Japanese fund secures ¥1 trillion to buy Toshiba
Nov 08, 2022 23:38 pm UTC| Investing Economy Business
Investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc. has secured about 1 trillion yen offered by a group of more than 10 Japanese companies, to acquire Toshiba Corp However, Japan Industrial Partners Inc. failed to meet...
NFT: Instagram is now an NFT marketplace where users can mint and sell non-fungible tokens
Nov 05, 2022 07:26 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing
Instagram is now an NFT marketplace after announcing its latest update for its digital collectibles feature. The photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms revealed this week that the...
Metaverse: NBA’s Stephen Curry files for ‘Curryverse’ Metaverse trademark
Nov 03, 2022 07:03 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing
Stephen Curry, an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has filed to trademark his Curryverse metaverse platform. This platform will allow...
NFT: Twitter adds a feature to allow buying and selling of non-fungible tokens via tweets
Nov 01, 2022 06:26 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing
Twitter just announced a new feature that will allow users to sell and buy non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It will let them display their NFT marketplace listings, which they posted on some platforms. Twitter will put a...
NFT: Visa files trademark for crypto, metaverse, and NFT
Nov 01, 2022 03:55 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing
Visa has filed trademark applications for areas related to the virtual world, such as the non-fungible token (NFT), the metaverse, and various cryptocurrency products. The San Francisco, California-headquartered financial...
Coca-Cola focuses on pricing strategy amid high inflation
Oct 31, 2022 23:08 pm UTC| Economy Business Life Investing
Coca-Cola is focusing on pricing, tiering, and pack size to demonstrate value for consumers as inflation remains an issue globally. According to chairman and CEO James Quincey during a recent Q3 2022 earnings call, the...
Blockchain: Gate.io joins Binance, FTX crypto firms in helping Busan build its blockchain framework
Oct 28, 2022 08:06 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing
Gate.io crypto exchange signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Koreas Busan City on Wednesday, Oct. 26, to help it with the development of blockchain infrastructure in the territory. With the MOU, it has...
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