TOKYO / Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Inc., Japan’s largest bank, sold the equivalent of $9.4 billion in bonds this week to help boost buffers to meet regulatory requirements, making it the biggest issuer of corporate notes globally this week. MUFG offered 300 billion yen ($2.66 billion) in higher-tier capital-counting notes to institutional investors on Friday, in addition to ...

Relaxnews While Virtual Reality (VR) headsets were the stars of the show at the 2016 Mobile World Congress, new smartwatches wore noticeably more thin on the ground. Here’s a roundup of the hottest devices from both fields that were on show at the trade fair in Barcelona, Spain HTC Vive First revealed at last year’s MWC, the HTC Vive has ...

AFP Facebook rolled out a platform for quick, immersive ads with the potential to become a tempting rival to television commercials. The leading social network made Canvas available globally as a free tool marketers can use to turn smartphone or tablet ads into “experiences” mixing videos, photos, text and “call-to-action” buttons. Mobile ads built with Canvas entice people to scroll ...

Relaxnews The two new Galaxy S7 handsets from Samsung were the most-tweeted about Mobile World Congress topics during the annual tech conference’s 2016 edition. The Mobile World Congress has increasingly become a destination for technology manufacturers of all kinds, but at the eighth MWC in Barcelona, February 22-25, it was the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge that won out ...

Relaxnews YouTube has launched a new custom blurring tool that allows users to blur objects in any video. Available on desktop versions of YouTube, the Enhancements feature lets creators blur objects — from license plates to wardrobe malfunctions — even while moving. The tool, which uses new technology that analyzes the motion of any video, simply requires users to draw ...

Relaxnews Milan Fashion Week was marked by catwalk shows, including a vibrantly colorful autumn/winter preview from Fendi. As usual, elegance and fur were firmly on the agenda, but Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi brought a cool, funky vibe and a fresh feel to this season’s collection. The show’s funky undertone was felt even before the first models took to ...

Relaxnews With the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair set to open in Basel, Switzerland on March 17, the Swiss watchmaker has previewed the ‘Lady KonTiki Diver,’ a stylish and sporty women’s diving watch. It’s also Eterna’s first new “KonTiki” ladies’ watch in 23 years. The ‘KonTiki’ watch was launched in 1958, inspired by a historic Pacific crossing. In fact, the ...

Milan/ AFP Prada’s answer to stagnating sales was unveiled with a handbag-heavy Fall-Winter collection that the company’s executives hopes will spark a revival in the fashion heavyweight’s flagging fortunes. Miuccia Prada’s latest offering had a post-War feel about it with sailor or nurse-style white caps abounding alongside cape-shaped coats and pencil skirts designed to emphasise the slender waists of more ...

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Striking furniture could add manifold to the ambience of any celebration and could earn a streak of compliments for the proud host. Finding a scope of lucrative business out of this innovative idea, Dubai-based start-up Innovative Hiring has established a groundbreaking business model of renting furniture in the region. Innovative Hiring boasts of the best ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Standing elegantly on Khalifa Street, overlooking the Capital Gardens on one side and the Corniche on the other, Millennium Corniche Hotel, Abu Dhabi, is the Emirates capital’s newest 5-star business lifestyle property. High rising 16 floors, with 325 luxurious rooms and suites, the hotel has managed to set the bar high for the standard of ...