Japan's factory output likely fell in September as supply chain disruptions continued to hit automakers, a Reuters poll showed, reinforcing expectations that growth in the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises on Evergrande debt payment; election, corporate outlook weigh
Japan's Nikkei rose on Friday, recouping early losses, after embattled developer China Evergrande Group made a bond payment, while caution ahead of the nation's general election and corporate earnings ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan cuts planned output in October and November by 30% – Nikkei
Nissan is slashing its planned global production for October and November by 30%, as it struggles with a shortage of semiconductors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nikkei business daily reported. ( read original story ...)
Sojitz Corporation, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., and Looop Inc.: SOL Energy Begins Rooftop Solar Generation Business in Vietnam
New joint venture company SOL Energy Company Limited will begin operations of a rooftop solar power generation business in Vietnam. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Prices Rise for First Time in 18 Months on Energy Costs
Japan finally has an inflation pulse and the gains are much stronger than they first appear, a factor that could start to influence speculation over the Bank of Japan’s policy path. Most Read from Blo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Telecom Giant Prices One of World’s Biggest Corporate Green Bond Deals
Japan’s largest telecom company Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. priced one of the world’s biggest corporate green bond offerings ever on Friday, as regulators globally increase oversight of such ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s latest big health care listing of 2021 stumbles out of the gate
Medical device maker PHC Holdings Corp. listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange recently, raising around ¥20 billion (US$175 million). The listing was touted as the biggest IPO in Japan since 2018 but ... ( read original story ...)
You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye
Sam Altman wants to give every person on the planet free money—or rather free cryptocurrency. It’s a lofty goal that commands a lofty name: Worldcoin. Co-founded by Altman earlier this year, the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Custodian Anchorage Hires Sales Head Away From Celsius
Crypto custodian Anchorage Digital has poached an executive from digital-assets lender Celsius as its incoming global head of sales, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Subscribe for f ... ( read original story ...)
Robinhood crypto wallet waitlist tops 1 million customers, CEO says
"Crypto is certainly here to stay as an asset class," Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev added in discussing the company's crypto wallet. ( read original story ...)
Bond giant Pimco says it’s ready to embrace crypto, which it sees as a potential store of value and inflation hedge
Pimco has already dipped its toe into digital assets via investments in crypto-linked securities, its CIO Daniel Ivascyn told CNBC. ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange FTX raises $420 million from 69 investors, in meme funding round
FTX is one of the world's largest digital currency exchanges, competing with the likes of Coinbase, Binance and Kraken. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin briefly crashed 87% to about $8,000 on Binance’s US crypto-trading platform
Bitcoin plummeted to $8,200 on Binance's US platform, Cointelegraph first reported. The brief decline in the cryptocurrency was an 87% fall from $65,815. Binance's CEO tweeted: "Expect very high ... ( read original story ...)
Billionaire Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Exchange FTX Lands $25 Billion Valuation And $421 Million In New Funding
Fresh off a massive funding round this summer, FTX Trading, one of the world's busiest cryptocurrency exchanges, has raised another $421 million in new investments, the firm announced Thursday morning ... ( read original story ...)
The WeWork IPO, completed at long last, was made for this moment
The office-leasing company WeWork was trading about $11 after its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange. ( read original story ...)
New ‘Worldcoin’ Crypto That Requires Iris Scan Causes Concern
Members of crypto Twitter have expressed concerns over the venture capital-backed crypto project collecting iris scans. ( read original story ...)