- Automatic Data Profit Rises 7 Percent - Automatic Data Processing Inc., a leading provider of payroll and tax-filing services, Monday posted a 7 percent rise in profit for its latest quarter, citing strong sales momentum carried over from the second half of fiscal 2004.
- Nikkei Falls, LCD Component Makers Up - Japan's Nikkei average erased openinggains to fall 0.23 percent by midsession on Thursday, as buyinginspired by a firm dollar ran out of steam whileresource-related stocks extended recent falls.
- Japan: Climbing On The M&A Train - Two months ago most Japanese had never heard of Lehman Brothers Inc. Despite a presence in Tokyo dating from the early 1970s, the white-shoe investment bank had kept a low profile, with no history as a retail brokerage and only a few big mergers and acqu
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