INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS; Sumitomo to Take Loss To Settle U.S. Lawsuits
Published: May 9, 1998
The Sumitomo Corporation of Japan said yesterday that it would take an extraordinary loss of $150 million t READ MORE http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Former Copper Trader Gets 8 Years in Prison
Published: March 26, 1998
Yasuo Hamanaka, a former Sumitomo Corporation trader who once dominated the global copper market, was READ MORE http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...
Yasuo Hamanaka (浜中 泰男 Hamanaka Yasuo?) is a man who formerly was the chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corporation- one of the largest trading companies in Japan - and was al READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Hamanaka
Yasuo Hamanaka "Mr Copper" ends up in jail after efforts to manipulate copper market