By MARI YAMAGUCHI 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 drop
Los Angeles-based investment firm Transom Capital Group agreed to acquire SigmaTron International Inc. for $18.5 million. An affiliate of Transom will acquire all outstanding shares of the company’s common stock for $3.02 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $83 million. The purchase price represents a premium of 134% over the
John Deere recently announced that it will be investing $20 billion in the company’s operations in the United States over the next decade. According to Farms.com, John Deere CEO John May explained during the company’s recent second quarter 2025 earnings call that the company will be investing an additional $20 billion into its operations as
The Trump brand has been used to hawk cryptocurrencies, Bibles, steaks and guitars. Now the president’s media company is laying the groundwork to sell investment funds. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which is majority owned by Donald Trump, plans to sell offerings tied to his agenda. The parent of the Truth Social platform, where
LONDON (AP) — A consortium led by U.S. investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old Daily Telegraph newspaper for about 500 million pounds ($674 million), the two sides said Friday. Redbird said it has reached an agreement in principle to become controlling owner of the Telegraph Media Group,
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