Japan opened a missile defense drill to the public on Wednesday, a move it says will reassure the country it is ready to counter any missile attack by neighboring North Korea. A PAC-3 Patriot battery drove on to the Asaka Self Defense Forces base near Tokyo, deployed its radar antenna and raised its missile launcher […]
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A decade ago, the real estate market opportunity in China consisted largely of risky speculative development deals because of a lack of availability of stock. Foreign investors seeking opportunistic returns from the first wave of China funds have been largely disappointed from a toxic combination of delays, cost escalation and implementation problems due to difficulties […]
Read morePrime Minister Theresa May has vowed to work with “humility and resolve” as the right-wing Conservative leader prepares to outline her government’s legislative program on Wednesday. In an occasion stripped back of its usual pageantry, the Queen’s speech will set out the government’s proposed legislation and policies for the next session of parliament – which […]
Read moreThree-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, ending a storied movie career that includes performances in “Lincoln” and “Gangs of New York.” Day-Lewis, 60, the only man to have won three best actor Oscars, gave no reason for his decision, calling it private. “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer […]
Read moreUber board member and investor Bill Gurley said Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of the ride-hailing service who resigned on Tuesday, would have a “lasting impact on the world”, giving praise to the entrepreneur who has courted controversy. According to the New York Times, five of Uber’s major investors demanded Kalanick resign immediately. “Travis has […]
Read moreCrisis-hit commodity trader Noble Group has extended a major debt deadline, but analysts warn it may not be enough to restore confidence around the long term viability of the once-soaring firm. At its peak in 2010, Noble was Asia’s largest commodity trader with a market cap of more than $10 billion. Shares hit an all-time […]
Read moreJapanese firms have been acquiring overseas assets more aggressively in recent years and will continue to do so as they seek to increase market share in the global economy, JPMorgan said in a Tuesday report. Total merger and acquisition transactions in Japan inched up 1.5 percent year-on-year to $198 billion in 2016, the report said. […]
Read moreTravis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company. Mr. Kalanick’s exit came under pressure after hours of drama involving Uber’s investors, […]
Read moreCybereason, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm specializing in end-point detection and response to digital security breaches, on Wednesday announced it secured a $100 million funding from Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank Corp — a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. The start-up has raised a total of $189 million in funding to-date, and its backers also include Charles River […]
Read moreScott Forstall, the former head of iOS software at Apple, said on Tuesday that the reviews of the original iPhone “didn’t get it.” In a conversation with former New York Times reporter John Markoff at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, Forstall said that while he was “unconcerned” with the reviews, he felt […]
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