Category: BUSINESS

Here's the press release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) (“Takeda”) and Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) (“Ariad”) today announced that they have entered into a definitive ... ( read original story ...)

Offer customer perks: Give customers an incentive to come back and spend more at your business, even it if means losing a few dollars. For example, Tokyo Smoke, a Toronto-based coffee, clothing and cannabis company, offers a $20-a-week all-you-can drink ... ( read original story ...)

Over 91 per cent (91.28) of the UK airport’s departing and arriving flights were on time in 2016, beating Japan’s Osaka airport (89.68 per cent) into second place, with Panama City (89.56 per cent) in third. Birmingham airport operated over 100,000 ... ( read original story ...)

A tweet targeting Toyota by the incoming U.S. president has spread a renewed “Trump shock” among Japanese political and business leaders. President-elect Donald Trump’s tweet blasted Toyota’s plans to make U.S.-bound cars in Mexico, threatening ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government defended Toyota Motor Corp on Friday ... the contribution of Japanese companies to U.S. employment. “We think the impact on business performance is limited,” Akira Kishimoto, a senior analyst at JPMorgan, said in a note. ( read original story ...)

The head of Barclays’ Japanese business has been questioned by British fraud investigators as part of its probe into Libor rigging, it has emerged, as a US judge called on authorities to prosecute individuals for foreign exchange market manipulation. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government hopes as many businesses as possible sign up for the Premium Friday policy. It already has won the support of Keidanren, a major business lobby in Japan, which encouraged 1,300 other businesses in a recent memo to follow suit. ( read original story ...)