Nikkei (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mizuho Financial Bought Back 283,500 Common SharesTOKYO (Dow Jones)--Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (8411) said Thursday it bought back 283,500 of its own common shares for Y149.99 billion from July 7 to July 24.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets rallied early Wednesday, as financials such as Mizuho Financial Group were spurred by overnight gains on Wall Street, while transportation stocks advanced after crude-oil prices declined. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 Average climbed 0.8% to 13,293.40 and the Topix index added 1.2% to 1,302.59. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5% to 5,029.80 and South Korea's Kospi...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will become the first of Japan's three largest banks to launch an overseas team dedicated to commodities trading. A four-member team in London will begin trading on European and U.S. markets as early as this month, Koji Onishi, head of the derivative business development team at Mizuho, Japan's second-largest bank by revenue, said in an interview in Tokyo. Read the full...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Mizuho Corporate Bank, a key banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Capital Ltd., a nonbank finance firm of India's Tata Group, to cooperate on a broad range of financial services, including the provision of syndicated loans. The deal also calls for the new allies to promote collaboration through such steps as the joint holding of seminars and...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Asian markets were mixed early Tuesday, with financials rising in Tokyo and falling elsewhere. Shares of both Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho Financial advanced 1.7% in Tokyo.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares advanced early Thursday, with Mizuho Financial Group leading a rally in financials and Toyota Motor Corp. fronting gains in exporters after U.S. stocks rose sharply overnight. The Nikkei 225 Average climbed 117.75 points to 12,878.55 and the broader Topix index advanced 16.36 points to 1265.64. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks...
Singapore News Alternative (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Reuters UK 15 Jul 2008 SINGAPORE, July 15 (Reuters) - Mizuho Corporate Bank, a unit of Japan's Mizuho Financial Group (8411.T: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Tuesday it has got a full bank license to operate in Singapore. > > > > More
Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
MIZUHO Corporate Bank, part of Japan's big Mizuho Financial Group, is set to be more active in Singapore, after announcing yesterday that it has been awarded a full bank licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
SINGAPORE: The wholesale banking unit of the Japanese banking giant, Mizuho Financial Group, has received a full bank licence to operate in Singapore.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares advanced Monday, with financials such as Mizuho Financial Group climbing after the U.S. announced rescue measures for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares slipped Monday, with technology stocks dropping on a Wall Street decline, while financials such as Mizuho Financial Group advanced after the U.S. announced rescue measures for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . The Nikkei 225 Average dropped 19.70 points to 13,019.99, while the broader Topix index gave up 1.39 points to 1,284.52. Market Pulse Stories...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets dropped early Thursday, with financials such as Mizuho Financial Group and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group leading the decline on worries about the U.S. financial sector. Exporters such as Canon Inc. added to the losses in Tokyo on a strengthened yen. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average lost 0.7% to 12,955.35, while the broader Topix index gave up 0.4% to 1,280.28....
DealBook (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Japanese are back. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s nearly $1 billion capital infusion into Barclays, the British investment bank, marks the second major investment this year by a Japanese bank in one of its struggling Western counterparts. Mizuho Financial Group broke the ice in January with its $1.2 billion investment in Merrill Lynch. That was [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group will strengthen its cooperation with U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co , a top executive of its corporate and investment banking unit said on Tuesday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group plans to raise $2.8 billion by issuing preferred shares, as the subprime-hit bank looks to shore up its capital base.
