Japan's SBI Holdings Inc said on Friday it would take SBI Shinsei Bank private by launching a 154.2 billion yen ($1.14 billion) tender offer, at 2,800 yen per share.Shares in SBI Shinsei Bank touched ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank reportedly seeking to raise up to $10B via ARM IPO
SoftBank (OTCPK:SFTBY) is reportedly looking to raise up to $10B through a listing for its chip design unit ARM (ARMHF), which would make it the largest US initial public offering since Rivian's (RIVN ...
Tokyo police beefs up security ahead of G7 Hiroshima Summit
A week before the G7 meeting that is scheduled to start from May 19-21, Tokyo Police have strengthened security in the western city of Hiroshima, NHK World reported. At the international terminal of ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Nomura’s cleantech-focused co-head of investment banking to leave company
Nomura's co-head of global investment banking Jeff McDermott will exit this summer, a source close to the matter said and internal memo showed on Friday, departing just over three years after the ...
Want to buy a cheap house in rural Japan? This millennial farmer offers his advice
If you can't speak the language, you can't get along with your neighbors … communication is very difficult," said Lee Xian Jie. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin has climbed 65% this year despite crypto woes. Experts explain why.
Bitcoin has climbed 65% this year, far surpassing the S &P 500, which has jumped 7%. Even the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, has delivered just a quarter of bitcoin's gains.
Bitcoin falls to lowest level since March as thin liquidity, regulatory pressure hits crypto markets
Crypto markets face a number of issues including low liquidity, a crackdown on the industry from regulators in the U.S. and macroeconomic headwinds.
Drop in Binance’s Crypto Dominance Boosts Rival Exchanges Huobi and OKX
Crypto exchanges Huobi and OKX benefited after rival Binance curbed a zero-fee promotion and shed market share in the spot trading of digital assets, according to data from research company Kaiko.
SoftBank shares drop after its Vision Fund tech investment unit posts a $32 billion record loss
SoftBank's Vision Fund segment lost a record 4.3 trillion Japanese yen ($32 billion) for its fiscal year ending Mar. 31.
SoftBank Is Said to Pitch $10 Billion IPO of Chip Designer Arm
SoftBank Group Corp. has started testing investor appetite for an initial public offering of British chip designer Arm Ltd., which could raise as much as $10 billion, people with knowledge of the ...
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.90%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Transportation Equipment and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the ...
G7 finance ministers meet in Japan ahead of leaders summit
Finance ministers and central banks' chiefs are discussing a wide range of topics, including the US debt standoff and preventing Russian sanction evasion. Measures to counter China were also ...
G-7 meeting of finance ministers in Japan
South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho (L) meets with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on May 12, 2023, on the sidelines of a meeting of finance ministers ...
Japan G7 Finance
From left to right, Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank,German Finance Minister Christian ...
G-7 finance leaders gather in Japan
Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies meet in Japan to discuss global pressing financial issues. (May 12) ...
Japan’s Rakuten posts $564m Q1 loss on weak mobile business
Rakuten posted a January-March loss of 102.7 billion yen for the mobile business -- though that was narrower than in the same period a year earlier. ( read original story ...)