Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382) (PINK:SVNDY) is a comprehensive distribution group that runs approximately 39,000 stores in 16 countries worldwide. Its businesses range from convenience stores, to general merchandise outlets, restaurants, department stores, banks, and IT businesses. 
Asian Activities Report for December 6, 2011 includes: DunAn (SHE:002011) has recently won the Greatest Growth Potential Award at the 2011 Reputation List of China Listed Companies event in China; Honghua Group Limited (HKG:0196) will form a joint venture company with Gansu Huateng Petroleum Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Seven Bank, Ltd. (JSD:8410) has received approval to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, December 26, 2011.
Seven Bank Limited (JSD:8410) (PINK:SEBNF) will launch an international money transfer service on March 22, 2011. The service allows customers to easily and conveniently send money from Seven Bank accounts for an affordable transfer charge to over 400,000 Western Union (NYSE:WU) locations in more than 200 countries across the globe.
Overnight US markets was higher, helped by the healthcare sector after Senate's initial procedural vote to advance a healthcare reform bill. Alcoa and Intel shares also led the top gainers while their investment ratings were upgraded.
Asian investors continued cautious trading on Thursday amid ongoing debt jitters. Most Asian shares reversed to positive territory after some small drops at opening. Yesterday bourses across the region were hit by a series of credit rating downgrade. Japan's Nikkei fell 1.3 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 1.4 per cent, and China's Shanghai Composite was down 1.7 per cent.
