At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, the CEO shared his thoughts on the state of the markets, Berkshire’s insurance business and recent investments.WSJ.com: Markets Read More
Month: April 2022
How Twitter’s Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him
It’s highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks. But Twitter’s board ran out of options.NYT > Business Read More
Warren Buffett Is Still Setting Berkshire’s Direction. For How Much Longer?
The Oracle of Omaha, at 91, sits atop a conglomerate that is outperforming the S&P 500 and earning record profits. Yet some shareholders want him to cede more control.WSJ.com: Markets Read More
Tech Rout Gives Nasdaq Its Worst Month Since 2008
An April rout in technology stocks deepened Friday, dragging the Nasdaq Composite to its worst monthly performance in more than a decade.WSJ.com: Markets
Amazon Revenue Slows, and Costs Rise
Amazon benefited from the coronavirus pandemic as people flocked to online shopping. Now, shoppers’ behavior has shifted.NYT > Technology
5th issue of Research Bulletin of the Kyoto City Cultural Properties Protection Division
We are pleased to announce that Kyoto City has published the fourth issue of “Research Bulletin of the Cultural Properties Protection Division, Kyoto City”, a collection of papers written by the Cultural Properties Protection Engineers. Read More
TICAD 8 “JICA Chair Follow-up Lecture” at the Tunisian National Academy of Public Administration (ENA)
Conference Title: Lecture on TICAD 8 at the “JICA Chair Follow-up Lecture” at the Tunisian National Institute of Public Administration (ENA) Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Organized by JICA in collaboration with the Ecole Nationale d’Administration de Tunis (ENA) Location: Tunis, Tunisia Main Participants Speakers: ENA President Rabidi, Japanese Ambassador Shimizu, JICA Tunisia Office Director…
Vice President Yamada speaks at FY2022 Development Consulting lecture
JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada gave a lecture titled “JICA and Development Consultants” at the “Basic Training Course for Development Consulting in FY2022” (online) organized by the Overseas Consultants Association of Japan (ECFA) on April 27, 2010. © Source JICA Read More
Working Paper No. 231, “Unpacking the Influence of Business Approaches to Development on the Expansion of Women’s Choices and Empowerment: A Case Study of a Handicraft Business in the Kyrgyz Republic”
JICA Sadako Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development publishes some of the results of its ongoing research as Working Papers with the aim of stimulating active discussion. Unpacking the Influence of Business Approaches to Development on the Expansion of Women’s Choices and Empowerment: A Case Study of a Handicraft Business in the Kyrgyz Republic,”…
Published Working Paper No. 230, “Risk Management for Smallholder Farmers: An Empirical Study on the Adoption of Weather-Index Crop Insurance in Rural Kenya”
JICA Sadako Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development publishes some of the results of its ongoing research as Working Papers with the aim of stimulating active discussion. Working Paper No. 230, “Risk Management for Smallholder Farmers: An Empirical Study on the Adoption of Weather-Index Crop Insurance in Rural Kenya,” by Keiko Fukumori, (authored by…