The dollar-denominated Nikkei share average rose above its peak hit in 1989 to a record high on Friday, supported by hopes of larger U.S. economic stimulus after Democrats regained the narrow control ... ( read original story ...)
Broker Touts Exotic Bitcoin Bet to Wring Income From Crypto
As cryptocurrency pushes into mainstream finance and attracts billionaire tycoons, one U.K. brokerage is offering the merely wealthy a potentially safer way to play Bitcoin. The price: giving up any ... ( read original story ...)
JTEC CORPORATION
with effective date on March 30.Says the Osaka-based unit will be dissolved after merger . JTEC announces IPO on TSE Mothers on Feb. 28 Feb 1 (Reuters) - JTEC Corp :Says its stock will ... ( read original story ...)
Sensex ends 192 points lower, Nifty below 11,800
Airtel Africa, a unit of Bharti Airtel Ltd , last week set a price range of 80 to 100 pence per share for its IPO. Here's more on ... looked to the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan this weekend for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga Risks More Economic Pain if Limited Emergency Fails
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s bet that a less-stringent state of emergency will limit the economic damage of virus containment runs the risk of compounding the pain if it proves ... ( read original story ...)
Atsushi Sugita Succeeds Koichi Takagi as President & CEO of Maruho
PRNewswire/ -- Maruho Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Maruho”), based in Osaka, Japan, announced that its Board of Directors has named Atsushi Sugita Representative Director, President & CEO, effective ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchange Bakkt Nears Merger With Victory Park SPAC
Bakkt, the cryptocurrency platform majority owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc., is in advanced talks to go public through a merger with blank-check firm VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, according ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Son poised for another IPO windfall
Son (pic) started last year under a cloud after the meltdown at WeWork, then saw his shares plunge with the coronavirus pandemic and a loss of almost US$18bil at SoftBank’s Vision Fund. TOKYO: ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei hits fresh 30-year high on US stimulus bets
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese stocks surged on Friday to a 30-year peak as optimism about further fiscal stimulus under incoming U.S. President Joe Biden and an improving outlook for semiconductor ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister expects state of emergency to affect economy in first quarter
Japan's state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the economy in the January-March quarter, but it is too early to predict what will happen beyond that, Finance Minister Taro Aso said ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stocks Set to Rise as Wall Street Continues to Sail to Record Highs
Stocks on Wall Street rose to all-time highs overnight after Congress confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin spikes 12% and breaks $40,000 for the first time, pushing the market value of crypto above $1 trillion
The value of the entire crypto market is now larger than the economy of Switzerland, as Bitcoin tops $37,000 and Ethereum touches two-year highs. ( read original story ...)
Banking software start-up Mambu raises $135 million at a $2.1 billion valuation
Mambu sells software to banks both big and small to help them develop their own digital banking platforms. The company said its valuation rose to 1.7 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in a 110 million euro ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto market cap surges above $1 trillion for first time
The total market value of all cryptocurrencies rose above $1 trillion for the first time on Thursday as Bitcoin surged to a record high, according to data by crypto coin trackers CoinMarketCap and ... ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Market Is Now Worth More Than $1 Trillion for the First Time as Bitcoin Hits Record Above $38,000
The entire crypto market is now worth roughly half of what Apple is and more than the entire economy of Switzerland. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin, crypto market reach new highs
Bitcoin early Thursday hit a record-high $38,080, pushing the cryptocurrency market above $1 trillion for the first time in history. ( read original story ...)