By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wages fell the most in eight years in the fiscal year 2022, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting the pain of inflation eroding consumers’ purchasing power. The yearly data brought home the importance of accelerating wage increases to outpace stubbornly high inflation, which is not the kind…
By Krystal Hu and Manya Saini (Reuters) -SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages two Vision Funds, is exploring launching a private credit strategy that provides debt or debt-like structured financing for late-stage tech startups, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The fund aims to offer liquidity options to tech startups, including some of SoftBank’s own…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – As any fan of spy thrillers knows, there is only one place to put your really valuable stuff: A safe deposit box. But even if you are not Jason Bourne – who needs somewhere to store his multiple passports, guns, and stacks of foreign cash – safe deposit…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks crept to two-week highs in cautious trade Tuesday, helped by hints of progress toward avoiding a U.S. default and by resilience in Japan’s economy, with industrial sector surveys in Europe and the United States in focus later in the day. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan touched its…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s household credit shrank at a record pace in the first quarter as high interest rates suppressed demand, central bank data showed on Tuesday. The country’s total household credit stood at 1,853.9 trillion won ($1.40 trillion) at the end of March, down 0.7% from December and down 0.5% from a year…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea (PNG) will not be used as a base for “war to be launched”, and a defence agreement with the United States prohibited “offensive military operations”, its prime minister said on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday a defence cooperation deal signed with…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Monday it fined LATAM Airlines Group SA $1 million after the airline and affiliates routinely failed to provide timely refunds to passengers for U.S. flights. The department said since March 2020, it received more than 750 complaints alleging LATAM, the biggest carrier in…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Monday it fined LATAM Airlines Group SA $1 million after the airline and affiliates routinely failed to provide timely refunds to passengers for U.S. flights. The department said since March 2020, it received more than 750 complaints alleging LATAM, the biggest carrier in…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in seven months in May, while the service-sector hit record growth, a survey showed on Tuesday, as the post-COVID recovery shored up business conditions. The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to a seasonally adjusted 50.8 in May, from…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department on Monday canceled a $200 million grant for lithium battery company Microvast Holdings, a source familiar with the matter said, after lawmakers cited concerns over its alleged links to China’s government. The department had been in talks with Microvast over the grant to help build a…
