中国人民銀行(中央銀行)が仮想通貨(暗号資産)の決済や取引情報の提供といった関連サーヴィスを全面的に禁止すると発表した。仮想通貨を「投機」とみなして実体経済を重視する方針を打ち出した格好だが、ブロックチェーンの活用という政府の戦略との矛盾もはらんでいる。
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Does the UK have a wage problem?
Business leaders have hit back at Boris Johnson over claims they allowed Britain to become a low-wage and low-skilled economyBritain’s businesses stand accused of allowing the UK to become a low-wage, low-skilled and low-productivity economy bedevilled…
Omni Energy predicts it will be 13th UK provider to go bust
Firm tells customers it will switch them to another supplier unless they objectThe UK household electricity company Omni Energy has said it expects to become the 13th energy supplier to go bust this year, unless the gas price crisis eases before winter…
Levelling up isn’t about north or south, or city or town. It’s about restoring local pride | Neil O’Brien
Parts of the country have suffered for decades, now we have an opportunity to unite the countryNeil O’Brien is MP for Harborough and parliamentary undersecretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesBoris Johnson put levelling up at the he…
規約で禁止しているPayPay支払いへの手数料加算、一部加盟店が行っているとして議論
10月からPayPay手数料が有料化したことは過去記事でも触れているが、いくつかの店舗がpaypayの手数料を商品自体に転嫁していることから議論となっている。とくに毒舌ツイートで知られる居酒屋「黒かどや」の店主の発言などはその発言内容から話題となっているようだ(Togetter)。該当発言に関しては以下の通りとなっている。本日のペーペー乞食
店「お会計1600円です」
客「paypayで」
店「手数料2%上乗せで1632円になります」
客「えっ?じゃあ現金で」
じゃあ現金てさ、たったの32円…
UK petrol prices are closing in on all-time high, warns RAC
Cost per litre nears the record 142.48 set in April 2012, stoked by global demand outpacing supply rather than UK fuel shortagePetrol prices could reach all-time highs before Christmas, the RAC warned, signalling “misery” for motorists still reeling fr…
Two in three UK firms expect to raise prices in Christmas run-up, poll finds
BCC warning comes as Greggs flags price pressures amid surge in fuel and energy costsNearly two-thirds of UK manufacturers expect to raise their prices in the run-up to Christmas after being hit by mounting cost pressures, a leading employers’ group ha…
Nearly half of toys from third-party online sellers found to be dangerous
UK industry body warns of ‘wild west of safety’ after investigation into toys being sold on major sitesNearly half the toys purchased from third-party sellers on online marketplaces were dangerous, according to an investigation by an industry body that…
Pandora papers prove that the rich live by different rules | Letters
Readers respond to the leak of documents exposing the secret offshore accounts of world leaders, celebrities and business tycoons, and call for action to close tax loopholesThe Guardian’s Pandora papers exposé is just the latest in a slew of scandals a…
UK car sales plunge but electric vehicles soar to record amid fuel crisis
Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decadesThe number of electric cars sold in the UK last month neared the figures for the whole of 2019, with panic-buying at the petrol pumps expected to accelerate cons…