- NBC Sports Bay Area
Kotsay details young A's closer Miller's ‘impressive' outing
Oakland A's manager Mark Kotsay remarks on his team's fight and resolve to split a four-game road series against the New York Yankees.Kotsay details young A's closer Miller's ‘impressive' outing originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
- BBC
Beavers back for the 'first time in 400 years'
Since arriving, the furry family has been hard at work felling trees and building dams.
- Reuters
JGB yields fall, futures rise as BOJ keeps bond buying steady
Japanese government bond futures rose in extended trading while bond yields declined and the yen plumbed fresh 34-year lows on Friday after the Bank of Japan confirmed that its bond purchase amounts would remain unchanged for now. Investors had been primed for a tapering of bond buying by the central bank after Jiji news agency reported overnight that policymakers would consider measures to reduce purchases at the two-day policy meeting that concluded in the early Tokyo afternoon. In the end the BOJ kept its target rate unchanged as expected but issued a simplified statement that removed a reference to buying JGBs at a pace of about 6 trillion yen ($38.3 billion) per month, leaving some doubts in market participants' minds about the fate of the bond-purchase program.
