I say this, but I don't work for Toyota to the extent that anyone in Nagoya can be said not to work for Toyota. Here's an example of how that works: 1) American car industry goes nearly bankrupt 2) Company supporting American car industry downsizes a plant. 3) A company supplying Toyota seizes the opportunity to expand to a new location and begins plans to integrate it into the Toyota borg 4) This includes them needing logistical support so a different company in the Toyota borg needs to open a new office in a middle American state 5) The new office needs software services and would prefer to get them locally but with people their managers can work with 6) My employers start making plans for our third American office I appreciate your discretion in not asking me to name names. When assets are available at fire sale prices, and you're holding a lot of cash, life is pretty sweet. (I've been plowing all the yen I can spare into investments, too. Of course I'm not a market timer so I'm always doing that but this appears to be one of the seasons which proves why the strategy works.)

3 points by rbc 18y ago

rbc 18y ago

My apologies to anyone who doesn't have a WSJ account. It's an interesting story given the current VC environment in the US.

natrius 18y ago
1. Add ?mod=googlenews_wsj to the end of the URL. 2. Copy URL. 3. Go to news.google.com and use Firebug to replace a link's href with your copied URL or make a new link. 4. Click link. There's probably a better way.
- Retric 18y ago
  Paste:"Japanese Firms, Flush With Cash, Step Up Deals " into Google news, click link.
  - pg 18y ago
    I tried changing the url of the link here to that, but alas the WSJ seems to check the referrer. (Could a plugin change the referrer?)
    - kirubakaran 18y ago
      http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1999 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1999
    - tc 18y ago
      Yes, this works reliably: http://refspoof.mozdev.org/ http://refspoof.mozdev.org/

patio11 18y ago

True in my little slice of Japan, too. I work in Nagoya, The Town Toyota Built. People don't always understand when I say this, but I don't work for Toyota to the extent that anyone in Nagoya can be said not to work for Toyota. Here's an example of how that works: 1) American car industry goes nearly bankrupt 2) Company supporting American car industry downsizes a plant. 3) A company supplying Toyota seizes the opportunity to expand to a new location and begins plans to integrate it into the Toyota borg 4) This includes them needing logistical support so a different company in the Toyota borg needs to open a new office in a middle American state 5) The new office needs software services and would prefer to get them locally but with people their managers can work with 6) My employers start making plans for our third American office I appreciate your discretion in not asking me to name names. When assets are available at fire sale prices, and you're holding a lot of cash, life is pretty sweet. (I've been plowing all the yen I can spare into investments, too. Of course I'm not a market timer so I'm always doing that but this appears to be one of the seasons which proves why the strategy works.)