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Beijing to let Chinese AI companies buy Nvidia H200 chips

Beijing to let Chinese AI companies buy Nvidia H200 chips

The companies need to say how many chips they need — and why — to get approval.

Bain Capital exits Kioxia after chip deal yields big returns

Bain Capital exits Kioxia after chip deal yields big re...

A global spending spree on AI catapulted Kioxia's shares more than 4,800% from t...

Gulf-based firms set to reveal toll of Iran war in quarterly earnings

Gulf-based firms set to reveal toll of Iran war in quar...

The fortunes of regional economies largely depend on how reliant they are on the...

The family travel boom is reshaping the world’s most romantic resorts

The family travel boom is reshaping the world’s most ro...

Some traditionally adults-only enclaves are being reimagined to focus on family ...

Private equity plays heat detective as climate analytics boom

Private equity plays heat detective as climate analytic...

Frequent record-breaking weather events are creating new threats to earnings, as...

Japan’s bank lending rises fastest since COVID-19, backing BOJ’s path

Japan’s bank lending rises fastest since COVID-19, back...

The figures reinforce the central bank's assessment that financial conditions re...

KKR-Backed SmartHR is said to delay Tokyo IPO beyond this year

KKR-Backed SmartHR is said to delay Tokyo IPO beyond th...

Sources have said timing and valuation could change due to investors' concerns o...

Government tweaks phrasing on BOJ in draft policy plan

Government tweaks phrasing on BOJ in draft policy plan

The draft of Japan's economic and fiscal agenda adds a reference to inflation, c...

12 million email addresses and 7 million passwords breached in KDDI cyberattack

12 million email addresses and 7 million passwords brea...

Affected users are expected to complete password changes and take other necessar...

Sapporo Breweries to tie up with Denmark’s Carlsberg

Sapporo Breweries to tie up with Denmark’s Carlsberg

Through a joint venture in Singapore with the Danish beer maker, the Japanese br...

Japan is not pushing for low interest rates, economic policy minister says

Japan is not pushing for low interest rates, economic p...

Investors are still trying to gauge if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is trying t...

Credit card payment processor Zentoshin gets nod to begin bankruptcy proceedings

Credit card payment processor Zentoshin gets nod to beg...

The company provided a service that paid sales proceeds to credit card merchants...

Suntory sees opportunity in the OTC medicine business

Suntory sees opportunity in the OTC medicine business

The drinks maker is acquiring Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare and already has a health...

Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment

Japan might be giving the currency market the silent tr...

Officials are saying less than they did before to defend the yen, and when they ...

Millennial Samsung union leader’s $26 billion bonus victory turns to bitterness

Millennial Samsung union leader’s $26 billion bonus vic...

South Korea's artificial intelligence gold rush has both emboldened a new genera...

The supertanker tycoon making millions on Hormuz ‘shuttle runs’

The supertanker tycoon making millions on Hormuz ‘shutt...

Ga-Hyun Chung oversaw a successful covert project that sneaked crude oil out of ...