Sony is considering spinning off its semiconductor unit, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the PlayStation maker’s latest effort to streamline its business and focus on entertainment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/29/companies/sony-weighs-chip-spinoff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #tech #sony #chipmakers
Nintendo has said it is seeing overwhelming demand for its upcoming Switch 2 game console in Japan, in a sign the gadget could be on track for the biggest hardware launch in the video game industry’s history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/23/companies/nintendo-switch-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nintendo #switch #videogames
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs could drive a recession that will make companies reluctant to invest in the world’s largest economy, according to the head of major Japanese beverage maker Suntory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/companies/trump-tariff-japan-investment-appetite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tariffs #donaldtrump #suntory #takeshiniinami #investments
A Boeing jet intended for use by a Chinese airline landed back in the U.S. on Sunday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/20/companies/boeing-us-china-trump-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #us #boeing #aviation #trade #tariffs
Mazda Motor will pause exporting one model type to Canada that it makes in the U.S. as a temporary countermeasure to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/18/companies/mazda-pose-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #donaldtrump #us #tariffs #canada #carmakers #mazda
https://www.europesays.com/de/41063/ 17:38 Dax geht vor den Feiertagen die Puste aus – N-TV #BörsenTag #Business #Companies #Companies&Markets #Dax #Der #Deutschland #Feiertagen #Germany #Markets #Märkte #Puste #Unternehmen #Unternehmen&Märkte
Day 19 cont 
“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:
The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”
#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.
#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>
In a first, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order against Google, accusing it of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/companies/google-anti-monopoly-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #google #phones #bigtech #search #ftc #tech #apps
India will adopt East Japan Railway's upcoming E10 series of shinkansen bullet trains for its national high-speed railway under construction in the west of the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/companies/india-high-speed-railway-shinkansen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #indiajapanrelations #jreast #shinkansen #rail #bullettrains
#Companies will still face pressure to manage for #ClimateChange, even as government rolls back US climate policy
"Media attention and interest group advocacy is often focused on government actions, but decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance."
Canon had a good app for Android called Camera Connect - to download images to the computer and connect to the camera. However, it was full of bugs, errors, slowness, imperfections, and insane battery consumption.
Today the app was updated, and I had a naive thought: "Updated, fixed, improved!" Sure. Now they have, in addition to everything that already didn't work, added mandatory login via CanonID. And registration is not possible - the page, probably written by the same clumsy development team, consistently goes to a 403 error.
I hate companies.
And registration is not possible - the page, probably written by the same clumsy development team, consistently goes to a 403 error.
I hate companies.
Nintendo and Sony are likely to raise prices on their game consoles in response to U.S. tariffs, with American consumers possibly paying as much as 30% more for a Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 under the base-case scenario. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/11/companies/nintendo-sony-game-consoles-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nintendo #sony #videogames #ps5 #us #tariffs #xbox #microsoft
Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality. A U.S. crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/11/companies/japan-firms-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #investments #corporategovernance #stocks #women039sissues
https://www.europesays.com/uk/9786/ Facing Trump tariff threat, Germany’s new government bets big on boosting economy – POLITICO #Budget #Cars #Companies #Competitiveness #Conflict #Debt #Diesel #ElectricVehicles #Electricity #Energy #EnergyPrices #EU #Europe #Exports #farmers #FriedrichMerz #gas #Germany #Growth #Industry #infrastructure #Investment #MarcelFratzscher #Policy #PublicFunding #Regulatory #Research #Security #Stability #Steel #SupplyChains #Tariffs #Tax #Technology #Trade #War
Business leaders say Trump’s shifting trade moves make it nearly impossible to plan or invest with confidence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/11/companies/ceo-tariff-pause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #trade #tariffs #tradewar #globaleconomy #donaldtrump
The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning DEI programs, highlighting the extraterritorial reach of U.S. policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/31/companies/french-companies-trump-diversity-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #france #dei #us #republicans #donaldtrump #jobs
Your #boss is watching
Monitoring technology is increasing the power imbalance between #companies and #workers. Protections lag far behind.
A study conducted in 2021, when the covid-19 pandemic had greatly increased the number of people working from home, revealed that almost 80% of companies surveyed were monitoring their remote or hybrid workers.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1111664/worker-monitoring-employee-surveillance/ #surveilance
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