REUTERS reports:
 Rakuten Inc’s shares jumped as much as 24% on Monday after the Japanese e-commerce firm said it would raise $2.2 billion through a stake sale to companies including Japan Post and Tencent as it takes on Amazon.
Rakuten …

SEEKING ALPHA reports:
– One of the hottest growth areas on Wall Street, special-purpose acquisition companies, is becoming a target for short sellers, WSJ reports. In fact, the dollar value of bearish bets against shares of SPACs has more than …

IDENTITY ELEMENT writes:
In the period leading up to the 1990s, sound business models were predicated upon deploying capital to produce assets which in turn generated more capital; in essence, to generate a dividend. Homeowners who rent their properties out …

CNBC reports:
– Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, was at $60,415.34 as of 7:25 a.m. ET, according to Coinbase.
– The digital currency is up over 80% this year and 570% higher over the last 12 months. Its value surpassed …

Container spot rates from Asia to Europe remained virtually unchanged this week, despite softer demand, assisting carriers to lock-in shippers with huge contract rate hikes.
On the transpacific, there was no let up in demand and BCOs are struggling to …

Hopes that the Chinese New Year would give container lines breathing space to reposition the vast numbers of empty container appear to be short-lived.
Shippers and forwarders trying to find equipment for shipments out of China had hoped the two-week …

Cargo airlines are increasingly embracing multichannel sales approaches as they attempt to cater for all types of customer.
Whether its via bots, highly trained staff or booking platforms, carriers want to make themselves easily available to any customer – it’s …