"Not a new normal, but the normal we are already accustomed to," Ian Schrager shares his business lessons and why hotels are still opening ... ( read original story ...)
PCC approves Toyota Santa Rosa sale to GTCAD, Toyota Sapporo
“Following the transaction, [Toyota Santa Rosa] shall be 60% owned by GTCAD and 40% owned by [Toyota Corolla Sapporo],” GT Capital said in the disclosure. Toyota Motor Philippines, from which GTCAD ... ( read original story ...)
PCC OKs GT Capital, Toyota Santa Rosa partnership
GT Capital Holdings Inc. (GT Capital), the listed conglomerate founded by the late tycoon George Ty, has received the green light from the Philippine Competition Commission for its joint venture ... ( read original story ...)
Washington scientists study ‘silent quakes’ to possibly track bigger earthquakes
This is true around the Pacific Rim, where the quakes had been discovered a few years earlier in Japan. The violence of these events, which can range into the magnitude 9 range, including the great ... ( read original story ...)
Lender Ngern Tid Lor weighs B30bn IPO
Ngern Tid Lor Co, a microfinance company controlled by Bank of Ayudhya Plc, has picked banks to explore a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as 30 billion baht, people with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to host four-nation gymnastics contest ahead of Olympics
Tokyo will host a one-off international gymnastics tournament next month, organisers said Monday, in what could serve as a practice run ahead of the postponed Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga’s rating falls to 55% in second poll since took office: NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's approval rating fell seven points to 55% in a poll by public broadcaster NHK released on Monday, the second survey since he took office last month. ( read original story ...)
Visitors to Japan plunged 77%
The number of foreign travelers coming to Japan during the first half of 2020 plunged 77 percent from a year earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was the first decline in nine years. ( read original story ...)
Campaigns begin ahead of second referendum on Osaka metropolis plan
The initiative calls for the restructuring of the city's 24 administrative districts into four special wards with greater authority and elected leaders. ( read original story ...)
Japan must revise BOJ law to speed digital yen, enshrine inflation goal: senior official
Japan must swiftly revise laws to allow the central bank to issue a digital currency, a move that could provide a chance to reform the Bank of Japan's existing mandates and enshrine its inflation ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Department Of Justice Reveals Bitcoin And Crypto National Security Threat Could Herald ‘Oncoming Storm’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned the emergence of bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies is a growing threat to U.S. national security, with the attorney general William Barr’s ... ( read original story ...)
Infographic: Bitcoin Leads The Crypto Market
At the end of 2017, the cryptocurrency briefly reached a market capitalization of over 300 billion U.S. dollars. That year, Bitcoin started to appeal to mainstream investors and while the ensuing ... ( read original story ...)
Revamped Crypto Derivatives Exchange Qume Set to Fly in Wake of BitMEX Woes
The timing couldn’t be better for regulation-focused trading platform Qume, which unveils a revamped set of services Monday. ( read original story ...)
The Rise of Defi: Powering the Next Crypto Boom
Cryptos are back in the mainstream media once more. A renewed interest in the crypto space has driven a new wave of protocols and coins. ( read original story ...)
These are the end days for crypto criminals, and good riddance
Nobody who believes in crypto wants it to be a sector beholden to criminality or poor commitment to security. John McAfee’s recent detention in Spain caps off a few weeks where crypto news feeds have ... ( read original story ...)
CVC-Backed Thai Lender Ngern Tid Lor Weighs $1 Billion IPO
Ngern Tid Lor Co., a Thai microfinance company controlled by Bank of Ayudhya Pcl, has picked banks to explore a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, people with ... ( read original story ...)