TOKYO (AP) — The scandal at a top Japanese brokerage widened as the vice president of SMBC Nikko Securities was arrested Thursday and the company was charged with stock manipulation. The arrest of Toshihiro Sato on charges of violating securities regulations followed arrests earlier this month of four other employees of the Tokyo-based company on…
MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — As Russia launched its war in Ukraine last month, exhausted and frightened refugees arrived in neighboring countries. They carried whatever they could grab in a hurry. Many cried. They still do. The United Nations says that more than 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the war started exactly one month…
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Mineral exploration company KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, said on Thursday it would begin drilling in Greenland for critical materials used in electric vehicles. KoBold, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to hunt for raw materials, last year secured a 51% stake in…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief is defending his spending priorities after have critics attacked him for not doing enough to help families struggling with the biggest cut in living standards on record. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said Thursday that he understood families were struggling with rising prices but his options were limited because he is…
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar strengthened as oil prices steadied, commodity currencies pulled back from some of their recent gains and the Japanese yen sunk to its lowest since 2015. Equity markets were volatile, struggling to make gains in the Asian session, after more hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve made investors more cautious….
(Reuters) -The Russian rouble extended its recovery on Thursday to hover close to 96 against the dollar, and the stock market resumed trading after a month-long hiatus, with the majority of stocks rising in volatile trade. The markets are gradually reopening after the Russian currency sank to a record low and the central bank ordered…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the United States will scrap all tariffs on its goods as soon as possible after the U.S. reinstated 352 product exclusions from China tariffs, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. Commenting on the U.S. move, commerce ministry spokeswoman Shu Jueting told a regular news conference on Thursday that such action…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo prosecutors have arrested SMBC Nikko Securities Vice President Toshihiro Sato for alleged market manipulation, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday. Sato had been asked to turn himself in to authorities, the Yomiuri said earlier. His arrest follows criminal charges filed on Wednesday by Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission against the…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp said on Thursday it would suspend production at its two domestic factories for two days in April due to auto parts supply disruptions. It said in a statement that a rise in COVID-19 cases in China were among factors expected to cause supply disruptions. It did not…
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – At age 69, Kim Jung-mi holds three jobs: she spends three hours getting a two-year old home from kindergarten every weekday for $9 per hour, then washes vegetables at a store that sells kimchi. Occasionally, she walks her neighbour’s dog. That kind of gig work among elderly people has…
