The Japanese and Chinese makers of computer games fell hard on the stock exchanges in Tokyo and Hong Kong on Tuesday. The price drops followed reports in Chinese state media describing online gaming as “spiritual opium” and raising concerns about the amount of time youth spend playing games. As […]
Germany Collects Record Amount With CO2 Emission Rights
Germany has earned a record amount from the sale of CO2 emission rights. In the first six months, 2.4 billion euros was raised. In the whole of last year, it was still an amount of 2.7 billion euros, and in 2019 it was 3.2 billion euros. The certificates must […]
Shell Rewards Shareholders After A Favourable Six Months
Shell plans to repurchase $2 billion worth of its own shares before the end of this year. With the buyback program, the oil and gas group is rewarding its shareholders. In addition, because fewer pieces remain after the purchase, the remaining shares increase in value and increase earnings per share. […]
Apple Sells Half More iPhones
Apple is doing better than expected. The quarterly figures of the tech giant should show that it was not affected much by the persistent chip shortages. Apple posted a third more revenue in the third quarter of its broken fiscal year than in the same period last year. The […]
Bitcoin Value Returns to $40,000
Bitcoin’s value has risen again to nearly $40,000, after a significant dip last week. The recovery is probably related to the speculation that online store group Amazon will also do something with crypto coins. Recently, the digital currency was worth less than $30,000. But according to CoinMarketCap, it is […]
Strong Gains on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Nikkei Closed
The Hong Kong stock market rose sharply on Thursday. Profits were also made on the other stock exchanges in the Asian region. Investors brushed aside concerns about the rapid advance of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and took advantage of the positive mood on Wall Street. The interest […]
LeBron James Talks to Nike about Springhill Sale
Basketball player LeBron James is in talks with sports brand Nike and other interested parties about a sale of his production company Springhill Company. This is reported by the Bloomberg news agency based on insiders. Tech website The Information, which previously reported on a possible sale, wrote that the […]
European Commission Puts Digital Tax on Hold Until October
The European Commission is suspending the preparation of its proposal for the introduction of a digital tax until October. With this decision, the Commission wants to provide ample scope for the completion of the international agreement on the taxation of multinationals. Last weekend, the G20 finance ministers reached an […]
Strong Recovery for Nikkei After New Wall Street Highs
The stock market in Tokyo showed a strong recovery on Monday after recent losses. Investors brushed aside concerns about the advance of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and moved on to the new all-time highs on Wall Street last Friday. The other important stock market indicators in the […]
Opel Breathes New Life into Iconic Manta with Electric Model
Automaker Opel is introducing a new variant of the iconic Manta. The automaker plans to start production of the all-electric Manta-e by the middle of this decade. Opel previously presented a kind of study model of the Manta-e. According to the car manufacturer, the reactions after the unveiling were […]