In Japan, chip-making equipment maker Tokyo Electron lost 0.94%, game and audio equipment maker Sony Group fell 1.93% and robot maker Fanuc slipped 0.6%.
Japan’s Nikkei hits near one-month low on economic worries
TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei index on Thursday fell to its lowest in nearly one month, weighed down by Wall Street’s weak finish on economic concerns as well as corporate earnings. The ...
Winklevoss Crypto Firm’s Employees Saw the Disaster Coming
Users of Gemini—the cryptocurrency exchange founded by identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss —could hand over their digital assets to a product called Earn. The assets would then be loaned out, ...
FTX, Crypto Collapse Costs Taylor Swift a Huge Payday
Fried's ambition for celebrity endorsements might have snared the "Anti-Hero" singer, but she proved to be smarter than a lot of other famous people.
Japanese marketing firm Warrantee files for upsized $20M US IPO
Japanese marketing research firm Warrantee (WRNT) has submitted a new F-1 filing with the SEC for a proposed upsized $20M US IPO. Read more here.
These are not the most expensive cities… unless you are a certain kind of expat
Let’s look at the Economist survey for what it is - the worldwide cost of living for expats with a very fixed way of life. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan’s Life Insurers Are Dumping Foreign Bonds at a Record Pace
Stung by crippling hedging costs and tempted by higher yields at home, Japan’s life insurers are bailing out of foreign bonds at a record pace.
When Crypto Scammers Stole $23 Million, This Victim Found Them
A fraud victim who lost more than $23 million in a crypto heist told me he’s counting on the 20-year-old was involved in hacking his account. But first… • Savvy fraudsters are bilking Amazon merchants ...
Accounting red flags are common among public Crypto companies
Accounting issues that brought down major crypto firms like FTX and Celsius, exist in firms weathering the crypto contagion such as Marathon and Riot Blockchain.
U.S. court weighs novel issue of crypto ownership in bankruptcy
A U.S. judge this week is considering for the first time the question of who owns bitcoin and other tokens in frozen accounts at a bankrupt digital asset exchange in a case that could shape customer ...
EMax crypto investors’ lawsuit against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Jr., other celebrities dismissed
The decision comes as other celebrity promoters face lawsuits from users of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, whose collapse has deepened an ongoing “crypto winter.” ...
Celsius bankruptcy judge orders return of some crypto assets to customers
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ruled that some customers of crypto lender Celsius Network should receive their deposits back, giving relief to a relatively small group of customers whose ...
Japan Overall Bank Lending Rises 2.7% On Year In November
Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.7 percent on year in November, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday - coming in at 592.470 ...
A Weak Yen Is Dragging Japan Down
Despite strengthening relative to the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, the currency’s real value is at a 50-year low.
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as investors weigh economic risks
Asia-Pacific shares are set to trade lower on Thursday with negative sentiment continuing as markets weigh recession fears.
Japan sees 1st current account deficit in 9 months in October
Japan posted a current account deficit of 64.1 billion yen ($470 million) in October, its first red ink in nine months, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. Among key components, the country had a ...