April 18, 2025
Operating Assets

Heartbreaking update as family of Mohamed Fattah, 9, shot dead in horror gun accident at Windellama property break their silence over tragedy

By JONICA BRAY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 06:54, 14 April 2025 | Updated: 07:09, 14 April 2025 The distraught family of a nine-year-old boy who tragically died after being accidentally shot on a family weekend away have shared a heartfelt tribute. Mohamed Fattah known as ‘Moey’ and ‘Hamad,’ was shot dead when a gun

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Financial Assets

Japan’s stock plunge deepens, bonds rally, rate-hike bets fade

Japanese stocks sank deeper into the red on Friday, with the Topix index tumbling into a technical correction as it led Asian equities lower for a second day. Investors continued to bail out of riskier assets that will be hurt by US tariffs, with a rally in government bonds sending yields sharply lower and traders

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Intangible Assets

GRI Bio Bolsters Intellectual Property Portfolio with Granting of Two Global Patents for Europe and Japan

Company committed to building a robust global patent estate across its innovative pipeline of NKT cell modulators for the treatment of inflammatory, fibrotic and autoimmune diseases LA JOLLA, CA, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GRI Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRI) (“GRI Bio” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company advancing an innovative pipeline of Natural Killer

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Trump’s worldwide tariff threats spark global stock market tailspin: Shares slump over fears trade war will lead to recession

World share markets were in a tailspin on Monday after Donald Trump said tariffs would essentially cover all countries, stoking worries a global trade war could lead to recession. Trump’s comments to reporters on Air Force One yesterday seemed to dash hopes the levies would be more limited.  The U.S. President is due to receive

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Intangible Assets

Patent Index 2024: Japan ranks 3rd in European patent applications

European Patent Office received nearly 200 000 patent applications last year, with Japanese companies and inventors filing 10.6% of the total Electrical machinery/energy, transport and computers are leading technology fields for Japanese inventions Tokyo 1st in global city ranking Sony Group is among the EPO’s Top 10 applicant companies Four Japanese companies among the EPO’s

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Financial Assets

Stock market today: Wall Street rises again

NEW YORK–U.S. stocks climbed again on Monday as Wall Street’s wild roller-coaster ride veers back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% for a second straight gain after it fell 10% below its record late last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 353 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.3%. More big swings could be ahead, with a decision by the Federal

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Financial Assets

Japanese investors pull out of foreign bonds after European debt selloff

Japanese investors sold the highest quantum of foreign bonds in over a month in the week through March 8, turning cautious due to a selloff in Eurozone debt markets triggered by Germany’s plans for robust fiscal spending. They sold a net 355.9 billion yen ($2.40 billion) worth of long-term foreign bonds during the week, their

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Fixed Assets

Once-reluctant builders now using unmanned machinery, AI

Unstaffed heavy machines are used to build a huge dam in Higashi-Naruse, Akita Prefecture. (Video by Yoko Masuda) HIGASHI-NARUSE, Akita Prefecture—Two green bulldozers smoothly spread a mixture of pebble and cement at the construction site of a mountainous dam, followed by four vibratory rollers that compacted the fresh layer into place. By design, no one

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Intangible Assets

Dwango case ends with court backing Japan’s patent holders

The Supreme Court ruled on March 3 that even if a company has servers abroad, it can still be held liable for services violating patents concerning online video distribution that were obtained in Japan. Presiding Judge Koichi Kusano of the court’s Second Petty Bench issued its first-ever ruling on the matter, saying, “If an infringing activity is

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Operating Assets

FBI: North Koreans behind theft of $1.5 bil. in virtual assets

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind what US media are calling the biggest crypto theft on record. The FBI made the announcement on Wednesday. Last Friday, the Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said that it had digital assets worth about 1.5 billion dollars stolen in a cyberattack. The

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