Mitsubishi to buy $325 mln Aeon stake - sources December 6th, 2008 TOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Japan’s top trading firmMitsubishi Corp (8058.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) plans to buy a roughly 5 percent stakein retailer Aeon (8267.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) for more than $325 million, and thetwo will work together on foreign buying amid the economicdownturn, two company sources said on Saturday. Aeon Co, Japan’s No.2 retailer, is hurt by weak consumerappetite, and hop

NEW YORK -- Wall Street was on edge Friday as investors waited to learn how many jobs were lost as employers slashed their payrolls in November. Stock index futures were trading moderately lower.

by Adam Hamilton It's been a tough year for gold investors. Instead of soaring during the great fear and uncertainty of the global financial panic as most gold investors expected, gold got caught up in the selling. Thus it is down 7.3% year-to-date. This is far-better performance than virtually everything else, especially the S&P 500's 40.7% YTD loss. Nevertheless, the lack of a flight to gold in such dire conditions remains disappointing. Why didn't gold rally? Capital fleeing out of th

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Despite signs that several segments of credit continue to improve, namely in the mortgage-backed and investment grade corporate bond market, the rest of the complex remains hostage to nervous money and the accelerated flight to safety in December. U.S. Treasury bonds, the only asset in the world appreciating along with the dollar and the yen since mid-July, have skyrocketed in value since November 18. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury now fetches just 2.54% -- the lowest yield since