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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 1, 2021
The Reddit army bailout: Desperate companies get new lifelines
It’s the kind of rescue that the most indebted companies in America can only dream of: a fresh injection of cash that doesn’t hurt their already depressed stock price or load even more costly debt onto their balance sheet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2021
A tulip by another name? 'Gamestonk' and the case for investor caution
The likelihood that most of the losses from the rally in GameStop will come among the same group of retail investors who prodded it higher is leaving many on Wall Street baffled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 30, 2021
GameStop's 'Reddit rally' puts scrutiny on social media forums
Social media services restrict discussions about weapons, drugs and other illegal activity, but their rules do not specifically mention another lucrative regulated good: stocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2021
Trading curbs by Robinhood reverse GameStop rally, angering upstart traders
Investors claimed that the very apps that had democratized trading — Robinhood in particular — were now doing the bidding of Wall Street.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2021
GameStop's ‘French Revolution’ is a crypto-farce
If WallStreetBets is checkmate for old-school finance, then surely they'd want to win fair and square.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2021
Four things to know about the GameStop insanity
The stock moves come from a mix of traditional investing, rampant enthusiasm, stock-market mechanics and the belief that anyone can meme a fortune into existence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2021
Beyond Reddit, day traders turn social media platforms into squawk boxes
Thousands of 'amateur' investors congregate on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord, Clubhouse, Slack and other platforms to trade tips away from the public eye.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2021
‘Dumb money’ is on GameStop, and it’s beating Wall Street at its own game
Millions of amateur traders are collectively taking on some of Wall Street's most sophisticated investors — and, for the moment at least, they're winning.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jan 27, 2021
Japan stock rally defies foreign sales thanks to BOJ, banks
The key 225-issue Nikkei average advanced 16% in 2020 despite more than u00a56 trillion of foreign net selling in the cash and futures market, according to Japan Exchange Group data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 27, 2021
Short sellers crushed like never before as retail army charges in
Following a more than 350% surge this year alone, one hedge fund has already endured big losses on its bearish bet against the consumer electronics firm Gamestop.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2021
Pandemic-era central banking is creating bubbles everywhere
In 2020, cheap money, gushing in from the world's major central banks, inflated assets and reshaped how we save, invest and spend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2021
Shiseido in talks to sell personal-care business to CVC
The firm has been revamping its portfolio as the coronavirus pandemic has changed cosmetic and personal care routines, dealing a blow to beauty companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 20, 2021
Jack Ma emerges for first time since crackdown on Ant and Alibaba
While his location is unknown, Ma's emergence in a public forum may help quell persistent rumors about his fate while Beijing pursues investigations into online businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 13, 2021
SoftBank sells $2 billion in Uber stock as services recover
Uber's food delivery business has surged during the pandemic, making up for losses suffered by its ride-hailing service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2021
‘Full-blown mania’: U.S. stock market jackpot bells just keep ringing
Bull market could continue for weeks, if not months, without so much as even a little reversal. But bubble warnings are starting to blare from every corner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2021
Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person
The jump in Tesla's stock price further inflates a valuation light-years apart from other automakers on numerous metrics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021
NYSE just gave China Inc. one more reason to leave
The New York Stock Exchange said late Monday that it no longer intends to move forward with the delisting of China's three state-owned telecom operators.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 6, 2021
NYSE eyes reverting to original plan to delist major Chinese firms
The possibility that firms will be delisted means financial markets are likely to face further disruptions from Trump's crackdown on Chinese companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2021
NYSE scraps plan to delist Chinese telecom firms in ‘bizarre’ U-turn
A lack of clarity on why the exchange changed course left investors speculating over whether the move is something with broader geopolitical implications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2021
NYSE delisting of China’s top telecoms a symbolic blow as feud smolders on
Move follows order by U.S. President Donald Trump in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military.

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