300 lenders invest $748 bil. in top nuclear weapon producers: report

More than 300 financial institutions in the world invested a total of $748 billion in companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry in a two-year period through January, according to a report by an international nongovernmental organization.Of the 325 investors, eight are Japanese lenders with a total investment of $25.5 billion, says the Netherlands-based PAX. The eight include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.The 18 recipients, which PAX calls "the top 18 nuclear weapon producing companies," include Boeing Co. an…READ FULL ARTICLE