The Financial Times is one of the worlds leading economic newspaper. Its circulation was 137,000 last year with 70 of that from online subscriptions. Just general surprise and big news. Yeah, pretty surprising. Im hoping that through the new ownership the quality of the reporting from a business perspective is going to improve. Nikkei issued its first paper in 1876. The Japanese Firm seeks to bolster its Global Economic reporting through the acquisition. It also intends to use the ft groups Customer Base to strengthen its digital operations. Nikkeis chairman tsuneo kita said hes excited about pairing up with the Financial Times. He said both firms share economic values. Well the newspaper industry is suffering from shrinking circulation and advertising revenue. Ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. Whats behind the planned buyout . A lot of focus, a lot of interest on this story, catherine. Both the nikkei and the ft group really trying to capture new sources of revenue. Med
On charges including spying and illegal entry. Three of them have been sentenced to hard labor for life. Pyongyang tried to win concessions in negotiations in exchange for the release of detainees. Chinas communist party has decided to revoke the Party Membership of its former top military officer for allegedly taking bribes. The party will hand military prosecutors the case of guo boxiong. Hes the former vice chairman of the Central Military commission. Last year, the party expelled another former High Ranking Army officer. Xu caihou died of illness while under investigation for corruption. Attempts to bring former high ranking military officials to justice are unprecedented in china. Analysts say president xi jinping is trying to demonstrate his ability to push forward his Anticorruption Campaign as well as maintain his grip over the military. A belgian based Graphic Designer is asking the people organizing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to change their emblem. He says the design closely re
Also detained four South Koreans on charges including spying and illegal entry. Three of them have been sentenced to hard labor for life. Pyongyang tried to win concessions in negotiations in exchange for the release of detainees. Chinas communist party has decided to revoke the Party Membership of its former top military officer for allegedly taking bribes. The party will hand military prosecutors the case of guo boxiong. Hes the former vice chairman of the Central Military commission. Last year, the party expelled another former High Ranking Army officer. Xu caihou died of illness while under investigation for corruption. Attempts to bring former high ranking military officials to justice are unprecedented in china. Analysts say president xi jinping is trying to demonstrate his ability to push forward his Anticorruption Campaign as well as maintain his grip over the military. A belgian based Graphic Designer is asking the people organizing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to change their embl
They take note of the serious concern expressed by some nations on the Land Reclamation projects. Officials from the philippines call for the document to contain language denouncing china, but other countries valuing ties with china were strongly opposed. Leaders in beijing are speeding up their maritime activities in the Spratly Islands including the construction of a 3,000meter air strip and other facilities. The philippines, vietnam and other parties overlap their territorial claim there. Now, a u. S. Think tank released photos that show china could be preparing to build a second runway in the Spratly Islands. The center for strategic and International Studies uploaded photos of the reef on its website. Researchers at csis say the photos indicate that, as of june, about 4 million square meters of land have been reclaimed. They say chinese officials may be getting ready to construct another air strip. The director of the csis Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative told nhk that the re
They leased a joint statement. They take note of the serious concern expressed by some nations on the Land Reclamation projects. Officials from the philippines call for the document to contain language denouncing china, but other countries valuing ties with china were strongly opposed. Leaders in beijing are speeding up their maritime activities in the Spratly Islands including the construction of a 3,000meter air strip and other facilities. The philippines, vietnam and other parties overlap their territorial claim there. Now, a u. S. Think tank released photos that show china could be preparing to build a second runway in the Spratly Islands. The center for strategic and International Studies uploaded photos of the reef on its website. Researchers at csis say the photos indicate that, as of june, about 4 million square meters of land have been reclaimed. They say chinese officials may be getting ready to construct another air strip. The director of the csis Asia Maritime Transparency