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FTSE 100 Live: Tesco sales up 8.8% as Travis Perkins warns on profit
Tesco’s latest sales update and a profit warning by Travis Perkins are among key developments in the City today.The FTSE 100 index is higher after US markets maintained their strong run last night on ...
Two Thai firms to light up SE Asia’s IPO market with listings worth US$2.5 billion: sources
TWO Thai companies aim to raise as much as US$2.5 billion combined from initial public offerings (IPO) on the Bangkok stock exchange, said two people with direct knowledge of the planned listings, ...
China is losing out to India and Japan as strained ties with US hurt deals, exit prospects for private equity funds, EY says
Private equity deal value in Greater China slumped 53 per cent in 2022, shrinking its share in Asia-Pacific to a nine-year low while India's cake expanded Funds are excited about values in Japan, ...
Bank of Japan’s Easy Money Pushes Yen Down
The currency Kazuo Ueda oversees has fallen considerably in the two months since he became Bank of Japan governor, but he isn’t hurrying to raise interest rates to prop it up. The yen fell as low as ...
Yen falls after BOJ stands pat; hawkish ECB and soft US data dent dollar
The yen lost ground after the Bank of Japan on Friday maintained ultra-low interest rates and its forecast that inflation will slow later this year - a dovish stance that runs counter to hawkish ...
Examining The Crypto Road Ahead: Will ECON Kill MiCA In Europe?
In a remarkable twist of events, the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has proposed alterations to the fundamental principles of the recently unveiled MiCA regulations,
Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street rally, Tokyo’s benchmark at 33-year high
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index closed at a 33-year high, advancing 0.7% to 33,706.08 after the Bank of Japan wrapped up a policy meeting by keeping its ultra-lax monetary stance unchanged, as expected. It ...
UPDATE 1-Japan’s finance minister says sharp forex moves are undesirable
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday, when asked about the yen's recent weakening, said sharp currency movements are undesirable.
Sapporo education board sacks teacher for leaking student info to media
The Sapporo Municipal Board of Education has dismissed a teacher at a public junior high school for leaking personal information on student ... ( read original story ...)
Old videos show typhoons that struck in 2018, not Typhoon Mawar’s impact on Japan in 2023
As Typhoon Mawar brought heavy rain to Japan in early June 2023, a compilation of clips was repeatedly shared in South Korean social media posts falsely claiming it showed the damage caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hopes to shore up Philippines’ defence amid Taiwan conflict fears
Japan is preparing military aid for the Philippines to help secure sea approaches and safeguard Taiwan's western flank, officials say, deepening security ties that could bring Japanese forces back there for the first time since World War Two. ( read original story ...)
All-you-can-eat Häagen Dazs among 200 other frozen foods at Osaka’s Chin! Suru Restaurant【Pics】
All in all there are some 150 types of frozen foods that can be zapped and eaten right away. And by the way, that Ice Cream freezer we saw before was pretty much just dedicated to Häagen Dazs. There ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rewrites sex crime laws in landmark move
Japan has passed laws that redefine rape and raise the age of consent in a landmark overhaul of sex crime laws.The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from "forcible sexual intercourse", ( read original story ...)
Japan redefines rape and raises age of consent in landmark move
Japan has passed laws that redefine rape and raise the age of consent in a landmark overhaul of sex crime laws. The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from "forcible sexual intercourse", aligning Japanese law's definition with other countries. ( read original story ...)
Japan to give Toyota $841 million support for domestic EV battery output
Japan will give Toyota up to $841 million in subsidies for the automaker's investment in domestic production of batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs), Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday. ( read original story ...)