Japan posted a record deficit in January as rebounding exports lagged behind surging imports of crude oil and gas due to rising prices and the weakening yen.
Contract electronics manufacture would set a precendent at a large company in China, where labor unions are usually controlled by management and local government.
An estimated $482 billion of loans to local governments rolled over, a indication of the scale of the challenge China faces in working off its debt load from the post-2008 stimulus.
