The Hennessy Japan Fund (Trades, Portfolio) disclosed its trades for the second quarter last week. Managed by Masakazu Takeda and Yu Shimizu, the fund, which is part of California-based Hennessy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs $11 bil. current account surplus in May
Japan posted a current account surplus of 1.18 trillion yen ($11 billion) in May, marking the 71st straight month of black ink, gover ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y1,176.8 Billion Current Account Surplus
Disclaimer | Commerce Policy | Made In NYC | Stock quotes by finanzen.net (RTTNews) - Japan posted a current account surplus of 1,176.8 billion yen in May, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
U.S. New Cases Top 50,000; France Corrals Outbreak: Virus Update
U.S. daily coronavirus cases topped 50,000 for the first time ever with reopenings halted in areas including New York City and California. France said its outbreak was under control and that it’s able ... ( read original story ...)
WWE® Names Kristina Salen Chief Financial Officer
WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Kristina Salen as Chief Financial Officer reporting directly to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Is In Talks With The U.K., France & Other Potential Partners To Set Up A $20 Bln Fund To Jointly Buy Coronavirus Vaccine – Nikkei
JAPAN IS IN TALKS WITH THE U.K., FRANCE & OTHER POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO SET UP A $20 BILLION FUND TO JOINTLY BUY CORONAVIRUS VACCINE - NIKKEI * JAPAN, U.K, FRANCE, OTHER POTENTIAL NATIONS AIM TO ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to pool $20bn with Europe, Canada for vaccine-buying fund
TOKYO -- Japan is in talks with the U.K., France and other potential partners to set up a $20 billion fund to jointly buy coronavirus vaccine, Nikkei has learned. The nations aim to establish the ... ( read original story ...)
The Rolls-Royce Wraith Kryptos is the perfect gift for rich crypto nerds
Royce's new limited edition Wraith Kryptos is about to dig into the lucrative ultra-rich crypto nerd market. Assuming such a thing exists, of course. The Wraith Kryptos is more or less a regular Rolls ... ( read original story ...)
Secretive Data Analytics Company Palantir Files Confidentially for IPO
Palantir Technologies said on Monday that it had filed confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. That, in fact, is all that the notoriously secretive ... ( read original story ...)
Widow sues for info on suicide of husband, land sale to Moritomo
The widow of a Finance Ministry employee who committed suicide after being forced to falsify documents over a shady land deal sued the government for the immediate disclosure of records related to her ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls on record slump in household spending; SoftBank Group jumps
Japanese stocks ended lower on Tuesday after domestic household spending dropped at the fastest pace on record in May due to the coronavirus lockdown, although heavyweight SoftBank Group's sharp gains ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Household Spending Slumps by Record as Curbs Hit Travel, Dining Out
Japan's household spending fell at the fastest pace on record in May, as consumers heeded authorities' calls to stay home to contain the coronavirus pandemic, pushing the world's third-largest economy ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares fall as household spending slumps; SoftBank Group soars
Japanese shares edged lower on Tuesday after data showed that domestic household spending had dropped at the fastest pace on record in May during the coronavirus-led lockdown, pushing the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Japanese bond market shift spells stronger yen
Success lies in the eyes of the beholder. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is pursuing a policy of yield-curve control, which he defines as keeping 10-year government bond yields tethered near ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Express rolls on: Palantir files confidentially initial public offering
Today the company disclosed that it has confidentially submitted its S-1 registration form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Palantir was first reported to be working on an IPO June 11 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan must rethink excessive reliance on US security, says expert
In an interview with Nikkei, Hosoya, a professor of international politics at Keio University and a member of key government defense panels, outlined the security crossroads at which Japan now stands. ( read original story ...)