After the Tokyo Stock Exchange exposed its secrete strategic agreement with the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, the Japanese business newspaper, Nikkei reported Thursday that the world`s second largest stock exchange is expected to begin negotiating an agreement of cooperation with the commodity exchange in Chicago.

As some bad tech news from the U.S. came out, European indices and Japan?s took sharp dives that, according to some, threatened to wipe out all gains made on such stock exchanges in 2006 up to now. Home sales in some areas of the United States, meanwhile, are struggling as overpriced homes missed the boat of opportunity for a time when their listing prices might have gotten them sold right away.