Tag: finance

The logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com soared more than 17% in Friday morning trade as it made its debut in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Emilee Cherry won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics to help Australia defend the gold medal it won in women's rugby sevens at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Cherry, a former women’s sevens player of the year, gave ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is looking to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas by about three weeks to June 20, a cabinet minister said on Friday, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing less than ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's unemployment rate crept up and job availability slid in April, data showed on Friday, underscoring the pain the country's prolonged battle with COVID-19 is inflicting on the economy. ... ( read original story ...)

The logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is set to make its debut in Hong Kong on Friday at 9:30 a.m. HK/SIN. Shares of JD Logistics have been issued at 40.36 Hong Kong dollars each. ( read original story ...)

Japan's push for a bigger voice at the United Nations and other global organizations has contributed to a double-digit increase in positions held by Japanese nationals, but rising Asian power China ... ( read original story ...)

Big banks had better pay attention. Silicon Valley has not only arrived, but it has also brought its friends, the global decentralized digital finance gang. Those friends are dating the new kids on ... ( read original story ...)

"We can live in a world with cryptocurrency or a world without ransomware, but we can't have both," said Lee Reiners, executive director of the Global Financial Markets Center at Duke University's Law ... ( read original story ...)

A company looking to build a massive solar project in Butte, Montana claims it would provide 300MW of renewable power and cost $250 million, Gizmodo reported. That’s according to Madison River Equity ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC's "TechCheck" team discusses the outlook for Nvidia, including gaming and crypto with Rajvindra Gill of Needham. ( read original story ...)

Wider use of the digital currencies planned to be introduced by the Central Banks of several countries, including China and the UK, can boost the demand for crypto tokens, suggests a new study by the ... ( read original story ...)

A Montana crypto empire wants to build out one of the nation’s largest solar projects, promising it will power a technological revolution in the state. But some residents are worried about the impact ... ( read original story ...)

The idea of directly incentivizing users is a common rallying cry in the crypto community: Imagine an internet free from monopoly tech giants where users control and monetize their own data. ( read original story ...)

Kim Jung-ju, the billionaire behind Nexon Co., is having a turbulent month.Shares of the Tokyo-listed gaming company have plunged 21% since it forecast a decline in profit on May 12, suggesting its ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan will consider extending a September deadline for its coronavirus pandemic-relief programme by six months, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is skipping out on post-match interviews at this year's French Open, NBC News reports. The superstar, who is currently ranked no. 2 in the world, cited her own mental health for the ... ( read original story ...)