Tech funds adopt private equity strategies in race to return cash to investors
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Does charging vs. swapping debate make Indonesia’s EV pioneers vulnerable?
In 50 Words: Pandu Sjahrir, CEO of Electrum, likened the rising EV space with ecommerce's early days. That's both good and bad. READ SOURCE...
China urged to look to low-income groups like migrant workers to ignite new growth engines
However, certain structural reforms could help the country discover its full growth potential, Liu told a financial forum in Beijing on Saturday, according to state-backed digital media The Paper.How much employment pressure is China facing?Concerns have been mounting in China...
South African Crypto Exchanges Revix and Bitfund Merge With Austrian Digital Asset Platform
Two South African crypto platforms and an Austria-based digital asset platform have joined forces to launch a new alternative investment platform called Altify. The goal of the new outfit is to enable South African investors, particularly the younger ones, to...
Four golds at 2024 Paris Paralympics realistic, says Paralympic Council Malaysia president
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The Paralympic Council Malaysia (MPM) continues to hope to see the national contingent achieve four gold medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.MPM president Datuk Seri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin said that four gold medals...
Bally’s Reportedly Facing Multiple Investigations, Including Feds, Over Chicago Casino
Posted on: December 3, 2023, 01:44h. Last updated on: December 3, 2023, 01:44h. Bally’s efforts to bring a casino hotel to Chicago — the city’s first such venue — could be marred by multiple investigations, potentially including one by the...
Hong Kong’s Paul Chan says city pushing for deeper ties with Middle East, China to bring in new capital
Chan also said that Hong Kong was a small, fully open and export-oriented economy that was highly susceptible to external changes, meaning it needed to seek out new opportunities.Financial Secretary Paul Chan has stressed the importance of finding new partners...
IOC raises Panipat refinery expansion cost by 10%, pushes completion deadline by a year
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's top oil firm, has revised the estimates of cost of expanding the Panipat refinery in Haryana by 10 per cent to Rs 36,225 crore and pushed back completion deadline by more than a year...
Ethereum team lead sees zero interest from university in collaborating
Peter Szilagyi, the team lead of Ethereum, has expressed frustration over his alma mater's lack of interest in providing opportunities for students to collaborate with Ethereum (ETH).In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Szilagyi explained that he had...
Hong Kong district council election: 3 candidates from ethnic minority groups compete in coming poll to speak up for diversity
Also running in Yau Tsim Mong South are former newspaper editor Chris Ip Ngo-tung, 43, who is secretary general of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, community officer Haywood Guan Weixi, 32, and company director...