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Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2026
Challenger rejects Daiichi Life’s $4.4 billion takeover offer
Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger at 11.80 Australian dollars per share.
A BNP Paribas bank branch in Paris. The asset management arm of the bank has been raising its positions in long-dated Japanese government bonds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2026
BNP Paribas AM builds long-end JGB bet on steep yield curve
The bullish stance comes after superlong JGB yields reached multidecade highs this year amid concerns over inflation and fiscal spending.
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2026
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
The nationwide menu prices for the chain are to increase by an average of 6%, with some heavy-traffic locations to rise by 10%.
U.S. Steel, which Nippon Steel acquired in June 2025, aims to begin production at the new hot-strip mill in the second half of 2029.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2026
Nippon Steel to invest $3 billion in new U.S. Steel hot-strip mill
The project is expected to be the largest under Nippon Steel’s commitment to invest $11 billion by 2028.
Tesla Cybertrucks parked outside of a SpaceX installation in Starbase, Texas, on April 21. Most analysts expect the merger between Tesla and SpaceX will happen.
BUSINESS / Companies / EXPLAINER
Oct 23, 2026
Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here’s what to know
The combination of the two companies would be worth about $3.5 trillion and would be the largest corporate deal in history.
SoftBank Group’s market value halved from its peak in June.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2026
SoftBank market value halves from peak as AI fears grow
After briefly overtaking Toyota as 91AV原创 biggest company, SoftBank’s market capitalization is now smaller than that of Hitachi and Recruit.
Tesla electric vehicles at the company's store in Colma, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2026
Tesla’s spending on AI and robotics trails expectations, clouding outlook
Heavy spending is needed to help Tesla reorient operations around futuristic business lines, a shift seen as justifying a merger with SpaceX.

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
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