Kobayashi believes climate-tech startups will eventually comprise 10% of Japan-born unicorns. This would be in line with an initiative that was first introduced under former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida three years ago, which outlined an ambitious push to create 100,000 new startups and 100 unicorns by 2027.
Robin: My background as a filmmaker has always been in adventure sports. I filmed for a company called Level 1 based out of Colorado, which made annual ski films. The trips would take me to places like India, Iceland, Europe, Canada. Then I’d come back and be missing the mountains. So I said, is there anything in Hong […]
“In light of growing uncertainties, particularly those related to trade policy, we have recently revised down our economic and inflation outlook,” Ueda said. “However, we continue to expect underlying inflation to gradually move toward 2 percent over the second half of our forecast horizon,” he said, adding that Japan is now closer to its inflation […]
Bullion traded near $3,347 an ounce, following a 0.4% loss on Monday, after Brussels said it would accelerate negotiations with Washington to avoid a trans-Atlantic trade war. Both sides have softened their approach after US President Donald Trump initially criticized the bloc for dragging its feet on talks.
Trump’s moves reflected the increasing uncertainty in markets, with his broadside against Europe on Friday a harsh reminder of the president’s volatile policy making. The tariff war has returned to the fore as the major driver of markets once again after concerns about Trump’s proposed tax cuts, and their impact on US deficit, churned markets […]
It’s the latest wedge dividing Europe, where emissions reductions are anchored in law, and the US, where the Trump administration has mounted a full-throated attack on net zero policies. The bill agreed by House Republicans is even “worse than feared” for investors committed to energy transition strategies, according to equity analysts at Jefferies.
In Canada, the economy appears likely to miss the Bank of Canada’s forecast of 1.8% annualized growth in the first quarter, with industry-based figures so far pointing to a 1.5% expansion in data on Friday. Canada’s head of state, King Charles III, will lay out Prime Minister Mark Carney’s priorities in a speech on Tuesday […]
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Josh Easterly, co-founder and co-chief investment officer of Sixth Street Partners, are among those warning that the credit market may not be pricing in enough risk. And the lowest rung of junk bonds are flashing warnings that the US economy could soon face slower […]
NTPC has a goal to ramp up its generation base to 130 gigawatts in the year through March 2032, from about about 80 gigawatts, according to its website. As about 87% of the company’s installed capacity is based on fossil fuels, it seeks to bring down the number to half by 2032 as it focuses […]
The impact on installation companies — many of them smaller, mom-and-pop operations — could be severe, if homeowners decide they can no longer afford going solar. Leon Keshishian, CEO of Civic Renewables, called the potential loss of tax credits “a killer” that could force him to cut staff at his company, which installs residential systems in Virginia, Maryland, […]