*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, October 4, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco cost cut goal said well short of target Tokyo Electric should double its cost-cutting plan if it expects to get help compensating victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, a government panel warns. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20111004a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Noda halts state housing complex Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda orders the suspension of a \10.5 billion apartment complex for civil servants as public wrath grows about the government's inability to shelter disaster victims in Tohoku. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20111004a2.html --- [BUSINESS NEWS] Biz confidence up but small firms lag: 'tankan' 'tankan': Major manufacturers are more confident about current business conditions but have not yet recovered their prequake optimism, the Bank of Japan's latest "tankan" survey says. 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