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Competition in the fuel-cell electric truck space continues to heat up, with the Oct. 5 announcement of a Class 8 tractor to be developed jointly by Hino Trucks and Toyota …
Toyota to develop fuel-cell electric truck for North America market Read More
TOKYO — Funding in private companies in China from January through June was concentrated in medicine and health care, as well as “corona-tech” companies that have developed online solutions in …
Chinese ‘corona-tech’ startups raising big money Read More
Inside SoftBank Group Corp., the idea of going private through a buyout has been discussed off and on for at least five years. Almost everyone except founder Masayoshi Son opposes …
At SoftBank, almost everyone thinks going private is a bad idea Read More
NEC Corp. said Monday it will acquire Swiss financial software vendor Avaloq Group AG for 2.05 billion Swiss francs (¥236 billion) by April to strengthen its global financial services reach. …
NEC to acquire Swiss fintech firm Avaloq for $2.24 billion Read More
SoftBank-backed used-car platform Kavak has become Mexico’s first tech “unicorn” after reaching a $1.15 billion valuation in its latest funding round last month, Chief Executive Carlos Garcia said in talk …
SoftBank-backed used-car startup Kavak becomes first Mexican unicorn Read More
TOKYO – A range of price changes will take effect in Japan starting Thursday, from alcoholic beverages to minimum wages, as revisions were made to the tax and social welfare …
October to bring various price changes for Japan residents Read More
TOKYO – A biotechnology venture in Japan said Thursday it started research and development of a peptide vaccine against the coronavirus and has completed a patent application filing. The vaccine …
Japanese bio-venture starts development of COVID-19 peptide vaccine Read More