Shinzo Abe, the politician who dragged Japan out of deflation and dressed up as Super Mario to promote the Tokyo Olympics, was assassinated in the street by a lone gunman on Friday. The bloody ... ( read original story ...)
How bad is the crypto market crash? Take a look at Coinbase
Coinbase is a case study of what happens to a crypto firm when the price of bitcoin and tokens fall — but it may weather the downturn. ( read original story ...)
Embattled crypto lender Celsius is a ‘fraud’ and ‘Ponzi scheme,’ lawsuit alleges
Celsius artificially inflated the price of its own digital coin, failed to hedge risk and engaged in activities that amounted to fraud, a lawsuit alleges. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei ends flat after ex-PM Shinzo Abe shot
Japan's Nikkei index shed most of its early gains to end flat on Friday after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. The Nikkei index closed ... ( read original story ...)
New UK finance minister deletes tweet erroneously saying Japan’s Abe had died
Britain's new finance minister Nadhim Zahawi sent his condolences on Friday to Japan in the mistaken belief that former prime minister Shinzo Abe had died after being shot by an attacker, although Abe ... ( read original story ...)
Nadhim Zahawi deletes tweet mistakenly claiming Japan’s Shinzo Abe has died
The finance ministry said the new Chancellor of the Exchequer had made a mistake and was expressing his reaction to a horrific incident ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-New UK finance minister expresses shock over Abe death, after earlier tweet error
Zahawi had earlier deleted a tweet in which he expressed his shock at Abe's death, before any update had been given on his condition. Japan's longest-serving leader died on Friday after being shot ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei loses some of its early gains after news of ex-PM Shinzo Abe being shot
By 0354 GMT, the Nikkei index had risen 0.5% to 26,631.72, after climbing as much as 1.4% earlier in the session. The broader Topix index had risen 0.58% to 1,893.43. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei pares gains, safe-haven yen rises after news ex-PM Abe shot
The Nikkei index was up 0.5% to 26,631.72, after climbing as much as 1.4% earlier in the session. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe shot while making election speech, in grave condition
TOKYO: Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK ... ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe shot while making election speech in Japan
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks give up some gains after reports that former PM Shinzo Abe was shot
Japan's stocks gave up some gains on reports that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gravely injured in an apparent shooting. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former prime minister Abe shot, in grave condition
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. ( read original story ...)
Economic Buzz: Japan Bank Lending Rise 1.3% In June
The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 1.3 percent on year in June, the Bank of Japan reported - standing at 585.069 trillion yen. That follows the 0.7 percent increase ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese govt bond yields rise after ex-PM Shinzo Abe’s shooting
Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Friday as Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning in the city of Nara, with reports saying Abe appeared to be in a state of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei tracks Wall Street higher as recession concerns ease
Japan's Nikkei rose on Friday, with heavyweight chip-related stocks tracking overnight Wall Street gains, after less hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials eased concerns about U.S. recession ... ( read original story ...)