The Nikkei 225 Stock Average Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 225 top rated companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a price-weighted index. The Nikkei 225 has a base value of 176.21 as of ... ( read original story ...)
Stabbing at Umeda bakery leaves 1 injured
Osaka police arrested a 22-year-old male employee at a bakery at Hanshin Umeda Station in the stabbing of a female colleague on Friday (TBS News) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a male employee of a bakery in the stabbing of a female ... ( read original story ...)
Automotive and Industrial Companies Could Unlock $1 Billion in Revenue: Accenture
based in Osaka, Japan “While these leaders each have unique business strategies, they’ve all prioritised the three competitiveness dimensions. They are investing for growth in new digital capabilities, focusing on cost and implementing tighter ... ( read original story ...)
GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation Launch $1 Billion New Technology Engine Leasing Initiative
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation announced today the launch of a new technology engine financing initiative focusing on a select group of new technology jet engines. GA Telesis has been an industry ... ( read original story ...)
Firefighters battle blaze at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fishmarket, world’s biggest
Firefighters operate at the fire site at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo Thomson Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Dozens of firefighters battled a major blaze on Thursday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fishmarket, the world's largest and one of the capital's most ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Central Bank Chief Deserves a Second Term
Donald Trump isn't the only leader with a big economic hire to make. His Mar-a-Lago golf partner, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has to decide whether to reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan. Kuroda's term expires next April, two ... ( read original story ...)
Yanking the Bank of Japan’s Chain
Based on the simple reflection that arithmetic is more than just an abstraction, we offer a modest observation. The social safety nets of industrialized economies, including the United States, have frayed at the edges. Soon the safety net’s fabric ... ( read original story ...)
BoJ’s Upbeat Take on Easing Is Dangerous, Former Board Member Says
The Bank of Japan is adding to the risks of its aggressive monetary easing policies by discussing only their potential upside, according to recently departed board member Takahide Kiuchi. “Communicating only bullish confidence about the positives is a ... ( read original story ...)
Government steps in to guide ‘rudderless’ Toshiba chip sale
banking advisers involved in the auction and one of the company’s biggest lenders, comes as key figures say progress on the auction has ground to a “slow crawl” and may fizzle altogether. In recent weeks, say the same people, the Japanese government ... ( read original story ...)
Blackwater guard gets new trial for 2007 Baghdad massacre
Chinese navy helps USA hunt for missing marine in disputed seas Japan Standard Time, or around 3 a.m. "I offer ... but "It's a big part", he said. Punjab National Bank's Q1 net at Rs 343 crore; provisions decline Advances also increased by 2.08% at Rs ... ( read original story ...)
Another strong month of hiring sends stock indexes higher
Bank of America climbed 61 cents ... The British FTSE 100 gained 0.5 per cent. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.4 per cent while South Korea's Kospi added 0.4 per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index edged up 0.1 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Let’s not get carried away by the return in economic growth
Since its 1992 banking crisis, Japan has suffered several false starts. There were recoveries in 1995-96 and again in 2000 and 2010; but they tended to be cut short by the failure to write down bad debt (the so-called zombie loans), several premature ... ( read original story ...)
Trump begins 17-day “working vacation” at N.J. golf club
Two pharmaceutical firms – U.K.-based Mallinckrodt and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo – launched major operations ... The otherwise sleepy Bedminster has three limousine companies, a boutique bank and wealth management firm, and roughly as many caterers ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Marks Hiroshima Anniversary, With North Korea on Its Mind
But there was no hiding the tensions straining Japan’s postwar pacifism, as fears over the fast-advancing nuclear program in neighboring North Korea — and political disagreements over how to respond — rose jarringly to the surface. At a news ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese equities lag behind in Asia with Abe risk casting cloud
While the Bank of Japan is unlikely to tighten monetary policy before Abe’s handpicked governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, departs in April, no new stimulus is projected by economists. Corporate profits slipped from record levels this year, with gains in the yen ... ( read original story ...)
Global Retail Banking Industry Analysis 2016, Trends and Forecast Report
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