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End Of An Era: Toshiba Delisted From Tokyo Stock Exchange After 74 Years
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - 11:24pm | 573Japanese tech giant Toshiba Corp (OTC:TOSBF), (OTC:TOSYY) concluded its 74-year presence on the Tokyo stock exchange on Wednesday, bringing an end to a tumultuous decade marked by scandals and a substantial $14 billion buyout. What Happened: The tech behemoth will now shift to private ownership...
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Japanese Startup Aims To Become Moon's FedEx, Emulating Elon Musk's Martian Colony Dreams
Monday, October 31, 2022 - 9:56am | 435Tokyo-based ispace Inc. plans to launch a lunar lander as part of a NASA contract with a variety of government and commercial payloads in November. By transporting goods and scientific equipment to the Moon and making money in the process, the company aims to transform into the lunar equivalent of...
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Atomic Bomb Shuts Down Japan Stock Exchange 77 Years Ago Today
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 12:22pm | 257Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1945, the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed following the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki. Where The Market Was: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 165.14 and the S&...
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Fintech Focus For October 2, 2020
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 7:50pm | 2542Quote Of The Day: I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. - Rosa Parks Fintech Movers: [T]he number of buy-side firms that execute less than 20% of trades algorithmically, declined from 26% in 2017 to just 17% in 2020. Similarly, the number of firms...
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Halts Trading For Entire Day Over Technical Glitches
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 4:11am | 317The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday halted trading of stocks for an entire day, as it suffered technical glitches. What Happened: This the first such instance in the Japanese exchange desk's history since it adopted an electronic trading system in 1999, according to the Financial...
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Japan's FSA To Streamline The Tokyo Stock Exchange
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 5:26pm | 486Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is planning to realign and streamline the Tokyo Stock Exchange — the world's third-largest by market cap — from four trading markets to three. What's Happening With The Tokyo Stock Exchange? The TSE operates four cash...
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Trend-spotting: Tokyo Stocks and the New Government
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 6:41pm | 66Acute analysis by market players indicate that Tokyo stocks have been fluctuating since the inauguration of the new Government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. On Aug. 26, just before the House of Representatives election, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at a 2009 high of 10,639...