By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Mar. 26--TOKYO -- U.S. investment firm Harris Associates L.P. has shed part of its shareholdings in Nikko Cordial Corp., a statement Harris submitted to the Japanese Finance Ministry showed Monday.

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Feb. 28--TOKYO -- U.S. investment firm Harris Associates L.P. has increased its equity stake in Nikko Cordial Corp. to 7.23 percent from an earlier level of 6.15 percent, the U.S. firm said in a report submitted Wednesday to the Finance Ministry.