The Nikkei 225 index closed Friday at its lowest level since June 2003.(YUKI NAKAZATO/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN)
Yamato Life collapses amid falling stock prices
Yamato Life Insurance Co., a nearly century-old midsize insurer that tried to resuscitate its business by gambling on high-risk securities products, collapsed Friday due mainly to plunges in stock prices, officials said.(October 11) [more]
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