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Aozora, others face FSA order to shape up

The Financial Services Agency may issue a business improvement order to Aozora Bank and two regional banks — Gifu Bank and the Bank of the Ryukyus — following sharp downgrades to their fiscal 2007 earnings forecasts, agency sources said Thursday. ... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Apr 24 2008

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