Japan Financial News

09.02 / 19:00

markets Provident Software reports Japan's SoftBank Group marks a return to profit as it cuts Vision Fund losses

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has returned to profitability after four straight quarters in the red

09.02 / 17:26

markets JPM performer exclusive classical reports record high Hermes' shares reach record high as booming sales outpace rivals

By Mimosa Spencer

09.02 / 17:18

markets UPS economy MSCI track Updates Stocks buoyed by Wall Street ahead of US inflation update

By Huw Jones

09.02 / 16:55

COST UPS Citi wellness Trade Pension funds sell 2 Vancouver office towers in $300-million deal

A pair of Canadian pension funds struck a deal to sell two downtown Vancouver office buildings with tenants including Amazon.com Inc. for about $300 million.

09.02 / 16:52

COST Provident stage cover consequences Department Major disaster could pose 'systemic' problem for insurance industry, warns OSFI head

Canada’s insurance industry is ahead of the pack when it comes to recognizing the risks from climate change but is still vulnerable to a massive disaster on the scale of the one that struck Japan in 2011, this country’s top financial watchdog said Tuesday.

09.02 / 15:46

markets UPS Remark Nikkei Trade reports Stock market today: Tokyo hits 30-year high, with many Asian markets shut for Lunar New Year holiday

Asian shares are mostly higher as Tokyo's benchmark momentarily touched a 34-year high, while many regional markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday

09.02 / 14:28

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The troubles in the United States commercial property market, which have already hit banks in New York and Japan, moved to Europe this week, elevating fears about broader contagion.

09.02 / 11:19

UPS Google CEO Gemini voice testing Google rebrands its AI services as Gemini, launches new app and subscription service

Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the technology on smartphones

09.02 / 11:05

Provident Mobile Lawson reports Lawson shares surge 18% after Japan's KDDI launches $3.4 billion privatization offer

Shares of Japan's third-largest convenience store chain Lawson surged 18% it received an offer to go private.

09.02 / 10:49

markets Citi Manufacturing Infinity War reports Japan automaker Nissan's profit stumbles on China sales decline

Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the same period the year before

09.02 / 10:15

markets UPS Manufacturing Trade show reports Japan's Honda reports its profit rose on the back of strong U.S. demand

Honda has reported its profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the back of solid demand in the U.S. and Europe and a recovery in its home market

08.02 / 14:34

markets UPS Career JPMorgan performer Stocks will fall 20-30% from a 2024 peak - JPMorgan

JPMorgan equity strategists caution that the upside for global stock markets is now largely capped.

29.01 / 15:23

markets UPS DOW Nikkei World markets today: US stocks muted ahead of Fed decision

ALSO READ: Wall Street week ahead: Investors’ major focus on Fed rate decision, big tech earnings The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged, but investors and traders will look for signals from the Fed meeting outcome and chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference whether the central bank will start cutting interest rates at its next monetary policy meet in March. On Friday, the S&P 500 slipped 3.19 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4,890.97. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60.30, or 0.2 per cent, to 38,109.43.

29.01 / 14:03

Apple Inter Miami vs Al-Hilal live streaming of Lionel Messi match: Start time, date, when and where to watch

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami are taking on Al-Hilal today in Riyadh Season Cup in Saudi Arabia. Miami, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club has embarked on the worldwide preseason tour. After playing Al-Hilal, they will take on Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr.

29.01 / 12:13

markets COST Sustainability MSCI Trade UBS sees 'a difficult phase' for global stocks in 2024

UBS Group strategists are forecasting a challenging period ahead for global equities, which are currently trading near all-time highs.

29.01 / 10:07

markets UPS economy wellness performer information rights Japan sector funds review – is age of deflation over?

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29.01 / 03:23

FIVE SUN track rock week Alert! Series of ‘FIFA stadium’ sized asteroids to pass Earth this week. Details here

FIFA-accredited stadium". The largest of the five, Asteroid 2008 OS7, was first spotted in 2008 by NASA. It will zoom past Earth on 2 February, 2024, at a distance of 1.77 million miles, which is relatively close in cosmic terms.

29.01 / 02:45

markets security CME Nikkei Trade blues Asian stocks China fuels Asian stocks rally, oil climbs on Red Sea worries

By Kevin Buckland

29.01 / 02:35

markets DOW Trade recommendations Updates Weekend Indian stock market: 7 key things that changed for market over the weekend - Gift Nifty, US GDP, inflation to oil prices

Catch Live Market Updates here The US Federal Reserve monetary policy and its first rate decision of 2024, to be released Wednesday, will be keenly watched and is expected to guide the markets. Both the domestic benchmark indices declined around 1.3% in the holiday-shortened week gone by, primarily dragged by weakness in the banking sector.

29.01 / 02:35

markets UPS Entertainment Nikkei Trade Updates Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: GIFT Nifty signals positive start

₹27,664 crore through 25 January. FPIs were sellers in autos and auto ancillary, media and entertainment and marginally in IT.

29.01 / 01:38

Target cover rock testing Investigations Japan's Moon lander achieves successful soft landing, resumes operations

touchdown made Japan only the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, after the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and India. But after the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down, JAXA had said that it could not confirm that the lightweight craft's solar batteries were generating power. SLIM, which was aiming to hit a very small target, is a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle.

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