http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-37125-mizuho-financial-group-inc/topic-rss.do Mizuho Financial Group Inc. RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23770038-commodities-in-demand-as-battered-dollar-keeps-on-diving.do A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar was the signal for another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold 2009-11-16T08:50:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23766485-gold-adds-sparkle-to-miners-as-dollars-in-the-doldrums.do The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar 2009-11-09T08:53:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23760576-oil-plunges-after-the-profit-takers-swoop.do Oil fell back below $80 a barrel today as investors took profits from last week’s one-year high on renewed concerns about the global economy’s strength 2009-10-26T08:15:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23759264-mervyn-kings-warning-over-interest-rates-lifts-pound.do The pound soared after Bank of England Governor Mervyn King stunned the City with a warning to Britons to prepare for interest rate rises 2009-10-21T12:43:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23756245-british-land-defections-trigger-downgrade-from-blue-blooded-caz.do Troubled times ahead for British Land, down 4.8p at 467.6p, after main board director and head of retail Andrew Jones and two of his top executives left as exclusively revealed in last week’s Evening Standard 2009-10-14T07:39:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23704355-sterling-gets-battered-again-thanks-to-political-turmoil.do The pound took another beating today as savage political infighting destroyed confidence in the UK currency 2009-06-05T12:41:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23704115-lse-set-for-footsie-return-triumph.do Next week’s FTSE reshuffle should mark a glorious start for Xavier Rolet, the new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange 2009-06-05T07:51:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23692508-city-jobs-back-on-the-rise-as-banks-boost-their-troops.do Headhunters report the first tentative green shoots in the City jobs market since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last September 2009-05-15T08:32:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23688654-rein-in-mining-bulls.do The mining bulls have run ahead of themselves. That is the verdict of Citigroup, which today urged caution in wake of the recent recovery in commodities stocks 2009-05-11T08:11:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23632844-hitachi-and-panasonic-earnings-tell-tale-of-woe.do Earnings at Japan's mightiest companies continue to plunge with Panasonic set to book a $3.9 billion (£2.7 billion) annual net loss, insiders warn, while Hitachi says that its loss will be 700 billion yen for the year to March 2009-02-02T12:10:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23613781-ms-cattles-lead-a-cull-of-3000-workers.do <strong>Economy: </strong> More than 3000 jobs were axed or are under threat as Marks & Spencer led the cull with the loss of 1230 posts 2009-01-07T14:26:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23588999-now-japans-banks-join-chase-for-funds.do <strong>Banking:</strong> Japanese banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, which only four months ago propped up Barclays with a £500 million cash injection, now has to raise money to boost its own balance sheet 2008-11-19T08:44:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23584329-mizuho-picks-up-lehman-traders.do Japan's Mizuho Financial Group is set to start electronic trading in Asia with a team of 16 ex-Lehman Brothers staff, insiders say 2008-11-10T10:25:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23580533-mizuho-hit-by-bad-loans-and-losses.do <b>Banking: </b>Japan's second-largest bank Mizuho Financial Group says its full-year profit will slump 55% due to bad loans and losses on the markets 2008-10-31T08:40:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23578222-gold-and-oil-prices-on-slide-as-dollar-gains-further-strength.do <strong>Commodities:</strong> Gold tumbled, dragging silver in its wake as even safe havens lost their allure 2008-10-27T09:18:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23555670-london-market-goes-on-the-slide-as-banking-stocks-take-a-pummelling.do <strong>Market reaction:</strong> The FTSE 100 opened down almost 158 points today as fears over the collapse of Lehman Brothers outweighed the more positive news that bank of America will buy Merrill Lynch in a $50 billion (£27.89 billion) deal 2008-09-15T08:29:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23548648-japan-pm-quits-and-sparks-fears-of-a-sell-off.do Yasuo Fukuda stands down as Prime Minister of Japan, sparking fears of a sell-off of shares when Tokyo opens 2008-09-01T15:37:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23497001-japanese-set-to-bail-out-barclays-with-473m-stake.do Barclays is on the verge of securing a massive bailout from Japan as it looks to Asia to bolster its finances 2008-06-20T08:40:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23480263-global-toll-rises-to-47000-as-more-london-jobs-lost.do The worldwide bloodletting of finance jobs has hit 47,000, with Mizuho Financial the latest to wield the axe in London 2008-04-25T07:49:52Z