The world's largest initial public offering (IPO) will radically transform the way in which Saudi ... in addition to other flagship investors from China, Japan and South Korea. The Tadawul also announced the launch of its own independent clearing house ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam stock valuations seen as pricey after IPO binge
which compares with a rise of 1 percent in MSCI’s Asia ex-Japan index .MIAPJ0000PUS. Large Vietnamese companies - those valued at more than $1 billion - are on aggregate trading at 19 times estimated profits for the next 12 months, compared with 14.7 ... ( read original story ...)
$5.1 billion Slack has added 2 million more users as it battles Microsoft and ramps towards a possible IPO
Slack hasn't officially announced any plans to go public, but analysts expect that an IPO could happen sooner rather than later ... Austria has the most newly paid teams outside of the US Japan just passed the United Kingdom as its second biggest market ... ( read original story ...)
ARM said to be planning IPO on mainland market
ARM is seeking the domestic IPO through JV that is expected to get a special express pass for listing, Japanese media reported, citing sources familiar with the issue. Both ARM and Softbank were unavailable to comment on the issue today. The JV licenses ... ( read original story ...)
Job-hunting site Glassdoor sold to Japanese HR giant for $1.2 billion
a Japanese human resources company that owns other job sites including Indeed, is the purchaser, subject to regulatory approvals, Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman announced in a release and tweet. Ten-year-old Glassdoor, which was reportedly considering an IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Xiaomi Cuts IPO Valuation Target to $70 Billion to $80 Billion
Xiaomi—whose IPO is expected to be the world’s biggest by a tech company ... New York $3.9 Worldpay Group October 2015, London $3.8 Japan Display March 2014, Tokyo $3.1 First Data October 2015, New York $2.8 World Online International ( read original story ...)
Avast slices estimated IPO share price before market entry
Avast has reduced the price of its shares ahead of the firm's Initial Public Offering (IPO), an event expected to become one ... Canada, Russia, and Japan. The cybersecurity firm claims to prevent up to two billion attacks per month and offers ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan, China agree to launch defense hotline
The agreement concludes the countries’ decade-long negotiations on the communication mechanism, which had stalled after the island row escalated in 2012 when Tokyo nationalized the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China calls Diaoyu. ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
“The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia,” Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo, with Li and Moon standing on both sides, all wearing almost identical blue neckties. Abe said the three ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to co-operate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, Japan, China to enhance biz ties
Business lobby groups of South Korea, Japan and China agreed Wednesday to cooperate for an early signing of a trilateral free trade deal on the sidelines of the three-way summit held in Tokyo. In a joint declaration adopted in a trilateral business summit ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mobile Operators Launch RCS Services Based on GSMA Specifications
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GSMA today announced that Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on the GSMA’s specifications. The service, which is called ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Reaction To Israel Serving Its Prime Minister A Shoe With Chocolate
“I guess it could mean, “dosoku de fumikomuna*.” (*Note: I’d translate that as “Better mind your own business.”) “They really aren’t thinking about Japanese people.” “It has to have a message for Japan.” The Times of Israel ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | SoftBank confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to Walmart
TOKYO — The head of Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart. Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son did not give details in confirming ... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, Japanese abductees’ families push US to help secure their release
She never came. She had been kidnapped, and he’s never seen her since. “I have no memory [of her],” Iizuka told ABC News. His mother, Yaeko Taguchi, is one of several Japanese citizens allegedly abducted by North Korea in the 1970s to teach top North ... ( read original story ...)