The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates at its January meeting as inflation pressures intensify, setting the stage for significant market reactions.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across 23 – 24 January 2025. Market expectations are increasingly focused on a 25 basis point (bp) rate hike by the BoJ at its upcoming meeting, potentially raising the policy rate from 0.25% ...

Prime Video has named Keisuke Oishi as its new country manager for Japan, effective Jan. 20. The veteran Amazon executive, who most recently served as director and general manager of Amazon Music Japan, will report to Gaurav Gandhi, VP of Prime Video Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. He replaces Kodama Takashi.

Global markets showed marginal gains ahead of U.S. consumer price data that could potentially shift the monetary policy outlook, while investors waited to see if earnings of big banks would match sky-high expectations. Wall Street futures were in positive territory after a mixed close yesterday.

Inclusion of almost all of M&S’ addressable product range on its site and the likes of price cuts were said to have aided sales, prompting “strong” EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) growth.

Japan’s slower adoption of AI and digital technologies presents a chance for Rakuten to lead. With no dominant player yet in Japan’s AI market, despite government subsidies, companies like SoftBank, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, and NEC are all vying for position.

Freetrade will be integrated into the FTSE 250 firm by mid-2025. IG Group has acquired stock trading app Freetrade for £160m, as the FTSE 250 firm looks to target a new UK audience of traders.

(Alliance News) - IG Group Holdings PLC on Thursday said it will acquire digital investment platform Freetrade. The London-based online stockbroker paid GBP160 million for the financial technology ...

In a report released today, Richard Taylor from Barclays maintained a Buy rating on IG Group Holdings (IGG – Research Report), with a price target of £11.45. The company’s shares closed ...

Investing.com -- IG Group (LON:IGG) on Thursday, in a stock exchange filing, said that it will buy Freetrade, the UK-based commission-free investment platform, for £160 million. The deal is set ...

IG Group Holdings said it acquired U.K. investment platform Freetrade for 160 million pounds ($195.9 million) in cash. The financial services group said Thursday that the deal would boost its ...

Can Trump help to end the war in Ukraine? Ukrainians cast doubts:::: Sofiia Dmytrenko, Student“I think that nothing will change (after Trump’s inauguration). We could look back at how everything has been since 2014: the fighting just calmed down in some time.