Tag: finance

JAPAN, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organization, NHK, today announced it will present a collection of premiere and encore pr ... ( read original story ...)

Investors in new funding round include Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and funds managed by BlackRock. ( read original story ...)

FTX has raised over $420 million in its latest funding round, putting its market valuation at $25 billion. The fundraising drew in 69 participants, including investors from Sequoia Capital, Temasek ... ( read original story ...)

The shared-office company has closed locations, renegotiated leases and cut thousands of jobs to reduce expenses during the Covid-19 pandemic. A planned IPO in 2019 fell apart. ( read original story ...)

Bank of America's digital asset strategists believe the crypto market has become "too large to ignore," but "we are still in the early innings." ... ( read original story ...)

There are more than 370,000 foreign nationals who cannot enter Japan despite having precertification for residence status as of Oct. 1 due to border controls aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, ... ( read original story ...)

Top U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology is in talks with governments over expanding its manufacturing footprint in Japan, Europe and elsewhere as part of a $150 billion, 10-year investment plan, a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average fell nearly 2% on Thursday, weighed down by fresh fears around China Evergrande Group, concerns ahead of a general election and worries over the impact of rising costs on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.87%. The best ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-listed shares of China Evergrande Group returned to trade on Thursday following a more than two week halt that started in early October. ( read original story ...)

Optimism about digital assets stoked by Bitcoin’s run to a record high has helped push the overall value of cryptocurrencies to an all-time peak of more than $2.7 trillion. ( read original story ...)

Shinsei Bank on Thursday decided to reject a tender offer from major online financial group SBI Holdings Inc., opening the door to a rare hostile takeover bid in the Japanese financial sector. The ... ( read original story ...)

In its Financial System Report published on Thursday, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said that Japan's financial system is stable as a whole though pandemic is having a big impact on the economy and finance. ( read original story ...)

Australia needs to introduce new regulations for digital asset miners, such as tax discounts and a licensing regime for crypto exchanges, a Senate report said. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin has climbed to its latest high atop a tide of pandemic-era liquidity, speculative bets and expectations of wider adoption by institutional investors. ( read original story ...)

A Republican member of the Securities and Exchange Commission criticized the agency’s approach to regulating the cryptocurrency industry, which Chairman Gary Gensler, a Democrat, has likened to the ... ( read original story ...)