KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is working on measures within international standards to lure investors, said a senior official on Thursday.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Thursday announced Japanese investment of more than $22 billion into the UK, but accepted carmakers’ concern about Brexit trade rules as he confirmed talks with the European Union.

TOKYO: Micron said Thursday it will invest $3.6 billion to produce next-generation semiconductors in Japan, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with some of the world’s biggest chipmakers.

LONDON: British telecoms group BT said Thursday it will axe up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade in the latest tech jobs cull in response to rampant inflation.

TOKYO, May 18 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan narrowed 2.6 percent from a year earlier to JPY 79.9 billion (USD 581 million) in April, down for the first time in two months, due to slowing exports, government data showed Thursday.

SAO PAULO: With his tattooed arms, drop-fade haircut and baby-face looks, Murilo Duarte doesn’t look like a typical financial adviser as he dishes out investment tips on social media from the Sao Paulo favela where he grew up.

TOKYO: Japan’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, official data showed Wednesday, helped by a recovery in inbound tourism after pandemic border restrictions were lifted.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s departure Wednesday to the G7 in Japan was meant to launch a geostrategic masterclass on rallying the world’s democracies against China.

RABAT: King Mohammed VI of Morocco unveiled the nation’s first car brand along with a prototype of a hydrogen-powered vehicle.