Western Digital Corp is in advanced talks for a potential $20 billion stock merger with Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings Corp, according to a person familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
Airborne Capital and Mercuria Investment Group agree aviation finance joint venture in Japan
Airborne Capital Limited ("Airborne") and Mercuria Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Mercuria") are pleased to announce the agreement, ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto-Savvy U.S. Senator Sees the Future in Wyoming
Cynthia Lummis wants the federal government to follow her state’s regulation-lite approach to digital currencies. ( read original story ...)
Western Digital-Kioxia In Talks to Create Chipmaker Giant
Western Digital is in advanced talks for a possible $20 billion stock merger with Japanese chipmaker and partner Kioxia, a person familiar with the matter said, a move that would create a NAND memory ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Keeps Economic View Intact, Bleaker on Outlook Due to COVID
Japan's government maintained its economic assessment for a fourth straight month in August but offered a slightly bleaker view on the outlook than in July, as a resurgence in COVID-19 infections ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei eases as investors await Jackson Hole symposium
Japan's Nikkei slipped on Thursday as market participants stayed away from making big bets ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium this week, with investor sentiment also weighed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s fiscal 2022 budget requests expected to top ¥110 trillion for first time
Interest payments and other debt-servicing costs will surge 27.3% to a record ¥30.24 trillion under the new budget, the sources said, citing the ministry's estimate. ( read original story ...)
Cardano launches in Japan
By meeting Japan’s tight rules the project, Cardano has unlocked a special status – appearing for the time to being regulator-proof. Japan’s cryptocurrency and digital asset licencing regime comes as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei edges higher on transport stocks boost
Japan's Nikkei index inched higher in choppy trade on Thursday, boosted by transport shares and Wall Street's overnight jump, although the gains were capped by uncertainties around the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service prices sustain rise as demand weathers COVID hit
The prices Japanese companies charge each other for services rose for a fifth straight month in July, data showed on Thursday, a sign the economy was holding up despite the hit from a resurgence in ... ( read original story ...)
Data Reveals Bitcoin And Crypto Market ‘Driving Force’ Could Be About To Return As The Price Of Ethereum, Cardano And BNB Surges
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have rallied over the last month, with bitcoin this week breaking above $50,000 for the first time since May. ( read original story ...)
The real victims of mass crypto-hacks that keep happening
Chris describes himself as "a small crypto-holder from Austria" and is one of many victims of a hack attack on cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global last week. The company has insisted it will pay all ... ( read original story ...)
Want To Buy Crypto? Check Out The Top Movers For Today
Do you want to learn more about trading and be able to analyze your own portfolio of stocks or cryptocurrencies? Consider signing up for Benzinga Pro. Benzinga Pro gives you up to date news and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s budget requests hit record as COVID cost accumulates -Nikkei
Japan is expected to see combined budget requests from government ministers for next the fiscal year hit a record exceeding $1 trillion as the cost to combat the COVID-19 pandemic accumulates, the ... ( read original story ...)
The gold and crypto-fueled supercycle is here
Savvy investors must now bring their funds locked away in banks and low-yielding traditional asset classes and make the move to the future. ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Xi’s leftward shift to a socialist China is for real
He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize for international reporting. TOKYO -- One ... ( read original story ...)