As Japanese shares finally reclaim past peaks it harks back to a time when everyone in the country seemed to be a stock market millionaire – a Tokyo car park was worth more than New York’s Central Park and the future looked like one endless party. It is difficult now, after three long decades of … Read more
NEW DELHI: After being a rare oasis among all major troubled stock markets in 2022, Nifty is decoupling once again in 2023 but in reverse mode. As most major markets try to regain lost ground this year, India’s heartbeat index has turned into the worst performer with foreign institutional investors or FIIs dumping Indian stocks … Read more
SHANGHAI: Asian shares fell on Friday following the biggest quarterly drop in global equities in two years, as investors worried about the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war and rising risks of recession. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck back at Western sanctions on Moscow, threatening to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of … Read more
Japan’s Hitachi decided on Thursday to suspend operations in Russia following a request from the Ukrainian government to do so, the Nikkei newspaper said. The company said in a statement on Thursday it will stop exports and cease most operations in Russia except for vital electrical power facilities. It did not mention any communication with … Read more
TOKYO: The British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, citing NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd as potential alternative suppliers, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. British officials met with their counterparts in Tokyo on Thursday, two days after Britain ordered Huawei equipment purged from its 5G networks … Read more