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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020
Fund managers expect Japan top blue-chip M3 to extend 6,400% surge
Shares in M3 Inc., a spinoff from Sony Corp., are poised to climb further in the long run thanks to rising demand for online health care services, investors say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2020
Trillions of dollars in green recovery flashes amber in market rout
A lot rides on Joe Biden's climate change plan. Victory for the Democratic could take the global tally for environmentally friendly projects to as high as $7 trillion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2020
A bubble scarier than big tech is brewing in China
Much as Beijing has advocated investing in young hard-tech stocks, professionals are still apprehensive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2020
Colowide succeeds in hostile takeover bid for competitor Ootoya
Izakaya pub operator Colowide plans to replace more than half of the board at Ootoya, which had opposed the takeover bid amid concerns changes will lower food quality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2020
SoftBank’s big options bet tests investors' faith in Masayoshi Son
The firm's position has injected a jolt of uncertainty into the market, with questions about exposure and plans for future trading.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2020
SoftBank Corp. climbs on news it will join parent on Nikkei 225
Shares of companies such as Kakaku.com Inc. and Zozo Inc. that had been touted as possible Nikkei additions fell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes topping $6 billion in Japan's top five trading companies
Shares in the trading houses leaped on news of the foray, one of billionaire Warren Buffett's biggest in Asia's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 31, 2020
Japan stocks a buy for funds betting on Abenomics continuity
The central bank is going to continue with its current monetary easing to meet its objectives despite Abe's resignation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 31, 2020
Jack Ma’s Ant fuels tech IPO frenzy not seen since dot-com bubble
Jack Ma's Chinese financial titan aims to raise at least $30 billion in Hong Kong and Shanghai in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2020
SoftBank Group to sell $12.5 billion of stock in mobile wireless unit
Some 927 million shares of SoftBank Corp. will be sold via a global secondary offering, with the unit buying back up to 1.68 percent of its shares for about u00a5100 billion.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2020
Cyberattacks disrupt New Zealand's stock exchange for fourth day
New Zealand’s stock exchange suffered a fourth day of disruption on Friday as cyberattacks from abroad prevented trading.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 20, 2020
Apple's stock market value tops $2 trillion
Trailing are Microsoft and Amazon, each at about $1.6 trillion, followed by Google-owner Alphabet at just over $1 trillion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2020
Airbnb files confidentially for IPO as travel begins to rebound
The company began seeing signs of recovery in June, with bookings down only 30 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. activist fund sells most of its Sony stake
Third Point LLC was holding 675,000 shares in the Japanese electronics firm as of March 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020
SoftBank bets $3.9 billion on U.S. giants, from Amazon to Tesla
SoftBank is expanding investment activities from private startups to publicly traded equities at a time the biggest technology stocks are near record highs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 17, 2020
Major Toshiba stakeholder 3D Investment demands probe into annual shareholder vote
The incident is likely to raise fresh questions about the relationship between foreign investors, who make up 60 percent of Toshiba's shareholders, and the company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2020
Proxy fight between Ootoya and Colowide intensifies amid pandemic
In the takeover bid, Colowide plans to increase its stake in Ootoya to up to 51.32 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2020
SoftBank is targeting over ¥1 trillion in public investing
The group has been quietly amassing multibillion-dollar stakes in American Big Tech companies over the past few months, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020
Japan kept activist investor in limbo over key Toshiba vote, sources say
The news illustrates how Japan's tighter rules on foreign ownership may also be used to keep activist shareholders in check.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 7, 2020
Energy traders flock to Japan and its $136 billion 'dream' market
Power experts say the potential for price volatility and arbitrage in Japan are a trader's dream.

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