thejapantimes, to business
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Rakuten has logged its fifteenth consecutive quarter in the red as losses at its mobile service network unit outweighed a record performance from its financial unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/14/companies/rakuten-consecutive-loss/ #business #companies #rakuten #internet #phones #telecoms

thejapantimes, to business
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Rakuten Group has said it will consider combining its financial units to promote collaboration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/01/companies/rakuten-might-combine-financial-units/ #business #companies #rakuten #banks #brokerages

thejapantimes, to business
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Japan's corporate groups are competing to expand their spheres of influence by enticing customers with a variety of services, often bolstered by reward points, primarily geared toward shopping purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/25/companies/japan-firms-point-reward-service/ #business #companies #rakuten #docomo #telecoms #brokerages

thejapantimes, to business
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Rakuten Mobile, in partnership with U.S. satellite designer AST SpaceMobile, has announced plans to launch a commercial satellite-to-mobile service across Japan in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/16/tech/rakuten-ast-spacemobile-satellite-mobile/

drsbaitso, to discworld

So #HumbleBundle has most of #SirTerryPratchett's #Discworld library for $18 dollars.

You should not buy it.

(Of course, if you're not in the US, they've already made the choice for you. Thanks terrible international intellectual property laws!)

Until today, my experience buying #ebooks from Humble Bundle was they were always available unencumbered by #DRM. I have hundreds of #DRMFree #epubs built up over the past decade.

The #PratchettDiscworldHumbleBundle is through #Rakuten #Kobo's ebook shop, and all the books are encumbered by #Adobe and the #AdobeDigitalEdition DRM. There is zero indication that this DRM is included on the bundle page itself. and it explicitly says "Use on Any Device". On the #RakutenKobo page itself, the only indication the file has DRM is some small bottom-text that says "Download Options: EPUB 3 (Adobe DRM)".

Also, DRM Digital Editions will also "helpfully" install Norton for you as well. It's like the dogshit you just stepped in offered to stab you in the kidney, too.

This is shameful and disgusting from Humble Bundle. I know Humble Bundle got acquired years ago by IGN/Ziff Davis, but they'd avoided the levels of #enshittification to make me stop using them.

thejapantimes, to business
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Rakuten Group says that it plans to sell a large stake in Rakuten Bank to overseas investors, its latest fundraising effort as the company grapples with heavy debt and losses at its mobile network unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/06/companies/rakuten-bank-unit-sale/?utm_content=bufferb372e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to business
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Whether or not a controversial idea to abolish the NTT Law will materialize remains unclear, with NTT’s rival operators fiercely opposing the move. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/05/companies/carriers-ntt-law-revision/?utm_content=bufferdb0a8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to business
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In the debate over scrapping the law regulating NTT, some envision a move to raise the Japanese telecom giant's global competitiveness, while others see a threat of monopoly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/11/20/companies/explainer-ntt-law-revision/?utm_content=bufferb582a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to business
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Online broker Rakuten Securities expects that its zero commission service for domestic stock trading will begin to pay off after around one year, President Yuji Kusunoki said in an interview https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/11/17/companies/rakuten-securities-zero-fee/?utm_content=buffera9a4d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to business
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Mizuho Financial Group plans to increase its investment in Rakuten’s online securities arm, which isn’t proceeding with an initial public offering for now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/11/09/companies/mizuho-raises-rakuten-stake/?utm_content=buffer2fd9a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #mizuho #rakuten #brokerages #banks #investments

thejapantimes, to business
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While Rakuten Viber may be a small player in Japan, its popularity has soared in the Philippines, where it has become one of the country's most popular messaging apps. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/31/companies/rakuten-viber-philippines/?utm_content=buffer5d5ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

mbootsman, to Amex Dutch
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Anyone know of a way to share your wishlist with a public URL?

thejapantimes, to business
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E-commerce conglomerate Rakuten Group is extending a three-month rally in credit markets as it unveils fundraising plans including listing a unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/17/companies/rakuten-bond-payment/?utm_content=buffer1ad90&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #rakuten #bonds #debt

thejapantimes, to business
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SBI Holding's decision to scrap commission fees for domestic stock trading is shaking up the brokerage industry in Japan, with the move threatening to undercut profitability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/02/markets/sbi-zero-comission/?utm_content=buffer36c54&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to business
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Rakuten Group will fold its payments and points businesses into its credit card unit, the struggling e-commerce company has said, in a move that could set the firm up to eventually list its card business. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/10/companies/rakuten-credit-card-mobile-payments-combine/?utm_content=buffera4ec8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #rakuten #creditcards #phones

thejapantimes, to business
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Online lender Rakuten Bank says it’s better positioned than rivals to enjoy a profit boost when the Bank of Japan eventually ends its negative interest-rate policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/08/companies/rakuten-bank-edge-boj-negative-rates/?utm_content=buffere416e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #rakutenbank #rakuten #negativeinterestrates #boj

thejapantimes, to business
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Hiroshi Mikitani, whose Rakuten Group is losing billions of dollars to break into Japan’s wireless market, said he’s devoting a fifth of his time to a U.S.-based biotech startup for cancer treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/07/rakutens-mikitani-spends-a-fifth-of-his-time-on-biotech-startup/?utm_content=buffera37b1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to showerthoughts
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[Commentary] Rakuten is selling whatever it can to plug a hole in its finances caused by a misadventure into mobile. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/14/commentary/japan-commentary/mobile-carrier-market/?utm_content=buffer7b81a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to news
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SBI Holdings, Rakuten Group and Monex Group have been revealed to be among the brokerages in Japan that also sold Credit Suisse’s riskiest bonds to retail investors, highlighting the widening fallout of these products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/business/financial-markets/credit-suisse-japan-fallout/?utm_content=buffer5537d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes, to news
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The market is signaling lingering concern that Rakuten Group isn’t doing enough to reduce debt risk and make its key mobile business profitable, judging by the tepid response to its latest fundraising step. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/business/corporate-business/rakuten-tech-debt/?utm_content=bufferc907c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #corporate #debt #stocks #ecommerce #rakuten #tech

thejapantimes, to news
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Rakuten Group has taken a step to list its online brokerage arm, as Japan’s e-commerce leader struggles to dispel concerns over its debt levels and ability to make mobile operations profitable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/04/business/rakuten-brokerage-securities-holdings/?utm_content=buffer081de&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #business #ecommerce #tse #rakuten

mjgardner, to random
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#MothersDay is less than a week away. I favor #UrbanStems for #flowers, and #Rakuten has a nice cash-back deal going with them and lots of other stores. Check them out.

https://www.rakuten.com/store/urbanstems.com?ref_id=RAKUTE4122&eeid=57122

#shopping #coupons #gifts

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