As the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant continues, some worry that radiation from the damaged reactors will reach U.S. shores. Dr. Edward Maher, president of the Health Physics Society, and an environmental sci…
Despite turbulent times, U.S. markets are rising again. But is this a temporary bump, or the return of a bull market? The sharp-eyed analysts of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs say its the latter, and their money is on strong …
Both a major buyer and processor of fish, Japan is an important link in the global seafood distribution chain. So the effects of the disaster — including the ruined ports, roads, fisheries and processing centers — have taken …
Not everyone is focusing on the down side of Japan’s triple disaster — tsunami, earthquake and nuclear catastrophe. Warren Buffett, for one, has faith in Japan’s economic prospects. The Nikkei surged as investors searched for …
Markets in Hong Kong and China climbed Monday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 1.7% to 22,685 and China’s Shanghai Composite Index inched up 0.1% to end the day at 2,909. Japanese markets were closed today, taking a much-neede…