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MUFG $9.4bn in bonds makes it week’s top global issuer

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 ...

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MWC picks the best VR headsets and watches

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 ...

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Facebook moves to new full-screen ‘immersive’ ads

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 ...

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