Southeast Asia’s Tech Start-Ups Could be valued at $1 trillion By 2025, VentuCapital Firm Predict
Southeast Asia’s technology start-ups had a combined valuation of $340 billion last year and that figure may jump more than…
Year: 2021
European Markets Set To Start The Week On A Negative Note
European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Monday, bucking more positive sentiment overnight in Asia. London’s FTSE…
Dollar Hits Four-Month High On Euro As Markets Bet On Earlier Fed Taper
The dollar climbed against major peers on Monday, reaching a four-month high versus the euro, as traders positioned for an…
Capitalism Alone Won’t Deliver Herd Immunity
Get the shot or stay away: That’s what U.S. companies from United Airlines (UAL.O) to BlackRock (BLK.N) are telling employees as Covid-19 continues to…
Exxon Suspended From Climate Advocacy Group It Helped Form
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) was suspended from advocacy group Climate Leadership Council (CLC) that looks to make policies to address climate change,…
Oil Slides On China COVID-19 Curbs, Strengthening U.S. Dollar
Oil prices fell nearly 2% on Monday, extending last week’s steep losses on the back of a rising U.S. dollar…
Ritchie Bros To Buy Euro Auctions For $1 Bln
Asset management company Ritchie Bros (RBA.TO) said on Sunday it would acquire plant and machinery auction house Euro Auctions for an enterprise…
Asia Stocks Spooked By Sudden Slide In Gold
Asian shares wobbled on Monday amid sharp losses in gold and oil prices, while the dollar held near four-month highs…
TikTok Owner ByteDance Aims For Hong Kong IPO By Early 2022 – FT
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video platform TikTok, has revived its plan to go public with a listing in…
Cisco Denies Report Of Developing Private-Cloud Subscription Service
Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) said on Friday it was not planning to offer a solution to help companies shift to private data…
New EV Battery Designs Unlikely To Dampen Metals Demand, Miners Say
Mining companies say they do not fear a plan by China’s CATL (300750.SZ) to make an electric vehicle (EV) battery without lithium…
Apple To Roll Out Photo Checking System On Country-By-Country Basis
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will roll out a system for checking photos for child abuse imagery on a country-by-country basis, depending on local…
NetEase Delays $1 bln Hong Kong Listing Of Music Streaming Firm – Sources
NetEase Inc (9999.HK) has delayed the $1 billion Hong Kong initial public offering of its music streaming service Cloud Village because of…
United Airlines Will Require Its 67,000 United State Employees To Get Vaccinated, A First For United State Carriers
United Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid by no later than Oct. 25 or risk…
Flutterwave To Drive US Expansion As It Appoints Silicon Valley Veteran As Head Of US Growth
African payments startup, Flutterwave, has announced the appointment of Jimmy Ku as the Head of US Growth. With plans to…
Nigeria Can Generate Billions of Dollars From Cloud Computing Services To Unlock Growth Opportunities
The Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has stated that Nigeria can generate huge sums…
Experts Proffer Solutions For Nigeria’s Economic Recovery In Q2′ August 6, 2021
Some economists on Thursday said that unlocking Nigeria’s dead capital in residential real estate, agriculture and driving its export diversification…
Technology Is Shaping The Future Of Food But Practices Rooted In Tradition Could Still Have A Role To Play
From oranges and lemons grown in Spain to fish caught in the wilds of the Atlantic, many are spoiled for…
Analysis: Democrats See Chance To Reset Wall St. Oversight When Top Fed Official Steps Down
The looming exit of the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official will give Democrats an opportunity to reverse the central bank’s…
‘New $6.2b Euro Bond Defies DMO’s Plan For Concessionary Loans’
Erudite Economist and professor emeritus, Olu Ajakaiye has expressed shock and disbelief that the Debt Management Office (DMO) has resorted…
Nigeria Labor Congress Demands Electricity Tariff Reduction Agreement Implementation By December Kindly Share This Story:
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said the Federal Government must implement by December the agreement to reduce electricity tariffs by…
UK House Prices Return To Growth In July – Halifax
British house prices rose in July after falling in June as demand for bigger homes following pandemic lockdowns helped to…
London Stock Exchange Sales Rise As Refinitiv Integration Motors On
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) reported a rise in first-half revenue on Friday, flagging progress integrating data giant Refinitiv and rewarding investors…
Heirs Life, Insurance, Promise Efficient Service Delivery
Heirs Insurance Limited and Heirs Life Assurance, have confirmed that customers are now able to purchase insurance policies from their…
Credit Suisse To Repay Another $400 Mln To Greensill-Linked Fund Investors
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will repay another $400 million to investors in its Greensill-linked supply chain finance funds, the Swiss bank said on…
Stock Market Ends Five-day Rally, Investors Lose N66bn
Investors in the equities market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited lost N65.18bn on Thursday, ending a rally that spanned five…
10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 1.23% Ahead Of Key Jobs Report
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 1.23% early on Friday, ahead of the Labor Department’s highly anticipated jobs report due…
Huawei Chairman Says The ‘Aim Is To Survive’ As Revenue Slides 30%
The chairman of Huawei said the Chinese technology company’s “aim is to survive” as revenue fell almost 30% in the…
Shares Of Indonesian E-Commerce Company Bukalapak Jump 25% In Stock Market Debut
Shares of Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak jumped nearly 25% in their trading debut Friday — from an initial public offering…
European stocks flat as investors track earnings, Covid-19 and economic data
European markets were muted on Friday morning as investors monitored a fresh round of corporate earnings and the global spread…