Sony to become Sony Group, integrating financial unit
TOKYO -- Sony will make listed subsidiary Sony Financial Holdings a wholly owned unit for 400 billion yen ($3.73 billion)...
Day: May 19, 2020
US and China ratchet up tensions over WHO
TOKYO -- China reacted angrily to a threat by Donald Trump to leave the World Health Organization, saying the U.S....
Facebook acquires Giphy image-sharing platform for reported $400M
Brief: Facebook announced in a blog post Friday that it acquired the image-sharing platform Giphy. The deal came in at...
Chrome to block resource-depleting ads
Dive Brief: Google's desktop and mobile web browser Chrome will begin blocking ads in August that use too much of...
Nintendo only brand to rank in top 10 for online, offline marketing
Dive Brief: Nintendo last year was the only brand among more than 600 to receive a top 10 ranking in...
Singapore to reopen finance and wholesale on June 2
SINGAPORE -- Businesses including finance, wholesale trade and semiconductor manufacturing will be allowed to restart on-site operations June 2, Singapore's government said...
Taiwan’s Tsai begins new term pressed by China and virus economy
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will start her second and final term on Wednesday in a very different world...
Coronavirus and China loom over Tsai’s second term in Taiwan
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will start her second and final term on Wednesday in a very different world...
BOJ to hold an emergency policy meeting on Friday
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan on Tuesday said it will hold a special policy board meeting on May 22...
Thanks to economic chaos, the property market is open in name only
May should be one of the property market’s busiest months, as families move in time for the new school year,...
