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The finance world, which is constantly on the lookout for rules and laws it can break in the interest of making more money, may have come up against the one law that can't be broken: the law of gravity. Over the last few weeks and months, almost every financial asset has come hurtling back to Earth after high-altitude flights. That includes conventional stocks and bonds, … [Read more...] about Opinion: Bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs, meme stocks — all those pandemic investment darlings are crashing

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering information prior to a full re-opening of the country to tourism. Though tourism was a major pillar of Japan's economy, tourists have not been permitted to enter since it adopted strict border controls in 2020 at the start of … [Read more...] about Japan announces limited “test tourism” from May as step to full re-opening

TOKYO - Japan said on Tuesday (May 17) that it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering information prior to a full re-opening of the country to tourism. Though tourism was a major pillar of Japan's economy, tourists have not been permitted to enter since it adopted strict border controls in 2020 at the start of … [Read more...] about Japan to allow small group tours from 4 countries, including Singapore

Vicky Agung Wibisono (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ● Wed, May 18, 2022 “We have applied for jobs at several companies but there was no response […] We are blind people who don't have access to skills training. We don't know how to join a BLK [public vocational training center],” said Ahmad, not his real name, during a youth forum held by JobStart … [Read more...] about Job opportunities for disabled people: A mission impossible?

A tall red monument stands at the site of the car bomb attack which killed anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone in Palermo in May 1992 ROME - "It was war and we all felt called up. No-one could afford to look away any longer," says Marzia Sabella, remembering the assassination of anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone 30 years ago. Falcone was killed with his wife and bodyguards … [Read more...] about How Italy’s car-bombed judges shaped fight against mafia