How 2024 Became a Crypto Election

These keys are generated by “mining,” which means using banks of computer servers to solve extremely complex computational problems (a process that is costly and consumes huge amounts of electricity, generating lots of greenhouse gases).

Dark Day for Japan Stocks as Unease About U.S. Spreads

It wasn't supposed to be like this. When Japan's Nikkei Stock Average hit a new record this February for the first time in 34 years, a healthy U.S. economy and extremely low interest rates in Japan seemed to promise a solid floor for the market. ( read original story ...)

5 Japanese Banking Groups Post Higher Quarterly Profits

Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Five major Japanese banking groups posted consolidated net profits that increased 19.1 pct in the fiscal first quarter ended in June from a year before to 1,338.6 billion yen in total as income from loans grew amid higher ...

How a hotel became a mountain sanctuary during Taiwan’s earthquake

Steven Pan is executive chairman of Regent Taipei - Silks Hotel Group. More about the group's philosophy of resilience can be found in "Crisis is Opportunity: Transforming resilience into leadership in the face of adversity" (written by Ching-I Lin and Steven Pan" and published in Chinese and Japanese. An English edition is forthcoming) ( read ...