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Hedge fund founder says Abe’s activist army ‘doing it wrong’
Jamie Rosenwald, who’s been buying Japanese shares since 1972, says short-sighted activists are failing to make the most of one of the biggest opportunities for investors in decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s governance overhaul is about getting executives to invest excess capital, not just give it back to shareholders, says ...
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Japan to launch corporate version of tax-free donation system aimed at boosting regional economies
The ruling bloc decides to introduce a corporate version of the furusato nozei (hometown donation) system for revitalizing regional economies that reduces taxes on such donations. The post Japan to launch corporate version of tax-free donation system aimed at boosting regional economies appeared first on The Japan Times.
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‘China’s Warren Buffett’ goes missing
The Chinese conglomerate that owns Club Med suspended trading of its shares Friday following a news report that its chairman, one of China’s most prominent business leaders, is missing. Fosun International employees were unable to contact Guo Guangchang beginning at midday Thursday, the magazine Caixin said on its website. It ...
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Paging owners of abandoned jets: Malaysia wants them out
Attention owners of three jumbo jets parked at Malaysia’s main airport: If you do not remove your aircraft immediately, the airport will. Malaysia’s airport operator took the unusual step of posting photos in two major newspapers of the three Boeing 747-200s that have been sitting idle for more than a ...
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Japanese cars do best in insurance industry safety rankings
Japanese brands dominate the insurance industry’s rankings of the safest vehicles for the 2016 model year. The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 48 vehicles earned its highest rating of “Top Safety Pick Plus.” That’s up from 33 a year ago. Toyota, Honda and Subaru had the ...
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Magazine claims Australian entrepreneur is man behind bitcoin
Craig Steven Wright, an Australian, is the latest in a line of men alleged to be the mysterious creator of bitcoin, a digital currency that has attracted the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators. Wired magazine, which along with fellow U.S. publication Gizmodo published a story outing Wright based ...
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Scientists coax computers to think more like people
For artificial intelligence and smart machines to really take off, computers are going to have to be able to think more like people, according to experts in the field who are making important progress toward that goal. Scientists on Thursday said they had created a computer model, or algorithm, that ...
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Twenty years in the making, Daiwa-tutored Myanmar bourse fetes baby-steps debut
Starting a stock market is hard. Just ask Ryota Sugishita. Two decades after his firm first laid the groundwork for an exchange in Myanmar, Sugishita found himself in a Yangon hotel ballroom in 2013, facing down skeptics in an audience of bankers, corporate executives and politicians. ” ‘Why isn’t bank ...
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Fire danger prompts top U.S. carriers Delta, American, United to ban hoverboards
The three largest U.S. airlines are banning hoverboards because of the potential fire danger from the lithium-ion batteries that power the devices. Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines said Thursday they are banning hoverboards in checked or carry-on luggage. JetBlue Airways has already prohibited them. Hoverboards are motorized, ...
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Jaguar Land Rover confirms Slovak car plant
JLR has grown rapidly since it was bought by India's Tata in 2008 but has suffered in recent months due to a blast at China's Tianjin port, which destroyed thousands of its cars, and a sharp decline in sales in China earlier in the year.