Cryptocurrencies are soaring this year. Already, Bitcoin is up 98% to just over $57,000 as of the end of the day on Monday. That compares to a 30% gain by the S&P 500 Index during the same span. ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean battery material maker SKIET shares debut at double IPO price
SEOUL: South Korean battery material maker SK IE Technology (SKIET) saw its stock debut on Tuesday (May 11) at double its initial public offering ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-SKIET shares plunge after debuting at double IPO price
Battery material maker SK IE Co Ltd (SKIET) saw its stock drop on Tuesday, after debuting at double the price set during an initial public offering (IPO) which set a South Korean record for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 falls 2.2% after U.S. stocks decline overnight
U.S. markets fell overnight as investors exited Big Tech stocks including Microsoft and Apple. The Nasdaq composite suffered the largest loss, falling by 2.5%. ( read original story ...)
Two Japanese regional banks consider consolidating as margin pressures mount
Two regional banks in Japan's northern prefecture of Aomori said they were considering consolidating their businesses, joining a flurry of lenders seeking to survive amid narrowing margins from a ... ( read original story ...)
Bank Of Tokyo – Mitsubishi Ufj, Ltd Buys S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF, Sells iShares Core S&P …
New York, NY, based Investment company Bank Of Tokyo - Mitsubishi Ufj, Ltd (Current Portfolio) buys S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF, sells iShares Core S&P 500 ETF during the 3-months ended 2021Q1, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares open lower after Wall Street fall
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Tuesday following falls on Wall Street where high-tech shares were hit hard.About an hour into trade, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index was at 28,863. ( read original story ...)
Suga adviser under fire for downplaying COVID-19 situation in Japan
An economic adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga drew fire for downplaying the COVID-19 situation in Japan and dismissing calls t ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka ‘Not Sure’ Tokyo Olympics Should Go Ahead
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has said she is “not really sure" the delayed Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as the city battles a surge of coronavirus cases less than three months before the start ... ( read original story ...)
IOC’s Dick Pound says Tokyo Olympics to move ahead despite pandemic concerns
International Olympic Committe member Dick Pound gave an interview in the wake of IOC president Thomas Bach's cancelled trip to Japan due to surging COVID-19 cases, and he said the Tokyo Olympics are ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Basketballer Cambage says ‘I’m in’ for Tokyo after race furore
US-OLYMPICS-2020-BASKETBALL-AUSTRALIA-CAMBAGE:Olympics-Basketballer Cambage says 'I'm in' for Tokyo after race furore ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March household spending posts biggest monthly rise in 18 months
Japan's household spending posted its biggest monthly gain in 18 months in March, data showed on Tuesday, as consumer demand rebounded strongly from the heavy blow it took from the worsening impact of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average falls 2.00 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average falls 2.00 percent to 28,927.81 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix shed 1.51 percent to 1,922.75. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the ... ( read original story ...)
Seven-Eleven Japan Selects Google Cloud to Advance Competitive Data Cloud Strategy
Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across ... ( read original story ...)
Tokura to replace Nakanishi as Japan Business Federation chief in June
The Japan Business Federation said Monday that Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., will replace Hiroaki Nakanishi as ... ( read original story ...)
Ethereum’s ether pushes past $4,000 for the first time – and one crypto analyst who correctly predicted this level now expects it to hit $10,000
The second-largest cryptocurrency by market value topped $4,000 on Monday. The rise in its value may partly be driven by VanEck filing for a US ETF last week. Crypto analyst Megan Kaspar predicted the ... ( read original story ...)