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29Jan/18

Japan to punish hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

January 29, 2018FinanceBitcoin, Blockchains, Business/Finance, Coincheck, Coincheck Inc, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency bubble, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Finance, Financial Regulator, Japan, Japanese yen, Modern currencies, Money, NEM, Politics, Tokyo, Volunteer computing, Yoshihide Sugasmbale

TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 29, 2018) (REUTERS) – Japan’s financial regulator plans to slap an administrative punishment on cyrptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc on Monday (January 29), the top government spokesman said, after the firm lost 58 billion yen ($534 million) worth of NEM coins to hackers. Continue reading →

28Jan/18

Nearly $530 million lost in world’s biggest crypto-currency theft in Japan

January 28, 2018SecurityBitcoin, Business/Finance, China Central Television, City: Tokyo, Coincheck, Company: CCTV, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency exchange, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Exchange, Finance, Foreign exchange market, Grand Theft Auto V, Japan, Japanese yen, Monetary hegemony, Money, NEM, Tokyo, United States dollarsmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – A major Japanese crypto-currency exchange has lost 58 billion yen (about 528 million U.S. dollars) in digital assets after a hacking attack, making it the world’s biggest ever digital currency theft. Continue reading →

16Jan/17

Sterling skids to three-month low as “hard Brexit” fears bite

January 16, 2017EconomyAftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Bank of England, Brexit, Business/Finance, China, Company: Sterling Res, Country: United Kingdom, Currencies of the Caribbean, Currency, Donald Trump, Economic effects of Brexit, Economy, Euro, Euro/UK Pound Sterling FX Cross Rate, FX Cross Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, European Union, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, Flash crash, Government of the United Kingdom, Japanese yen, Jeremy Corbyn, London, Mike Ingram, Philip Hammond, Politics of the United Kingdom, Pound sterling, Skids, Stock market selloff, Theresa May, U . S . Federal, UK Pound Sterling/Japanese Yen FX Cross Rate, FX Cross Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, UK Pound Sterling/US Dollar FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, United Kingdom, United Kingdom and the European Union, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, United States, Withdrawal from the European Unionsmbale

Sterling skids to its lowest levels – bar a “flash crash” in October – in 32 years on Monday, hit by fears that Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday that Britain is set for a “hard” Brexit out of the EU and its single market.

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09Nov/16

Dollar, Mexican peso, stocks topple as Trump wins

November 9, 2016US ElectionsAmerican people of German descent, Australia, Bond, Business, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, Continent: Asia, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Financial crises, Japan, Japanese yen, Mexico, Presidents of the United States, Right-wing populism in the United States, Sonia Legg, Stock market crashes, TAKUYA KANDA, The Apprentice, United Kingdom, United States, Upend, US Dollar/Mexican Peso FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

The U.S. dollar sank and stocks have plummeted in market mayhem as investors faced up to a shock win for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election that could upend the global political order. Sonia Legg reports. Continue reading →

30Nov/15

IMF approves China’s yuan for benchmark currency basket

November 30, 2015FinanceAsian Monetary Unit, Beijing, cent, China, Chinese yuan, Christine Lagarde, Currencies of the Caribbean, Currency, Currency symbols, Economy, Foreign exchange market, Hong Kong dollar, International economics, International Monetary Fund, International trade, Japanese yen, Pound sterling, Renminbi, Special drawing rights, United States, Washington D.C., Yuansmbale

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde announces the Chinese Yuan will be added to the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket alongside the dollar, euro, pound sterling and yen.
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07Sep/15

Toshiba posts net loss for the year, executives apologise for accounting scandal

September 7, 2015FinanceAccounting, Accounting scandals, Business, Companies, Economy of Japan, Ernst & Young, International Finance Corporation, Japan, Japanese yen, Masashi Muromachi, Mitsui, Olympus Corp, Olympus Corporation, Power engineering, Shinzo Maeda, Shiseido, Tokyo, Toshiba, Toshiba Corp, Yoshihide Suga, Yukikazu Watanabesmbale

Toshiba posts net loss and revamps board as it seeks to put scandal behind it.

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