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Economic news(2023/05/01)


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US First Republic Bank bankruptcy second largest in history

2023-05-01 21:35:00
The US financial authorities announced that the bank "First Republic Bank", which had been worried about management, would go bankrupt, and JP Morgan Chase, a major bank, would acquire deposits and assets. It is the second-largest bank failure in US history, surpassing Silicon Valley Bank, which failed in March.

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[Commentary] Bankruptcy of First Republic Bank of the United States

2023-05-01 19:46:00
US financial authorities have announced that the bank, "First Republic Bank", whose management concerns were increasing, will go bankrupt, and JP Morgan Chase, a major bank, will acquire deposits and assets. It is the second largest bank failure in US history, surpassing Silicon Valley Bank, which failed in March. We asked reporter Daisuke Ezaki of New York about how the bank failure has occurred again in the United States. (The video is 2 minutes and 17 seconds. It is not available on data broadcasting.)

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Stock price recovers to the 29,000 yen level Renews the highest price of this year at the closing price

2023-05-01 18:50:00
On the first day of the week, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei Stock Average recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about eight months, and following the end of last week, the closing price was the highest for this year.

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US First Republic Bank bankruptcy second largest in history

2023-05-01 18:46:00
The US financial authorities announced that the bank "First Republic Bank", which had been worried about management, would go bankrupt, and JP Morgan Chase, a major bank, would acquire deposits and assets. It is the second-largest bank failure in US history, surpassing Silicon Valley Bank, which failed in March.

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Yen exchange rate 1 dollar = 136 yen level Market participants “The impact of the US bank failure is limited”

2023-05-01 18:14:00
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 1st of the week, the yen-selling trend strengthened as the interest rate differential between Japan and the United States widened, causing the yen to fall.

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US bank "First Republic Bank" bankruptcy

2023-05-01 17:01:00
Financial authorities such as the FDIC = Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the United States announced on the 1st that the bank "First Republic Bank", which had been worried about its management, had gone bankrupt. He also announced that the bank's deposits and assets would be acquired by major bank JPMorgan Chase.

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Stock price recovers to the 29,000 yen level Renews the highest price of this year at the closing price

2023-05-01 16:49:00
On May 1st of the week, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei Stock Average recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about eight months, and the closing price was the highest for this year following the end of last week.

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All Nippon Airways All flights departing from and arriving at Hiroshima in May Operate with "substantially zero" carbon dioxide emissions

2023-05-01 14:23:00
In conjunction with the G7 Hiroshima Summit, All Nippon Airways announced this month that all flights to and from Hiroshima Airport will operate on fuel with virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions through emissions trading.

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Stock price recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about 8 months

2023-05-01 12:10:00
On the Tokyo stock market on the 1st of the week, the depreciation of the yen has led to an increase in buy orders centered on export-related stocks, and the Nikkei Stock Average has recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about eight months. .

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Astellas Pharma Announces Acquisition of U.S. Biopharmaceutical Company for ¥800 Billion

2023-05-01 11:53:00
Astellas Pharma, a major pharmaceutical company, has announced that it will acquire a biopharmaceutical company in the United States that develops new ophthalmic drugs for $5.9 billion, or approximately 800 billion yen in Japanese yen. The aim is to strengthen drugs in the ophthalmic field.

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Astellas Pharma Announces Acquisition of U.S. Biopharmaceutical Company for ¥800 Billion

2023-05-01 10:14:00
Astellas Pharma, a major pharmaceutical company, has announced that it will acquire US biopharmaceutical company Iberic Bio for $5.9 billion, or approximately 800 billion yen in Japanese yen. This company has strengths in research and development of new drugs in the ophthalmic field, and is developing therapeutic drugs for "age-related macular degeneration," which causes decreased vision and visual field loss. Astellas aims to strengthen its ophthalmology field through this acquisition.

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Stock price recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about eight months since August last year

2023-05-01 09:26:00
At the beginning of the week on May 1, the Tokyo stock market saw buy orders spread immediately after the start of trading, and the Nikkei Stock Average recovered to the 29,000 yen level for the first time in about eight months since August last year. As the yen weakened in the foreign exchange market following the Bank of Japan's intention to maintain large-scale monetary easing at its monetary policy meeting last weekend, buying orders for export-related stocks spread. I'm here.

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Twitter Reveals the policy for introducing a billing mechanism for each article

2023-05-01 09:06:00
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed a policy to introduce a mechanism that can charge for each article published on Twitter by the press. It says it will start in May, but hasn't given any details.

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G7 Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting "Trustworthy AI" Challenges to Create Rules

2023-05-01 07:13:00
The G7 = digital and technology ministerial meeting of seven major countries, which ended on April 30, agreed to promote efforts to spread "trustworthy AI". However, concrete rules concerning AI have yet to be created, and the challenge is whether the G7 can deepen its discussions.

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Canned coffee price hike from today Due to soaring raw material prices

2023-05-01 07:08:00
In response to soaring raw material prices, major beverage manufacturers will raise the price of canned coffee from May 1st. As the market shrinks due to competition from convenience stores and specialty stores, there are a series of moves to revitalize the business by raising prices.

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U.S. Fed to start monetary policy decision meeting from 2nd

2023-05-01 07:06:00
The Federal Reserve Board, the central bank of the United States, will hold a meeting to decide monetary policy from the 2nd. While there is growing speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates to curb inflation, the focus is on whether it will signal that it will not raise rates at its next meeting in June.

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British semiconductor development company "Arm" announces application for stock listing in the United States

2023-05-01 06:24:00
Arm, a British semiconductor development company affiliated with the SoftBank Group, has announced that it has applied to the authorities to list shares in the United States. It is likely to attract attention in the financial market as a large-scale public offering.

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To avoid heatstroke due to air conditioner failure, “Take a test run at this time”

2023-05-01 05:57:00
In order to prevent heatstroke due to air conditioner failures when summer arrives, industry groups of air conditioner manufacturers are calling for air conditioners to be tested at this time and to replace or repair them as soon as possible if there is a problem. increase.

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