Nikkei falls to 4-month low after North Korea fires missile

TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a near four-month low on Tuesday morning as sentiment was soured after North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan earlier in the day. In early trade, the Nikkei opened down 0.7 percent and ... ( read original story ...)

Sri-Kumar Says Japan’s Issues Are Domestic

Aug.28 -- Komal Sri-Kumar, president at Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, discusses the outlook for Japan’s economy and progress of Bank of Japan monetary policy. He speaks with David Gura on "Bloomberg Surveillance." ( read original story ...)

Cashing Out of Unicorns Gets Hard

A “direct listing” is not an IPO. It bypasses underwriters and their hefty fees and ... and opportunities that catch his eye in the US, Europe, Japan, and occasionally China. WOLF STREET is the successor to his first platform… TP-Title-7-small ... ( read original story ...)

The Rise Of The Founder-CEO Firms

According to Ovidiu Patrascu, Sustainable Investment Analyst at Schroders, the tendency is more common among initial public offerings (IPO) with 30% of the companies ... followed by China (8%), Japan (7%) and Europe (6%), and the majority operate in ... ( read original story ...)

Founders lead growing proportion of listed companies

“As a result, it is increasingly likely that the founder will still be in charge by the time IPO scale is reached ... followed by China (8%), Japan (7%) and Europe (6%), and the majority operate in the technology, pharmaceuticals and retail ... ( read original story ...)

DB11 drives Aston Martin back into black in first half of year

They have a whole raft of possibilities, of which one is an IPO," he told Reuters ... has ploughed resources into boosting its market share in the United States and Japan since the June 23 referendum last year to mitigate against any risks around the ... ( read original story ...)

Under pressure

The consortium also includes US private equity firm KKR as well as the state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan and the Development Bank ... the Warsaw Stock Exchange following a successful IPO. * Excellent quarterly results from USA ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei eases, insurers skid on Harvey impact fears

TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday, as investors assessed the impact of a weaker dollar following a central bank conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as the damage from Tropical Storm Harvey. Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan in talks to export defense aircraft to UAE

TOKYO -- Japan could be on the verge of exporting its first piece of finished defense equipment. The government is considering sales of the Air Self-Defense Force's latest transport aircraft, the C-2, to the United Arab Emirates, The Nikkei learned on ... ( read original story ...)

Killer robots: Labor-saving tech may bust Japan’s jobs boom

Robots could perform 30% of roughly 2,000 unique job activities humans are paid to do, joint research by The Nikkei and the Financial Times shows. In Japan, that share tops 50%. Recruit Works Institute, part of Tokyo-based Recruit Holdings, estimates that ... ( read original story ...)