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08.03 / 04:23

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Here's all you need to know about the week ahead in world markets from Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Kevin Buckland in Tokyo and Karin Strohecker, Dhara Ranasinghe and Alun John in London.

07.03 / 22:53

UPS economy wellness Trade President International Ministers from Japan and UK agree to promote free trade amid Trump tariff threats

Economy and foreign ministers of Japan and Britain agreed Friday to promote free and open international trade at their first “two-plus-two” dialogue on economy held in Tokyo amid growing concern about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats

05.03 / 04:43

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Many nations are facing weaker growth prospects and are saddled with high debt while supply chains have come under pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical developments, Georgieva said remotely from the US at an IMF event in Tokyo. “We also know trade is no longer the engine of global growth it used to be,” she said. “The new US administration is rapidly reshaping its policies on trade, taxation, public spending, deregulation and digital assets, and other governments are also recalibrating their approaches and adjusting their policies.”

05.03 / 01:27

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global selloff in markets. Equities opened lower in Sydney and mixed in Tokyo after mayhem on Tuesday that saw a global index approach levels from the start of this year. Contracts for the S&P 500 rose 0.8% — after the index dropped 1.2% on Tuesday — echoing gains in late trading after Lutnick hinted at a compromise with Canada and Mexico. That was within hours of the US imposing the largest set of new tariffs in nearly a century on goods from its neighbors and China.

28.02 / 02:19

Analysis economy NVIDIA Nikkei Trade track reports Japan's Nikkei falls 2% as chip shares track Nvidia declines

Advantest tanking more than 9%. The Nikkei fell to 37,501.24 as of 0017 GMT, while the broader Topix was down 1.2% at 2,703.57.

28.02 / 02:07

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The yen was meanwhile set to end the month with a gain of more than 3.6%, its best since last July, on heightened bets of more Bank of Japan (BOJ) rate hikes this year.

26.02 / 20:17

markets Action Entertainment awards concert reports Kanye West risks losing $20-million Japan concert deal after controversial Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori

Kanye West is reportedly at risk of a significant financial setback following a controversial stunt he and his wife, Bianca Censori, pulled at the Grammy Awards.

25.02 / 12:57

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tanaka Tomoyuki gazed down at the ocean, and the ocean spoke back to him. A star producer at Toho, a Japanese film studio, Tanaka was flying home over the Pacific, pondering a slot that needed to be filled in the release schedule for 1954.

20.02 / 08:37

markets FIVE Booking Sustainability reports testing Why Asia's richest banker Uday Kotak is not happy with 'investors from Lucknow to Coimbatore' putting money in stocks

high stock valuations in India questioned whether retail investors should keep on buying as they are funnelling money into equities daily, contributing to domestic institutional flows.

19.02 / 01:47

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Asian stocks are poised for early losses as the threat of a broader global trade war and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on investors. Shares in Australia dropped 1% shortly after opening Wednesday, with National Australia Bank Ltd. plunging by more than 8% after it announced a fall in earnings. Equity index futures for Hong Kong and Shanghai pointed to declines while contracts for Tokyo’s benchmark was little changed. That’s after a surge in chipmakers saw the S&P 500 edge higher and top its January record despite a slide in most big techs.

10.02 / 10:59

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Asian shares are trading mixed, as investors found bargains despite worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs

09.02 / 02:45

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06.02 / 07:31

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05.02 / 17:09

Software Nintendo Universities reports Japan game maker Nintendo reports lower profit as demand for Switch consoles wanes

Nintendo’s profits tumbled as sales of its Switch console lost momentum, prompting the Japanese video-game maker to lower its full-year forecasts

04.02 / 16:53

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04.02 / 11:13

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A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive for helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income, while rejecting prosecutors’ bid to overturn his acquitals on other counts

03.02 / 09:23

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Asia shares are mostly declining as worries grow about President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on key U.S. trading partners

31.01 / 08:37

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Asia markets are mostly higher following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports

31.01 / 05:53

UPS CEO Golf exclusive reports travelers OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son are AI’s new power couple

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial-intelligence revolution, the chief executive officer of SoftBank Group had missed out on it.

30.01 / 13:37

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Waymo will test its self-driving taxis with trained human autonomous specialists behind the wheel. Waymo is preparing to test its self-driving taxis in more than 10 new cities across the U.S.

30.01 / 08:19

UPS Citi Infinity Trade performer reports Japanese automaker Nissan says it plans job and production cuts in the U.S.

Nissan Motor is slashing production at its U.S. plants and offering buyouts to factory workers there as part of the Japanese automaker’s urgent efforts to return to profitability

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