Sony Pictures, private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26 billion, source says

Tokyo, 4 May, /AJMEDIA/ Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with… Read more

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Finance holds several meetings in Tbilisi

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan’s Minister of Finance and member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors, Samir Sharifov, held several meetings during the 57th Annual Meeting of… Read more

bp’s investment in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector amounted to 85 billion dollars

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ BP has operated in Azerbaijan for 32 years. Over the years, the company has invested 85 billion dollars in the oil and gas sector of Azerbaijan,… Read more

SOCAR President meets with Naftogaz Chief Executive Officer

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), met with Oleksiy Chernyshov, Chief Executive Officer of Ukraine’s National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz. The… Read more

Azerbaijani oil price declines in global markets

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ The global oil markets have witnessed a decrease in the price of Azerbaijani oil. The price of a barrel of Azeri Light crude oil dropped by… Read more

Another suspected market intervention likely cost Japan ¥3 tril

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan likely spent an additional 3 trillion yen to shore up the yen in its second suspected currency market intervention this week, data by the Bank… Read more

JAL net profit grows 2.8-fold to ¥95 bil in FY2023

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japan Airlines Co said Thursday its net profit increased 2.8-fold to 95.53 billion yen in the business year ended March, lifted by a recovery in tourism… Read more

Banks slow to limit coal financing: NGO

Tokyo, 3 May, /AJMEDIA/ Banks lent almost $470 billion to the coal industry between 2021 and 2023, according to a study published Thursday by German environmental group Urgewald, which criticised… Read more

Yen falls to lower 155 zone against dollar after suspected intervention

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ The yen slipped to the lower 155 range against the U.S. dollar on Thursday in Tokyo after another suspected yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities sent the… Read more

Asian markets wobble after Fed sticks with current interest rates

Tokyo, 2 May, /AJMEDIA/ Asian markets wobbled in Thursday trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates. U.S. futures surged… Read more