BOJ bolsters small-business support at emergency meeting
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan launched Friday a program to support small businesses, moving in step with Prime Minister...
Month: May 2020
In Depth: Who really benefits from China’s consumption vouchers?
Boosting consumption has become key for local governments and policymakers in China as they work to repair the hole blown...
Fears of Wall Street delisting drive Chinese companies to Plan B
NEW YORK/HONG KONG -- China's biggest tech players are reaching for contingency plans for raising capital on the heels of...
Fujifilm pictures new pharma-heavy identity with Avigan
TOKYO -- Propelled by the wave of keen interest in promising treatments for the coronavirus, Fujifilm Holdings is ready to...
From photos to pharma: Fujifilm pictures new identity with Avigan
TOKYO -- Propelled by the wave of keen interest in promising treatments for the coronavirus, Fujifilm Holdings is ready to...
Major economies reopen but traffic still 60%: Google data
BERLIN/PARIS/TOKYO -- Countries around the world have begun easing lockdowns as the spread of the coronavirus slows, but economic revival...
China chipmaker SMIC receives $2bn state help to supply Huawei
BEIJING/TAIPEI -- China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. will receive a $2.25 billion infusion from state investment funds to underwrite the...
Beijing’s Hong Kong security bill immediately countered by US lawmakers
HONG KONG/NEW YORK -- Hours after Beijing signaled a tighter grip on Hong Kong with new national security legislation, American lawmakers...
SoftBank and Son search for path out of ‘Coronavirus Valley’
TOKYO -- As he unveiled his company's worst-ever annual financial results on Monday, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son painted a vivid picture...
Mark Zuckerberg says half of Facebook staff will work from home permanently
Facebook will have half of its 45,000 employees working from home in five to 10 years, Mark Zuckerberg has said....
