A note to La Texican. The Japanese suicide rate may have something to do with the severe 10+ year recession over there. They had a serious bank problem (sound familiar) and Japan never reoovered to the boom 80s, competition from Korea, now Vietnam, China, Inda.

Japan is the size of CA and has 100 million people. You work hard, you get educated, and then suddenly the opportunities dry up. Not coming back. Doesn't mean you have some improvements in the economy but they won't be a leader for a long time. Something people do not expect to happen here. But I do. CNBC just interviewed a company that got lean after 2008. They are now back to 2008 revenue numbers with 10% less people and the CEO said that he would have to do muliples better before they hired back to 2008 levels. So the economy returns, the jobs don't.

Ren

Ren