Results for trading companies and distributors: 242

* Stock falls as much as 9.5 pct to record low of 86 yen * Follows pension cut requests, news Mitsui sold shares * Slide reflects worries JAL could go bankrupt-analyst TOKYO, Nov 24 -...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 - Malaysian air cargo operator Transmile Group said on Thursday it would not sell its aircraft maintenance unit to national carrier Malaysian Airline as the letter of intent had expired. "However,...

TOKYO, Nov 12 - Japanese wholesale prices fell 6.7 percent in the year to October, more than a median estimate for a 6.0 percent annual decline, Bank of Japan data showed on Thursday. The pace...

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 - U.S. wholesalers continued liquidating their inventories in September, with stocks falling for the 13th consecutive month and sales increasing for the 5th straight month, Commerce Department Data showed on Friday. The...

* Commodities, equities derivatives business to halt trade * Regulator says trader tried to fix share price * BNP failed to properly respond to earlier punishment - FSA * Shares up 2.7 percent in Paris...

* Temporary halt in commods, equities derivatives business * Regulator says trader tried to fix share price * BNP failed to properly respond to earlier punishment - FSA (Adds details of violations, background, byline) TOKYO,...

TOKYO, Oct 23 - Japan's financial regulator ordered the local brokerage of French bank BNP Paribas to halt business at its equities and commodities derivatives division for two weeks for manipulating stock prices and providing...

Oct 23 - Three months to Sept 30, 2009 Q3 2009 Q3 2008 Net Profit 145.4 122.6 Operating Profit 166.8 148.2 Revenue 2,756.1 2,519.6 Note: Lotte Shopping Co <023530.KS> is South Korea's second-largest retailer by...

TOKYO, Oct 22 - Japanese trading house Itochu Corp said on Thursday it would take a 3 percent stake in retailer Uny Co Ltd, with which it plans to team up in opening stores in...

DHAKA, Oct 21 - Bangladeshi garment exporters hope business in 2009-10 will match last year's exports of $12.35 billion but the global economic slowdown means previous rapid growth will be halted, an industry leader said...