From Bloomberg News

Japan’s exports fell at the slowest pace in a year in October as worldwide government spending spurred demand for the nation’s products, a Finance Ministry report showed today. That helped the trade surplus expand 42.7 percent from a year earlier to 1.4 trillion yen.

Other reports show the expansion may be weakening. Industrial production advanced at the slowest pace in eight months in October, wages slid for a 17th month, and consumer prices fell a near-record 2.2 percent.

Goldman Quant Chief Warns: Diversify Or Die
December 2, 2009

Quantitative hedge funds are going to have to expand their horizons if they want to make money, one of the top quants in the world said yesterday.

Speaking to his fellow quants at the Quant Invest 2009 conference in Paris, Robert Litterman, head of quantitative resources at Goldman Sachs, warned that traditional quantitative strategies have become too crowded.

Instinct Capital Unveils Japanese Event-Driven Hedge Fund
December 7, 2009 Article Here