SMBC to buy 2% stake in Barclays for 500 million pounds
TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire a 2 percent stake in Barclays Plc for around 500 million pounds (about $985 million).
TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire a 2 percent stake in Barclays Plc for around 500 million pounds (about $985 million).
TOKYO, June 25 (Kyodo) - An advisory panel to the industry minister recommended Tuesday that the government reintroduce subsidies to encourage households to adopt solar power generation as part of
OSAKA, June 25 (Kyodo) - Police on Tuesday arrested Nozomu Sahashi, former president of now-bankrupt Nova Corp., on suspicion of diverting around 320 million yen in July from an employee benefit f
ZHANJIANG, China, June 25 (Kyodo) - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed into this port city in southern China on Tuesday, marking the first port call to China by a Japanese
MANILA, June 25 (Kyodo) - Rescuers found several bodies Tuesday floating inside a sunken passenger ferry that capsized with more than 800 passengers and crew aboard Saturday off the coast of the ce
TOKYO, June 25 (Kyodo) - Japan would welcome North Korea's expected move to provide a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities that would lead to its removal from the U.S.
KUWAIT CITY, June 25 (Kyodo) - Kuwaiti oil minister Mohammad al-Olaim told visiting Japanese industry minister Akira Amari on Tuesday that the Gulf country will add 300,000 barrels of oil to its cu
NAHA, Japan, June 24 Kyodo - The people in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday marked the 63rd anniversary of the
TOKYO, June 24 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Monday expressed reservations about deciding anytime soon whether to raise the consumption tax rate from the current 5 percent, saying the issu
SENDAI, June 24 Kyodo - A fishing boat manned by 20 crew members capsized and sank early Monday afternoon in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, leaving four of the seven people recovere