[Post 670] Cash, Card Or E-wallet? How To Get The Most Out Of Your Japan Shopping | Money Mind | Travel

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Cash, card or e-wallet? How to get the most out of your Japan shopping.

[Post 669] Japan's Young Are Now Its Loneliest Generation, Overtaking The Old. Why? | Insight | Full Episode

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Last November, the World Health Organisation declared loneliness a ‘Global Public Health Concern’. Meanwhile, Gen Zs are emerging as the loneliest generation ever.

Japan has a reputation as a lonely country, but here, there are more lonely people in their 20s and 30s than any other age group. An extreme expression of loneliness are the infamous “hikikomoris” – shut-ins who have isolated themselves from society. More join their ranks each year. 

But apart from this group, there are millions of other youths who experience alienation and loneliness. And with it comes a slew of social ills – from greater rates of depression, to falling marriage rates, to lower productivity. Social anxiety, the suffocating rat race and cultural stigma - Insight explores what is driving solitude in the Land of the Rising Sun.

[Post 668] How Russian Hackers Stole Millions from U.S. Investors — Putin's Trader | Full Documentary

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He was young, rich and on the rise in Moscow. But when up-and-coming Russian oligarch Vladislav Klyushin boarded a private jet for a luxury ski vacation in the Swiss Alps, he had no idea that all of it was about to come crashing down. Klyushin was the owner of a cybersecurity company in Moscow called M-13, but the firm was secretly a front for a computer hacking and insider trading operation that plagued Wall Street for years, and generated more than $90 million in illicit profits for Klyushin’s criminal gang. Now, with exclusive access to the FBI investigators and Department of Justice prosecutors who chased Klysuhin around the globe, CNBC’s Eamon Javers can reveal the shocking details of the spectacular rise and fall of this audacious criminal enterprise. We learn about their insider trading in stocks of American companies including Tesla and other high-tech firms, and we see the crooks’ own text messages, which give a revealing look at the bromance between the oligarch and a veteran Russian intelligence hacker at the center of the crime ring. And in an exclusive interview, Javers sits down with a former Russian spy — an officer of the Russian FSB intelligence agency — who explains why all of this, and more, was so important to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

And in a turn of events, the White House just announced a massive, multinational prisoner swap between the U.S., Russia and other nations. As part of the historic deal, the Russian government released high-profile Americans held in captivity there, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who had been in a Russian prison for more than a year.

Also included in the trade were a number of Russians who had been arrested for various crimes and held in prisons in the U.S. and other countries. Klyushin was one of the prisoners released. Watch “Putin’s Trader” for the full story.

It took our investigative team countless hours to unravel the mysteries of “Putin’s Trader”—chasing down sources, going deep into a criminal web spun by those at the highest levels of global power. Join CNBC’s Eamon Javers in every step of this gripping journey by following and listening to the limited podcast series “The Crimes of Putin’s Trader”. It’s the expanded universe of this real-life thriller, featuring exclusive spy interviews and behind-the-scenes reporting. You can find “The Crimes of Putin’s Trader” podcast wherever you get your podcasts or click here and be the first to get notified about new episodes: 

[Post 665] How Paris Pulled Off One Of The Cheapest Olympics

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While the Olympics is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it comes with a hefty price tag for the cities hosting the games. Since 1960, every Olympics has overspent its budget by building new venues, Olympic villages, and public infrastructure. For the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, it aims to become one of the cheapest modern Olympics. The total budget for the 2024 Olympics is an estimated $9.7 billion, with 95 percent of the venues needed already built.

[Post 663] My Amazon Side Hustle Brings In $409K A Year — At Age 17

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Bella Lin, 17, is the founder of GuineaLoft, a company that sells products for small pets, including guinea pig cages, bedding, food feeders and water bottles. In 2024, GuineaLoft has brought in an average of $71,000 per month in revenue so far. That's more than double compared to last year, when the company brought in $34,000 a month.

[Post 662] How I Earn $112K A Year As A Travel Nurse

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Kevin Levu, 24, earns $112,000 a year as a travel nurse working in Pelican Bay State Prison. Levu, who studied nursing while serving in the U.S. Army, took his first travel nursing job in 2023 after learning how much money he could make.  Here's how he manages his money.

This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.

[Post 661] How Our Toys Bring In $226 Million A Year

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Drawing inspiration from a doctoral thesis on infant brain development, Jessica Rolph and Roderick Morris co-founded Lovevery - a company specialized in stage-based children's toys. After creating prototypes and entering in the subscription toy box market, the company brought in $226 million in revenue last year.