Japan's Mitsubishi Corp will enter an agreement to provide Amazon.com Inc's facilities in Europe with renewable energy through its Dutch unit Eneco, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares hit fresh 30-year high on robust corporate earnings
Japanese shares rose sharply on Monday, with both Nikkei and Topix hitting 30-year highs, as strong corporate earnings lifted investor confidence for an economic recovery from pandemic lows. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Asian Festival to Open With ‘Keep Rolling’ Ann Hui-Themed Documentary
Next month’s Osaka Asian Film Festival will open with a screening of documentary feature “Keep Rolling.” The festival, which runs in front of live audiences March 5-14, 2021, will close with ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei: Japanese Firms Suffer Blow after Tokyo’s Export Curbs
Japanese companies reportedly suffered a significant blow as South Korean firms strive to reduce their heavy reliance on Japan for key semiconductor and display materials ... ( read original story ...)
Beyond Doge Coin: What Crypto’s Are Worth Buying, Besides Bitcoin?
Doge Coin. Good dog. getty. You probably never thought of Doge coin, or cared to invest in Doge coin until you read Elon Musk’s Tweet about it in the good ole days of the GameSt ... ( read original story ...)
Flash Loans Are Providing Instant Cash to Crypto Speculators
That’s what a fast growing array of financial products dubbed flash loans are promising the crypto faithful. The practice is the latest attempt by the digital-asset crowd to rewrite the rules of ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank presses Vision Fund companies to seize IPO chance
SoftBank Group has urged some of its high-profile portfolio companies to accelerate plans for stock market listings, telling them they should capitalize on strong investor appetite for the booming ... ( read original story ...)
Dogecoin’s price jumped as high as 35% after Elon Musk tweeted ‘Dogecoin to the Moooonn’ in a Twitter poll on the future of crypto
Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared to drive the price of Dogecoin by as much as 35% higher after he asked followers about the future of crypto ... ( read original story ...)
A $7 billion crypto joke
"A deal could value WeWork at $10 billion." That's still "a far cry from its peak valuation of $47 billion" in 2019, before investors rejected WeWork and "its visionary yet erratic leader, Adam ... ( read original story ...)
Inside a $US90m crypto fraud
A 24-year-old UNSW dropout is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing $US90 million from investors. ( read original story ...)
Retail Crypto Adoption Advances Amid Pandemic as Acceptance and Fungibility Broaden Value
While the rise in cryptocurrencies over the last year has been the source of excitement among advocates and consternation for its detractors, a look at ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan policy hurts sustainable finance
An expansion of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investment and a sustainable finance market is essential for Japan’s economy. ( read original story ...)
Central Bank of Nigeria Orders Banks to Close Accounts of Crypto Clients
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has circulated a letter directing banks and financial institutions to identify and close accounts of cryptocurrency transacting entities. The directive, which took ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Rally Takes Crypto Market Value to New Record
Bitcoin topped $40,000 in a rally that helped the market value of digital tokens scale a new peak. The largest cryptocurrency rose more than 7% to $40,658 at 12 p.m. in New York Saturday, taking it ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Tops $40k Mark, Ether At All-Time High Amid Crypto Markets Boom
The cryptocurrency market is on a roll today, as Bitcoin edges back over the $40,000 mark and ethereum’s ether is at an all-time high. Bitcoin is now trading slightly over $40,000 per single ... ( read original story ...)
A Grab IPO could be good – for everyone
An IPO could put increased pressure on Grab to run more profitably. Failing to deliver on that could result in lower stock prices, which in turn would erode the company’s valuation – a founder’s ... ( read original story ...)