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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2022
Positive real yields may spell more trouble for U.S. stocks
A hawkish turn by the Federal Reserve is eroding a key support for U.S. stocks, as real yields climb into positive territory for the first time in two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 18, 2022
Global investors flee China fearing that risks eclipse rewards
A growing list of risks is turning China into a potential quagmire, with the central question being what could happen when the country goes to great lengths to achieve its leader's goals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2022
Toshiba’s talk of privatization leaves some analysts with doubts
Toshiba is in talks with financial institutions on a buyout plan that would be led by domestic investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2022
Japan SESC files more charges against SMBC Nikko and executives
SMBC Nikko said it sincerely apologizes for causing trouble and concern, and will cooperate with investigations and make efforts to regain trust.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2022
China’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens as new Shanghai cases top 26,000
Residents have been locked down for weeks now, with frustration building among the population as they struggle to get access to food and medical care.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022
European defense and energy stocks see boost as investors position for a new era
After initially plunging to 12-month lows, equities in the region have swiftly recovered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022
Musk's Twitter bet gins up meme stock hype
Musk's popularity with retail investors was one of the reasons why Twitter agreed this week to offer him a seat on its board of directors, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2022
It's almost time for the TSE's restructuring, but frustrations linger
Reforms set to be rolled out on Monday are intended to bring clarity to the roles of the exchange's segments, but critics say bloat is still a major issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2022
Xi battling distrust among global investors burned in China before and eyeing political risk
The government in Beijing showed little regard for those same investors last year when it unleashed a series of crackdowns on the country's most profitable companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022
Toyota plans ¥100 billion buyback with shares trending down
The firm said in a statement it was taking the current stock price into account and being 'more flexible” than ever in its implementation of buybacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022
Tokyo prosecutors to indict SMBC Nikko for alleged market manipulation: report
The move against the unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the country's No. 2 lender, will be a blow to one of Japan's biggest brokerages and its second-largest megabank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 20, 2022
Unlike Trump, Biden has stock market far down his priority list
There's no getting around the disparity between the styles of Joe Biden and Donald Trump when it comes to the intersection of markets and politics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2022
How a Columbia professor became the scourge of activist short sellers
Joshua Mitts, a young professor who is making some powerful enemies on Wall Street, has become an increasingly influential figure in the hot debate over activist short selling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 18, 2022
Nikkei posts biggest weekly gain in nearly two years
The benchmark ended higher on Friday and posted its biggest weekly gain in nearly two years amid caution over a five-day rally in local markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2022
Hong Kong mulls outlook for scandal-plagued GEM, once touted as Asia's Nasdaq
The city's scandal-plagued alternative listing platform has been brought to heel after a rash of scandals, culminating in a clampdown on 60 companies dubbed the 'nefarious network.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 17, 2022
After China avows market stability, investors want proof
China's top financial policymaker rescued stock markets from a bloodbath this week with a promise of stability, but plenty of investors reckon mere words will not restore lasting calm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 16, 2022
Scandal rocks Japanese finance as SMBC Nikko staff are arrested
The arrests are a sudden escalation of a situation that's been brewing since at least June, when the Financial Services Agency's enforcement arm raided SMBC Nikko's offices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2022
How to make sense of market forecasts in wartime
Trying to predict whether economic activity will rise or fall is almost impossible because what you're really trying to do is predict human behavior.

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