Japan Inc forced to tap banks
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081208/2008_12_07t232923_450x334_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=GvKMw1Gwd_jrydLYo_7tpg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A man wipes his eyes after watching a stock index board outside of a brokerage in Tokyo, December 2, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081208/bs_nm/us_financial)Reuters - Japan's commercial paper market shrank at its fastest pace in two years in November as the global credit crunch squeezed companies' access to debt, forcing them to turn to bank lending, while Australia doled out cash to keep its consumers spending.</p><br clear="all"/>
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