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[News] MinebeaMitsumi Freezes M&A in New Fields

Yoshihisa Kainuma, Chairman and CEO of MinebeaMitsumi, has announced a freeze on new M&A ventures into unfamiliar busine...
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[News] Hikari Tsushin Acquires Leopalace21 via TOB, Totaling 270 Billion Yen

Hikari Tsushin, Inc. has announced a takeover bid (TOB) for Leopalace21 Corporation in partnership with two investment f...
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[News] Anthropic Expands New Financial Services for Claude

Anthropic has expanded its generative AI platform "Claude" with new specialized features for financial institutions, rel...
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[News] European Junk Firms Front-load Refinancing

European junk-rated companies are rushing to refinance roughly €3.7 billion in debt ahead of schedule. The movement is d...
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[News] China Rapidly Catches Up in Semiconductor HBM3E Development

Chinese memory giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reportedly begun small-scale production of its cutting-edge...
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[News] Masayoshi Son’s Wealth Drops by 1.2 Trillion Yen Amid Simultaneous Plunge in AI Stocks

On September 14, 2026, major AI-related stocks worldwide experienced a simultaneous sharp sell-off, wiping out approxima...
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[News] Domestic indicators released on the 14th: July industrial production final figures down 0.2%

Japan's revised industrial production index for July 2026 fell 0.2% month-on-month, revised downward from the preliminar...
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[News] Broadcom Earnings Driven by Custom AI Chips

In its latest financial results, U.S. semiconductor giant Broadcom reported a massive year-over-year surge in AI-related...
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[News] Heavy Rain Damage in Fukui: Over 1,200 Flooded Homes, 295 Companies Affected

Two weeks after record heavy rainfall devastated the Reihoku region of Fukui Prefecture, official surveys reveal that ov...
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[News] Preliminary US University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index falls to 47.8

Preliminary figures for the US University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for September 2026 dropped to 47.8, falli...