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Japan’s NTT appoints banks for US billion data centre Reit IPO in Singapore: sources
Japan’s NTT appoints banks for US$1 billion data centre Reit IPO in Singapore: sources
JAPAN’S Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) has appointed Bank of America and UBS to work on a US$1 billion data centre real estate investment trust listing in Singapore,...
Japan’s NTT appoints banks for US billion data centre Reit IPO in Singapore: sources
Japan’s NTT plans US$1 billion data centre Reit listing in Singapore; appoints BofA, UBS
JAPAN’S Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) has appointed Bank of America and UBS to work on a US$1 billion data centre real estate investment trust listing in Singapore,...
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings reports 24% drop in third-quarter profit
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings reports 24% drop in third-quarter profit
Profit fell to 128 billion yen (S$1.1 billion) in the period from September to November Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, reported on...
Japan’s Seven & i deal related to national security: economy minister
Japan’s Seven & i deal related to national security: economy minister
JAPANESE economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Wednesday (Jan 8) he believed a potential foreign acquisition of retail giant Seven & i was a matter “heavily related” to national...
Tyre maker Goodyear to sell Dunlop brand to Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber for US1 million
Tyre maker Goodyear to sell Dunlop brand to Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber for US$701 million
GOODYEAR Tire & Rubber said on Tuesday (Jan 7) that it will sell its Dunlop brand to Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries for US$701 million in cash as part of...
KKR considering selling Japan’s Seiyu supermarket: Nikkei
KKR considering selling Japan’s Seiyu supermarket: Nikkei
US PRIVATE equity fund KKR is considering selling supermarket chain Seiyu in a deal that could be worth several hundred billion yen, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday...
Japan’s Nikkei slips more than 1% on 1st trading day of 2025 after year-end rally
Japan’s Nikkei slips more than 1% on 1st trading day of 2025 after year-end rally
Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped more than 1 per cent on the first trading day of 2025 on Monday (Jan 6) as investors sold stocks after the index’s year-end...
UBS targets Japan’s regional banks with senior sales hires
UBS targets Japan’s regional banks with senior sales hires
UBS Group hired three salesmen in Japan to boost its business selling high-yielding structured investments and other tailored derivative products to local financial firms, as activity heats up in...
Who Is Japan’s ‘Black Widow’? Female Serial Killer Chisako Kakehi Dies at 78
Chisako Kakehi, dubbed the "Black Widow" for murdering her elderly lovers with cyanide, has died in custody at the age of 78. Authorities announced her passing on Friday, marking...
Bank of Japan’s Ueda expects further progress in hitting price target next year
Bank of Japan’s Ueda expects further progress in hitting price target next year
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) expects the economy to move closer to sustainably achieving the central bank’s 2 per cent inflation target next year, governor Kazuo Ueda said on...