BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 30, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

No Honeymoon


Nasdaq Japan is plagued by a raft of problems

-- The global slide in high-tech shares is sapping interest in new companies

-- Low trading volume in most shares keeps out institutional investors

-- Japanese law forces companies to issue shares at prohibitively high prices

-- The exchange is viewed as a pipeline for Softbank subsidiaries

-- Fewer blue chips are spinning off their tech units


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