A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Faced with a profit-destroying price war at home and a growing surplus of new cars rolling out of factory lines, Chinese car makers are widening their footprint across South America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/china-ev-south-america-tesla/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #southamerica #tesla #carmakers #latinamerica #carmakers #china
Rio Tinto Group is imposing surcharges on aluminum shipments it sells to the U.S., putting further pressure on consumers in North America already faced with higher costs due to tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/markets/aluminum-markups-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #aluminum #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #metals #manufacturing #riotinto
Consumers in China are increasingly turning to homegrown labels over LVMH and Gucci as the economy cools, embracing the message that modern luxury can be proudly Chinese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/17/markets/china-local-luxury-lvmh-gucci/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #luxurygoods #china #lvmh #gucci #fashion #louisvuitton #kering #burberry #rolex #chanel #songmont #maogeping #laopugold
European Union officials may cut growth forecasts for 2026 in the coming week in an assessment of damage to the region’s economy, a year after Donald Trump won back the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/16/markets/europe-fallout-trump-trade-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #europe #eu
The euphoria surrounding Labubu toys is starting to resemble the boom-and-bust cycle that ended in the collapse of Beanie Babies in the 1990s, a warning sign for investors, a bearish analyst says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/16/markets/pop-mart-labubu-beanie-baby/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #popmart #labubu #beaniebabies #toys
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" #DavidGraeber was the #anthropologist who re-framed economics by showing that its most basic assumptions were myths.
Where conventional economists traced money to barter and exchange, #Graeber traced it to trust and relationships. He argued that the origins of money lay not in #markets but in #morality: in obligations, promises, and the human capacity for cooperation."
" #DavidGraeber was the #anthropologist who re-framed economics by showing that its most basic assumptions were myths.
Where conventional economists traced money to barter and exchange, #Graeber traced it to trust and relationships. He argued that the origins of money lay not in #markets but in #morality: in obligations, promises, and the human capacity for cooperation."
Japan Exchange Group is considering measures to limit the growth of listed digital-asset treasury companies, as concerns deepen over losses connected to the crypto hoarding frenzy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/markets/japan-exchange-crypto-regulations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japanexchangegroup #tse #cryptocurrencies
U.S. investors are increasingly buying Japanese stocks focused on tech and artificial intelligence, attracted by the country’s outsize returns compared with U.S. stocks, according to Goldman Sachs Group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/markets/us-investors-japan-stock-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #tse #nikkei #goldmansachs
A group of U.S.labor unions slammed the Trump administration for suspending port fees on China that workers argued would revive their industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/09/markets/unions-trump-china-shipbuilding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #shipping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china #unions #shipbuilding
Wall Street prepares to work alongside Zohran Mamdani following the democratic socialist's victory in the New York City mayoral election, a win set to reverberate through the heart of global capitalism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/markets/wall-street-mamdani-nyc-competitiveness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #zohranmamdani #democrats #newyork #wallstreet #kengriffin
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points Wednesday morning to slip below 50,000, dragged down by heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/05/markets/nikkei-stock-plunge-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #nikkei #stocks
Dane 🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
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YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.
#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse
YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.
#Tech #Apple #Android #Google #Science #InfoSec #TechNews #Engineering #Blog #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Markets #Travel #Finance #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse
The start up at Simandou threatens to further tilt the power dynamics in a market already facing uncertainty as its top buyer, China, is pushing for greater influence over the world’s most-traded commodity after oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/markets/china-africa-mine-iron-ore-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #iron #metals #ironore #mining #africa #riotinto
Seth of the Fediverse
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Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.
#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse
Hackers are launching mass attacks, exploiting websites using outdated WordPress plugins. WordPress security firm Wordfence says that it blocked 8.7 million attack attempts against its customers in just two days, October 8 and 9.
#Tech #InfoSec #Wordpress #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse
A toy maker’s legal case against Donald Trump’s tariffs is heading to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/markets/toy-maker-trump-tariffs-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #toys #ussupremecourt #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of Trump’s use of powers for sweeping global tariffs in a case striking at the heart of the president’s economic agenda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/markets/trump-tariffs-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ussupremecourt #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs