Terrie's Job Tips -- What if Your Company Goes Bankrupt?

The last four weeks have created unimaginable fall-out in the financial markets, with the USA going from five major investment banking firms in March 2008 to none in September. Of these, Lehman Brothers was allowed to go bankrupt, Bear Sterns was sold off to J.P. Morgan Chase, and Merrill Lynch was sold to the Bank of America. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs substantially shored up their capital with outside investors as well as converting into fully regulated banks.

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TT-487 -- New Connections Between Cell Phones and Cancer? Ebiz news from Japan

With 3 billion users around the world, the strength of the global cell phone industry is phenomenal. With so many cell phone users in Japan, we look at the latest studies to find out cell phone radiation is doing to our bodies.

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GW-315 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

This week's Gadget Watch checks out the budget GHV-DV24SD camcorder, the beginner-friendly Pentax K-m DSLR, a handful of portable DVD players, and more.

JIN-483 -- Aso takes the lead role in the greatest (comedy) show on Earth

New PM Taro Aso takes over the reins but does he have what it takes to lose the general election? Read Now

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Staying Healthy, Part Seven – Natural Foods

Exercising out in the park yesterday, in the middle of a set of stretches, I realized that I had not addressed the issue of natural foods versus commercial supplements that are available in Japan and what they are good for. In my opinion, Japan is a treasure trove of healthy food and there is so much of it that people should be making pilgrimages here in a form of health tourism, much the same as expats from Tokyo go to Thailand to do high colonics (a body detoxification program). The following is just a smattering of my favorite Japanese healthy foods – in fact there is so much information on the subject that you could fill a book with the full spectrum available.

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TT-486 -- A Possible Solution for Tainted Food, ebiz news from Japan

With the tainted Chinese milk scandal sending shivers down the backs of the world's consumer market, we look at why China has been plagued with so many food scandals, and what Japan can do to counter it.

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GW-314 -- The Hottest Gizmos and Gadgets from Japan

This week's Gadget Watch is all over the place: a new type of DSLR, cheap big-screen monitors, an alternative audio player, TV for the bath, bigger small hard drives, and the Kitty Roomba.

MMW-125 -- New English site to bring Japanese music to the masses

This month's Music Media Watch takes a look at HearJapan, an English-language online music store dedicated to selling Japanese music. Also, a brief look at the case of the music companies monopoly on ringtones, as well as KDDI partnering with Yamaha to create a musical instrument/mobile phone plus other news.

JIN-482 -- Lehman collapse will test the safety of the Japanese economy

Japan's business leaders are shrugging off the severity of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and its aftershocks - so why worry? Read Now

Terrie's Job Tips -- Staying Healthy, Part Six – Getting and Staying Fit

It is a scientifically proven fact that regular exercise improves your immune system, stimulates the formation of new brain cells, reduces the likelihood of depression, conditions your heart and circulatory system, and endows you with general strength and stamina. Recently scientific journals have even discussed the possibility that regular exercise may slow down the progression of aging and prevalence to cancer, by altering levels of certain hormones, including sex hormones, and growth factors which can feed tumors and infections.

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