TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussions at an upcoming tariff talks between the two sides. “Investment, not tariffs,” Ishiba told reporters after the talks. He said Japan’s position to keep pushing Washington to drop all
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussions at an upcoming round of tariff talks between the two sides. “Investment, not tariffs,” Ishiba told reporters after the talks. He said Japan’s position to keep pushing Washington to
Celtics Aditya Mittal, CEO of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, is expected to join the Celtics as alternate governor. Bill Chisholm (fifth from left) has a sizable group of investors as part of his Celtics ownership group. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff) By Conor Ryan May 22, 2025 | 7:30 PM 1 minute to read Bill Chisholm is
The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to create a new board of directors to manage the state’s pension and other investments. Currently, the state treasurer decides how to invest the retirement fund for state employees. But new State Treasurer Brad Briner wants to shift that power to a group of experts, who would also make
Los Angeles-based Kingswood Capital Management, LP and Performance Investment Partners, LLC (PIP), also based in Los Angeles, have announced they have completed the acquisition of The Vitamin Shoppe, a leading pure-play omnichannel retailer of vitamins and nutritional supplements, from Franchise Group, Inc. As part of the transaction, Sharon Leite, who previously served as chief executive
The African Centre for Energy Investment and Policy (ACEIP) has described the call for African countries to secure at least $600 billion annually in upstream oil and gas investment as an urgent and realistic lifeline for the continent’s energy security. Recall that the Executive Director of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe,
AGNC Investment (AGNC -4.19%) has a massive 15.5% dividend yield, which is why it pops up on the screens of dividend investors. Before jumping at what looks like a huge income opportunity, you need to examine the real estate investment trust’s (REIT’s) history. You’ll likely be better off with lower-yielding REITs like Federal Realty (FRT
Director of BBC Comedy Jon Petrie has warned that the opportunities for international investment to significantly plug the gap for scripted comedy are becoming increasingly rare. Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast, Jon said the TV comedy industry had been dazzled by the drama investment model, but the market reality meant that the
SINGAPORE: A man behind a multimillion-dollar wine investment scheme that caused investors to lose more than S$14 million (about US$10.9 million currently) was jailed for seven years and two months on Thursday (May 22) after being on the run for 13 years. Eldric Ko, 51, was the CEO of Premium Liquid Assets (PLA), which he
Labour has clarified its policy in ISAs after a question about the tax-free savings scheme. Lord John Lee asked the Government about how ISA savings that go towards overseas investments help towards the UK economy and the Government’s “growth agenda”. The advantage of ISAs is any interest earnings or investment growth are tax-free. You can