Swiss say goodbye to banking secrecy

The first beneficiaries of the Swiss tilt towards banking transparency include mostly rich European countries as well as Australia, Japan, Canada, and South Korea. For developing countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and South Africa the process ... ( read original story ...)

Diverging central banks will power dollar in 2017

One factor is that America's economy is expanding faster than the European Union or Japan. But central banks also have a lot to do with it. After years of buying bonds in an effort to ease financial conditions and rekindle inflation, the Bank of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

In the world of internet banking, has everything gone mobile?

Here we address some key issues surrounding mobile versus desktop in relation to credit union internet banking. Mobile use demand is growing ... on computers in 10 countries including the US and Japan.” There is no doubt that trend has continued. ( read original story ...)

Japan in Rage Free Zone: Why?

Consumers like falling prices. Despite decades of Japanese central bank madness, Japanese consumers are actually happy. There is no conundrum. It is the ruling class wealthy and politicians that suffer from lack of inflation. Since Plender believes ... ( read original story ...)

Sensex gets off to a positive start, recovers 53 points

Brokers said mood turned buoyant, bolstered by a flurry of buying. They said, however, a weak trend in Asian shares ahead of Bank of Japan's last policy meeting for this year restricted the rise. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.18 per cent and Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

50 YEAR CLUB: Fuji Speedway

Soon, Japan would enter a golden age of motoring ... Mostly, though, all I could think about was the fact that the Daiichi banking was looming right behind us like some ghostly ancient monument lurking in the mist. Thirty degrees of banking doesn ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis: Rising star Naomi Osaka earns idol's praise

Naomi Osaka, who was voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016, takes the court against German Annika Beck this afternoon in the ASB Classic. Osaka turned heads last year, when she rocketed from outside the top 200 to 40 in the world, reaching the final in ... ( read original story ...)

Rising star Osaka earns idol's praise

Naomi Osaka, who was voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016, takes the court against German Annika Beck this afternoon in the ASB Classic. Osaka turned heads last year, when she rocketed from outside the top 200 to 40 in the world, reaching the final in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo shares fall by break on last trading day of year

Tokyo shares edged down Friday morning, on the final trading day of 2016, taking their downward lead from the US and a stronger yen. But shares in troubled Toshiba jumped following a three-day bloodletting in which investors dumped shares over a massive ... ( read original story ...)