Spain Hit With More Devastating Flash Floods - Cadaques

Spain Hit With More Devastating Flash Floods - Cadaques

Woman bailing water behind the stream in Cadaqués, on November 8, 2024, in Cadaqués, Girona, Catalonia , Spain. The rainfall has overflowed the stream that runs through this municipality located in the Alt Empordà region, has dragged more than 30 vehicles, parked in a flood zone. The firefighters of the Generalitat de Catalunya have reported that the flood has not caused any injuries. Photo by Gloria Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

INCLUSION｡､Conference on The Bund Held in Shanghai

INCLUSION｡､Conference on The Bund Held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 - Visitors visit Zhixiaobao, China's first independent service AI App built by Ant Group's Alipay and based on Ant Bailing Grand model during the INCLUSION｡､Conference on the Bund in Shanghai, China, September 7, 2024.

Prudential questions fairness of insurers safety-net system

Prudential questions fairness of insurers safety-net system

TOKYO, Japan - Prudential Financial Inc. Chairman Arthur Ryan tells Kyodo News on Dec. 16 that he questioned the fairness of Japan's safety-net mechanism for life insurance policyholders, under which money is collected from all insurers to enable compliance with insurance contracts underwritten by failed insurers. ''Bailing out troubled companies does not solve the problem in the industry,'' he said.

Former Sumitomo Bank President Ibe dies at 92

Former Sumitomo Bank President Ibe dies at 92

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kyonosuke Ibe, a former president of Sumitomo Bank, a predecessor to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., who died April 16 at 92. Ibe was known for his role in arranging the 1976 absorption of financially troubled trading house Ataka Corp. by C. Ito & Co., now Itochu Corp., and bailing out ailing automaker Toyo Kogyo Co., now Mazda Motor Corp., in the 1970s.

Prudential questions fairness of insurers safety-net system

Prudential questions fairness of insurers safety-net system

TOKYO, Japan - Prudential Financial Inc. Chairman Arthur Ryan tells Kyodo News on Dec. 16 that he questioned the fairness of Japan's safety-net mechanism for life insurance policyholders, under which money is collected from all insurers to enable compliance with insurance contracts underwritten by failed insurers. ''Bailing out troubled companies does not solve the problem in the industry,'' he said. (Kyodo)

Former Sumitomo Bank President Ibe dies at 92

Former Sumitomo Bank President Ibe dies at 92

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kyonosuke Ibe, a former president of Sumitomo Bank, a predecessor to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., who died April 16 at 92. Ibe was known for his role in arranging the 1976 absorption of financially troubled trading house Ataka Corp. by C. Ito & Co., now Itochu Corp., and bailing out ailing automaker Toyo Kogyo Co., now Mazda Motor Corp., in the 1970s.