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Mizuho’s corporate culture to blame for serial system failures, probe finds

Mizuho Financial Group Inc's (8411.T) corporate culture is to blame for its long history of tech system failures, creating an…

4 years ago

World stocks near record high as investors await dovish Fed act

Global shares held firm near record highs on Monday while U.S. bond yields flirted with three-month lows as investors expect…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE Toshiba’s No.2 shareholder calls for immediate resignation of board chair, 3 directors

Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) second-biggest shareholder on Sunday demanded the board chairman and three other directors immediately resign after an investigation…

4 years ago

European shares hit record high, bond yields fall as inflation fears ease

Shares gained on Friday and bond yields fell from the United States to Europe as investors shrugged off rising U.S.…

4 years ago

SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race

For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash - until sales staff from…

4 years ago

U.S. to donate 500 million Pfizer doses to poor nations

The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine…

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Japan’s wholesale prices rise at fastest pace in 13 years on commodities surge

Japan's wholesale prices rose at their fastest annual pace in 13 years reflecting higher commodity costs, data showed on Thursday,…

4 years ago

U.S. remains far ahead of global pack in finance, says study

The United States remains the world’s dominant financial centre, well ahead of nearest rival Britain, whose lead over Frankfurt and…

4 years ago

Dollar teeters as inflation test looms

The dollar clung to a small bounce on Wednesday as traders looked to upcoming U.S. inflation data and a European…

4 years ago

Japan upgrades Q1 GDP on smaller hit to domestic demand

Japan's economy shrank less than initially reported in the first quarter on smaller cuts to plant and equipment spending, but…

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