The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan surpassed 10,000 for the second year in a row in 2025 as smaller businesses were hard hit by soaring labor costs and surging prices, a credit research firm has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/companies/corporate-bankruptcies-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #bankruptcy #wages
Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
#HackerNews #RobotVacuum #Bankruptcy #Roomba #Innovation #Technology #News
The number of corporate bankruptcies involving liabilities of ¥10 million or more in Japan in the April-September period has hit the highest level in 12 years, according to Tokyo Shoko Research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/corporate-bankrupticies-high-level/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #surveys #bankruptcy
"President Donald Trump's tariffs have decimated U.S. farmers' soybean market and there is 'no sign of Chinese buying.'
The fall harvest has started without any orders from China, the world's biggest buyer, according to a new report published on agriculture.com's Successful Farming."
~ Nicole Charky-Chami
#Trump #farmers #agriculture #economy #soybeans #bankruptcy #China #tariffs
Japanese AI developer Alt, which revealed accounting irregularities recently, has filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court under the civil rehabilitation law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/ai-developer-bankruptcy-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #fraud #bankruptcy #japanesecourts
Alex Akselrod
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Judging by Trump’s past few months in office it’s easy to see why he went bankrupt 7 times and was seen as the biggest laughingstock in the business community.
Judging by Trump’s past few months in office it’s easy to see why he went bankrupt 7 times and was seen as the biggest laughingstock in the business community.
Aral Balkan
boosted
“On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the proposed purchase of all of the assets of 23andMe by TTAM Research Institute (“TTAM”) … TTAM is a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Anne Wojcicki (Co-Founder and former CEO of 23andMe).”
– 23andMe bankruptcy notice
Well this all sounds above board…
#DNA #data#23AndMe #genetics#BigTech#peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #bankruptcy#failingUpwards
“On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the proposed purchase of all of the assets of 23andMe by TTAM Research Institute (“TTAM”) … TTAM is a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Anne Wojcicki (Co-Founder and former CEO of 23andMe).”
– 23andMe bankruptcy notice
Well this all sounds above board…
#DNA #data#23AndMe #genetics#BigTech#peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #bankruptcy#failingUpwards
Japanese bento shop bankruptcies could hit a record in 2025 as inflation, weak economic growth and work-at-home arrangements lead to a decline in sales, lower profits and losses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/companies/bento-bankruptcies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #bankruptcy #bento #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #rice #inflation
23andMe and its user data will soon belong to a pharmaceutical giant
the purchase will further the company’s “large-scale genetics research” into future drugs and treatments.
#Regeneron #BigPharma #23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://www.theverge.com/news/669548/23andme-bankruptcy-auction-regeneron-purchase