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SUMITOMO MITSUI

BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2014
Sumitomo Mitsui reportedly to hire four ex-UBS employees for equities
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will hire four former UBS AG employees to expand its Japan equity business, according to a source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2014
SMBC angles for housing units for seniors before health care REIT IPO
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is seeking to buy about ¥10 billion in senior housing properties before taking its health-care real estate investment trust public.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui may resume JGB buys once inflation picks up
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the biggest seller of Japanese government bonds among the nation's three biggest banks, may start buying again once inflation picks up, President Koichi Miyata said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui to buy U.S. rail car lease firm
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has agreed to buy railroad car-leasing company Flagship Rail Services LLC from a unit of Perella Weinberg Partners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2013
Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho bump up profit goals
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. raised their full-year profit goals after the economic revival spurred lending and an equity rally boosted fees and the value of their shareholdings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2013
Mizuho has more loans to the mob
Mizuho Bank has outstanding loans to yakuza and other antisocial elements apart from car loans extended through its affiliate credit company, Orient Corp., President Yau00adsuu00adhiu00adro Sau00adto tells the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui affiliate may have extended loans to crime groups
Loans screened by a credit company under Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group are suspected to have been extended to people linked to organized crime and other antisocial forces, Sumitomo Mitsui President Koichi Miyata says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2013
Japan credit card sales seen accelerating on stock rally
Japanese credit card transactions will accelerate this year as rising stock prices boost consumer confidence and spending, according to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s card unit.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 27, 2013
Three top banks to bump up mortgage rates in July
Three major banks are considering hiking their housing loan rates more in July as record-low long-term interest rates continue to edge up, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2013
SMBC lender to up China branches
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s consumer loan unit plans to open as many as four China offices in the next two to three years, more than doubling the number to tap demand in the world's second-largest economy.
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Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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