Tag: banking

Westpac Banking Corp on Monday became the latest Australian firm to retreat from the life insurance sector, as it agreed to an A$900 million ($660 million) sale of its domestic unit to Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo handed the Olympic flag over to Paris as organisers breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the strangest Games in living memory. Although not without its problems, most notably the absence of ... ( read original story ...)

From the Olympic flame to athletes’ buses, the fuel’s performance fell short of expectations, but the country remains committed to its future ... ( read original story ...)

Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.33%. The ... ( read original story ...)

Whether it was in Russian, Spanish, English or other languages, athletes in Tokyo showed striking willingness to acknowledge their mental health woes. ( read original story ...)

Here, the PA news agency looks at the moments to forget from the Japanese capital. Even the most spectacular performances have not been able to make up for the fact these Olympics have been held ... ( read original story ...)

As the curtain falls on Tokyo’s Olympics, delayed and curtailed by the coronavirus, Japan’s athletes can chalk it up as a triumph, having bagged more gold medals than ever before. For Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have soared this week, with bitcoin nearing $50,000 per bitcoin for the first time since ... ( read original story ...)

Dogecoin, the tongue-in-cheek meme-based cryptocurrency that exploded into the crypto top ten this year, has added 25% to its price this ... ( read original story ...)

Windlas Biotech IPO was fully subscribed on Day 1. Windlas Biotech’s IPO has been subscribed 13.23 times so far on the final day of subscription. The Rs 401.5 crore IPO of Windl ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, Foxconn -- assembler for number four Apple -- will post earnings and make a play for the fast growing electric vehicle market. But entering a new industry is fraught with peril, as Foxconn ... ( read original story ...)

On Thursday, the Senate Chamber heard what was likely new vocabulary as three U.S. Senators sought to help explain what cryptocurrency and blockchain technology was during debate over the ... ( read original story ...)

Like the internet in the early 1990s, the crypto sector is still in its infancy. We don't know what a flash-in-the-pan will be ( Google Reader, anyone?) and what will become fundamental to our lives, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.33%. The best ... ( read original story ...)

Half of the issue size has been reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), 35 per cent for retail investors and the remaining 15 per cent for non-institutional investors. ( read original story ...)

He basically said, ‘You know, you’re silver medalists.’ Alvarez and the U.S. baseball team accepted their Olympic silver medals after losing the championship game 2-0 against Japan on Saturday night, ... ( read original story ...)