Category: FINANCE

Critics of the digital currency say the energy-intensive process used to "mine" coins is bad for the environment. ( read original story ...)

Exscientia Ltd. (Headquarters: Oxford, UK; CEO: Andrew Hopkins) is pleased to acknowledge that Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head office: Osaka, Japan, Representative Director, President and ... ( read original story ...)

Paytm to get 7 Percent Stake in IPO bound Japanese Firm PayPay - Payment and fintech giant Paytm is reportedly about to get about seven percent stake in Japanese payment ... ( read original story ...)

Investors are awaiting tech giant Alibaba's first-quarter and full fiscal year results that will be released on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. HK/SIN. ( read original story ...)

Ten weeks before the start of the Olympics, Tokyo remains in a state of emergency, 60% of the Japanese people do not want the Olympics to go ahead, and only around 3% of them have been vaccinated for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index plunged nearly 2.5 percent on Thursday, extending a rout on Wall Street as US inflation data fuelled worries about a sudden shift in monetary policy. ( read original story ...)

Manu Bhaker is set to represent the contingent across three events -- the most for any Indian shooter at Tokyo 2021. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets plummeted by around $300 billion over night before slightly rebounding after Tesla billionaire Elon Musk and ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin sent shockwaves ... ( read original story ...)

Court order authorizing a John Doe summons to be served on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken signals more IRS enforcement to come. ( read original story ...)

The stablecoin market, a crucial link between crypto and traditional currencies, is facing calls for tougher oversight, with regulations on both sides of the Atlantic lagging behind the rapid growth ... ( read original story ...)

Staunch supporters of bitcoin on Wednesday night were questioning Elon Musk's crypto bona fides after the CEO of Tesla Inc. said that the company would ... ( read original story ...)

By Eimi Yamamitsu and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to host Olympics athletes due to concerns they will overburden already stretched medical resources ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, extending a rout on Wall Street following US inflation data that fuelled worries about a sudden shift in monetary policy.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)

The surplus of the travel balance, showing the amount of money foreign tourists spend in Japan versus Japanese spending abroad, shrank to ¥264.5 billion. ( read original story ...)

The project will also relocate from Switzerland to the US, as it scales back its global cryptocurrency ambitions. ( read original story ...)

Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to accept overseas athletes competing in the Olympics from July due to concerns about inadequate resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, ... ( read original story ...)