10 November 2008

Bank Failures in Japan

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America nd the run on HBOS in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan.

In the last few hours Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches.

Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.

Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.

Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

4 comments:

Ken Goto said...

Hey, Carly...long time no hear.
How are u doing?
What is this article??? Joke?
cause I have never ever heard these banks name? Anyway, I am glad you look very fine.
Shalom from Jerusalem

Carly and Wayne Mulqueen said...

Hi Ken!
Great to hear from you :)
Yeah, this blurb is a joke that my Nana forwarded to me... she loves playing with the English language.
How's everything going in Israel? What an amazing experience you must be having! Have you visited the Wailing Wall yet?
Shalom Carly

Ken Goto said...

I got it!
If this is translated into JPN, it would be so fun among Japanese.hahaha..
Yeah, I went to Western wall several times and there are so much atomospher of prayer through bunch of Jewish.
You and Wayne might as well come and visit here.

Anonymous said...

Okay, hey, it caught me off guard too until I thought hey wait a moment isn't it Sumitomo...then I realized ahhh Sumo, Sushi, Origami...sigh. It is funny!