you were talking about metal stocks going up. same thing here. bhp billitan up. the hang seng up by 0.67%. shanghai, down 0.25%. the nikkei up by 1.5%. in tokyo, canon's stock price up by 5.77%. the tap neesz office equipmentmaker rico says it will slash thousands of jobs. the company will cut 10,000 jobs, 10% of the work force, as it launches a three-year restructuring process that sent the share price up. it usually does when they talk about getting rid of staff. ricoh up by 4.1% this year.