By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, are scheduled to begin their return to Earth early on Tuesday morning on a long-awaited flight home to cap an unusual mission.After a replacement crew arrived on the space station Saturday night, Wilmore, Williams and two other ...
Investing.com-- Shares of Japan’s five largest trading houses rose sharply on Tuesday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) increased its holdings in the firms to a nearly 10% stake. Itochu Corp. (TYO:8001), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:8031), Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058), Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:8053), and Marubeni Corp. (TYO:8002) rose between 3% ...
By Laurie ChenBEIJING (Reuters) -Dozens of foreign CEOs will visit Beijing this month for a flagship business conference and some will meet with President Xi Jinping, as China seeks to attract foreign investment to offset U.S. tariffs and sluggish domestic consumption.The annual China Development Forum will take place March 23-24 at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, while the Xi meeting is s ...
By Summer ZhenHONG KONG (Reuters) -Polymer Capital Management, a Hong Kong-headquartered hedge fund, is launching two Japan-focused funds this year to tap into the robust demand for the world’s third-largest stock market, according to three people familiar with the matter.The move will see the $4 billion multi-manager Asian hedge fund heavyweight joining a wave of fund launches in Japan.One of P ...