GENEVA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China is expected to bag its first Summer Olympic sprinter medal after Britain's men's 4x100m relay team was stripped of its silver medal at Tokyo 2020 after team member ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eases strict border measures criticized by business, educators
Japan will ease border controls imposed to counter the pandemic, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, February 17, softening measures that have been among the strictest imposed by wealthy ... ( read original story ...)
Can the Indian stock market keep falling like the Japanese stock market?
It is common knowledge that the Japanese stock market (often represented by the Nikkei 225) has been underwater since December 1989. That is, it kept falling (excluding minor recoveries) for about 23 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan insists it has a right to a military first strike
Japan has said that a pre-emptive strike by its fighter aircraft could be justified as self-defence, marking a change that will alarm its neighbours and undermine its postwar “peace constitution”. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s deficits, energy imports soar
TOKYO – Japan racked up a 2.2 trillion yen ($19 billion) trade deficit last month, an eight-year high, as the cost of energy imports soared, the government said. The Finance Ministry said ... ( read original story ...)
Great Britain stripped of Tokyo Olympics medal due to doping violation
The British 4x100-meter men's relay team has been stripped of their Olympic silver medal six months after winning it in Tokyo due to sprinter C.J. Ujah testing positive for prohibited substances. The ... ( read original story ...)
Dabbling in crypto? You must tell IRS about these transactions
That's leaving some crypto first-timers confused about how to prep their taxes. Here's what you need to know about how cryptocurrency activity is taxed, and how to report it, according to Shehan ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Is Confident It Will Ride Out The Crypto Storm
Outside of the Super Bowl, which many called "the Crypto Bowl" due to the record number of ads aired by crypto firms, the year has been marked by a succession of bad news for the emerging crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Tumbles As Crypto Market Plunge Erases $150 Billion—But ‘Worst May Be Ahead’
The price of bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 for the first time in two weeks on Friday as the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine continued to drive a broad market selloff, leading some analysts to ... ( read original story ...)
Your letters: Questions about crypto mining; critical race theory; the next 80 years
I recently saw the article about a crypto currency mining company applying for a license to operate in Aberdeen. Three things need to investigated: First, crypto mining is done by using supercomputers ... ( read original story ...)
Fed Restricts Central Bank Officials’ Stock And Crypto Trades After High-Profile Resignations
The Federal Reserve on Friday adopted rules governing investments made by central bank officials, banning them from purchasing individual securities after a series of top officials resigned from their ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto derivative usage rises as ethereum markets mature
CNBC's Kate Rooney reports on how crypto traders are hedging their bets. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox ... ( read original story ...)
Beware PayPal’s New Fees for $100 Crypto Trades
Got some pocket change you want to throw at crypto? It won’t go as far on Venmo. Venmo and its parent PayPal Holdings Inc. alerted their users earlier this week that they’re changing their fees for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation may exceed 1per cent but stay below BOJ goal, says central bank official
TOKYO : Japan's consumer inflation may exceed 1per cent but will remain distant from the central bank's 2per cent target, a senior Bank of Japan official said on Friday. "Japan's economy has yet to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama expanding hose production in $6 million restructuring move
TOKYO—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced a series of measures to restructure its Multiple Business (MB) segment, as part of the Yokohama Transformation 2023 (YX2023) strategy, which was launched ... ( read original story ...)
Supreme Court approves Osaka’s ordinances in battle against anti-Korean sentiment
The city, home to a large community of Zainichi - the descendants of immigrants from Korea during the colonial era - had adopted them to repress attacks. In recent months there has been a fresh ... ( read original story ...)