Formula E bags multi-year free-to-air broadcast deal with Channel 4
Jan 22, 2022 22:32 pm UTC| Economy Business Sports
Formula Es 16 races for the 2021-22 season will be aired on UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4, the networks All 4 streaming platform, and its sports-dedicated YouTube channel based on their multi-year...
New Balance eyeing NFT and metaverse markets based on trademark filings
Jan 22, 2022 22:32 pm UTC| Digital Currency Economy
New Balance is preparing to enter the sneaker-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) market, as evidenced by its filing of three trademark applications in the US. The filings mentioned downloadable virtual goods, retail store...
S. Korea's public golf courses push operating profits 40% on the back of golf boom
Jan 22, 2022 22:32 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
South Korean public golf courses pushed their operating profits to an all-time high of 40.5 percent as they hiked their green fees 19 percent from a year ago, stirring up resentment among golfers that have swelled to 46.7...
UFC collaborates with Dapper Labs for NFT marketplace
Jan 22, 2022 22:31 pm UTC| Sports Digital Currency Economy
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has launched the Strike non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in collaboration with blockchain technologies company Dapper Labs. Profits from the NFTs, priced at US$50 each, will...
Japan's Supreme Court favors website owner over nonconsensual bitcoin mining case
Jan 22, 2022 17:29 pm UTC| Law Economy Digital Currency
Japans Supreme Court absolved web designer Seiya Moroi, 34, of using cryptocurrency mining software Coinhive on unsuspecting visitors to his website after a four-year legal battle. According to the Supreme Court, there...
Jan 22, 2022 14:05 pm UTC| Economy Business
Ministop has joined the French fries war in Japan by offering its Bucket Potato, which has three times the amount of their X Fried Potatoes for 641 yen. A regular-sized order of Ministops X Fried Potatoes costs 213 yen,...
S. Korea's Hanmi, Celltrion, and Dongbang to produce Merck’s COVID-19 pill
Jan 21, 2022 23:18 pm UTC| Economy Business
South Koreas Hanmi Pharm Co., Celltrion Inc., and Dongbang FTL were among 27 drugmakers chosen to produce low-cost versions of Merck Co.s COVID-19 pill molnupiravir for low- and-middle-income countries. The Medicines...
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