Japan weighs unemployment benefits for furloughed employees
TOKYO -- Japan is likely to pay workers furloughed due to the new coronavirus crisis the same amount as regular...
Month: May 2020
Nintendo is at the top of its game with 41% rise in profit
TOKYO -- Video game maker Nintendo announced a 41% surge in operating profits for the fiscal year ending March 2020,...
Distress funds eye more direct loans to Chinese companies
HONG KONG -- When Heneng Group, a Chinese property developer, needed a $46 million loan to develop some residential land...
Coronavirus latest: China accuses US of lying about pandemic
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
can ‘dividend hero’ trusts maintain their records as Covid lays waste to income?
Will 2020 be the year that the so-called “dividend hero” trusts finally fall to earth? These are the quoted funds that have...
Will house prices fall, and what has to happen for a worst case 30pc market crash?
The property market is in unprecedented territory. Newly agreed sales have fallen by 90pc since lockdown, according to the property...
Zoom’s China problem may prove to be its Achilles heel
Ironically, his favourite book, The Speed of Trust, has informed his leadership at Zoom: “You need to work to establish...
Coronavirus latest: China accuses US of telling lies over pandemic
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
British Airways aims for July return to the skies
IAG said coronavirus was having a "devastating impact" on global air travel, adding that it expects its second quarter to be "significantly...
Bank of England predicts record crash and soaring unemployment
"While not offering any precise guidance on when asset purchases could be expanded, the minutes note that ‘for all members...
