BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn decided to flee Japan after learning that his trial had been delayed until April 2021 and also because he had not been allowed to speak to his wife, sources close to Ghosn said on Thursday. Ghosn, one of the world's best-known executives, has become Japan's most famous fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a "rigged" justice system. Sources close to Ghosn said he learned at a recent court hearing that one of his two trials in Japan would be delayed until April 2021 from an original date of September 2020....
U.S. gold futures were down 0.1% at $1,522.40. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Phase 1 trade deal with China would be signed on Jan. 15 at the White House, although investors still awaited details of the agreement. "The first phase has been priced in for sometime (in the gold market), but it's affecting the U.S. dollar, which is weakening quite a bit, and that is supporting gold," said Brian Lan, managing director at dealer GoldSilver Central in Singapore....
Jan.01 -- Colin Jones, professor at Doshisha Law School, discusses Carlos Ghosn’s mystery escape from Japan and what it means for his trial and for Japan’s legal system. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.”...
