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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
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Japan, India, And France Announce Launch Of Common Platform For Talks Among Sri Lanka Creditors
Japan, India and France today announced a common platform for talks among bilateral creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt, a move they hope would serve as a model for solving the debt woes of middle-income economies.
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Debt Restructuring Talks With India Were "Successful": Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka, which is trying to secure a $2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is also looking at financial assurances from its major creditors - China, Japan, and India.
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SoftBank to Write Down Minimum $5 Billion for WeWork, Other Losses: Report
Although SoftBank has an army of retail investors in yield-strapped Japan willing to buy its junk bonds, it already holds about 5 trillion yen of net debt on its balance sheet.
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Paytm Close To Scoring $2 Billion From Backers Including Jack Ma's Ant
Indian fintech giant Paytm is close to scoring $2 billion of new financing from investors including Jack Ma's Ant Financial, Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and Rob Citrone's Discovery Capital Management to fend off an influx of new rivals, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Bankruptcy Court Clears ArcelorMittal's Takeover Of Essar Steel
ArcelorMittal confirmed the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had approved the takeover of the 10 million tonne steel plant of Essar Steel by itself and Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, paving the way for the first major foreign participation in India's steel sector.
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US Lawmaker Highlights How China Plans To "Isolate" India And Japan
China has a plan to "isolate" India and Japan and project its power with an aim to control the Indian Ocean region, a US lawmaker warned on Thursday. Beijing, he said, has its eyes set on Taiwan, which it claims as part of China. The American lawmaker went on to say that Beijing's plan is to turn neighbouring country Taiwan into "a major nuclear an...
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Asia Hit By Wall Street Stumble, Debt Yields Spike After ECB Minutes
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.3 percent, after the Dow lost 0.7 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1 percent on Thursday.
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Bonds Shaken By Stimulus Doubts, Dollar On Defensive
Asian shares fell on Wednesday while the yen lorded over a weakened U.S dollar as fears that the Bank of Japan may retreat from its massive bond-buying campaign added to a shakeout in debt markets globally.
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Same Old Problems For G7 Finance Ministers
Finance ministers from the world's largest developed economies met in Germany a year ago against a backdrop of faltering global growth, scant inflationary pressures and the latest chapter in the Greek debt crisis.
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Japan's NTT Data Agrees to Buy Dell's IT Services Unit for $3 Billion
The move will allow Dell to trim some of the $43 billion in debt it is taking on to fund its pending cash-and-stock acquisition of data storage provider EMC.
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Asia Stocks Edge Up After Japan Policy Boost; Debt Shines
Asian stocks started a new month on a cautious note on Monday, with the Bank of Japan's surprise policy easing sparking some buying but further signs of economic weakness in China and a fall in oil prices keeping investors on guard.
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Asia Shares Gain With Japan at Lead, Risk Appetite Lifts Dollar
Asian shares rallied on Wednesday with Japanese stocks leading the way, while investors' bigger risk appetite pushed up US debt yields and lifted the dollar.
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Asian Shares Tread Cautiously Before Key Events
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1 percent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index advanced 0.5 percent in early trade.
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Asia Shares Subdued by Greek Anxiety, Dollar Stands Tall
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan stood flat. Tokyo's Nikkei climbed 1.3 percent thanks to a weaker yen, while South Korea's Kospi was flat.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
-
Japan, India, And France Announce Launch Of Common Platform For Talks Among Sri Lanka Creditors
Japan, India and France today announced a common platform for talks among bilateral creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt, a move they hope would serve as a model for solving the debt woes of middle-income economies.
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Debt Restructuring Talks With India Were "Successful": Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka, which is trying to secure a $2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is also looking at financial assurances from its major creditors - China, Japan, and India.
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SoftBank to Write Down Minimum $5 Billion for WeWork, Other Losses: Report
Although SoftBank has an army of retail investors in yield-strapped Japan willing to buy its junk bonds, it already holds about 5 trillion yen of net debt on its balance sheet.
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Paytm Close To Scoring $2 Billion From Backers Including Jack Ma's Ant
Indian fintech giant Paytm is close to scoring $2 billion of new financing from investors including Jack Ma's Ant Financial, Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and Rob Citrone's Discovery Capital Management to fend off an influx of new rivals, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Bankruptcy Court Clears ArcelorMittal's Takeover Of Essar Steel
ArcelorMittal confirmed the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had approved the takeover of the 10 million tonne steel plant of Essar Steel by itself and Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, paving the way for the first major foreign participation in India's steel sector.
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US Lawmaker Highlights How China Plans To "Isolate" India And Japan
China has a plan to "isolate" India and Japan and project its power with an aim to control the Indian Ocean region, a US lawmaker warned on Thursday. Beijing, he said, has its eyes set on Taiwan, which it claims as part of China. The American lawmaker went on to say that Beijing's plan is to turn neighbouring country Taiwan into "a major nuclear an...
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Asia Hit By Wall Street Stumble, Debt Yields Spike After ECB Minutes
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.3 percent, after the Dow lost 0.7 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1 percent on Thursday.
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Bonds Shaken By Stimulus Doubts, Dollar On Defensive
Asian shares fell on Wednesday while the yen lorded over a weakened U.S dollar as fears that the Bank of Japan may retreat from its massive bond-buying campaign added to a shakeout in debt markets globally.
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Same Old Problems For G7 Finance Ministers
Finance ministers from the world's largest developed economies met in Germany a year ago against a backdrop of faltering global growth, scant inflationary pressures and the latest chapter in the Greek debt crisis.
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Japan's NTT Data Agrees to Buy Dell's IT Services Unit for $3 Billion
The move will allow Dell to trim some of the $43 billion in debt it is taking on to fund its pending cash-and-stock acquisition of data storage provider EMC.
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Asia Stocks Edge Up After Japan Policy Boost; Debt Shines
Asian stocks started a new month on a cautious note on Monday, with the Bank of Japan's surprise policy easing sparking some buying but further signs of economic weakness in China and a fall in oil prices keeping investors on guard.
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Asia Shares Gain With Japan at Lead, Risk Appetite Lifts Dollar
Asian shares rallied on Wednesday with Japanese stocks leading the way, while investors' bigger risk appetite pushed up US debt yields and lifted the dollar.
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Asian Shares Tread Cautiously Before Key Events
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1 percent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index advanced 0.5 percent in early trade.
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Asia Shares Subdued by Greek Anxiety, Dollar Stands Tall
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan stood flat. Tokyo's Nikkei climbed 1.3 percent thanks to a weaker yen, while South Korea's Kospi was flat.
