Asia shares slip, yen firms as Japan GDP data revised up
Stacked containers are seen at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan Feb 15, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato SYDNEY – Asian share markets followed Wall Street lower on Monday while the dollar looked vulnerable...
View ArticleBinny Bansal: Binny Bansal’s Three State Ventures funds new startup OppDoor
Flipkart founder Binny Bansal has invested just under $2 million in his new venture, OppDoor, through venture fund Three State Ventures, according to recent Singapore regulatory filings seen by ET....
View ArticleNigerian kidnapped children, Kuriga school girls
Recalling Thursday’s kidnapping, Nura Ahmad, a teacher, said students were just settling into their classrooms at the government primary and secondary school when gunmen “came in dozens, riding on...
View ArticleFlipkart Bigbasket: BigBasket, Flipkart quicken delivery to counter...
Online grocer BigBasket and ecommerce major Flipkart have both cut down on their delivery timeline over the past two months amid increasing competition from quick commerce firms like Blinkit and Zepto...
View ArticleMarket hopes high central banks to cut rates around mid-year
The famous skyline with its banking district is pictured in Frankfurt early evening April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo LONDON – Financial markets are turning their focus to when major...
View ArticleAn effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza was heading to the Mediterranean on Sunday, after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to...
View ArticleA91 Partners plans $750m fund; Fashinza, Virgio to return investor capital
Happy Monday! Homegrown investment fund A91 Partners is once again upping the size of its latest India-dedicated fund, per sources in the know. Details of this and more in today’s super packed ETtech...
View ArticleLaval downs Queen’s to capture 1st men’s basketball national title in program...
Before the U Sports men’s basketball champion, Laval University’s head coach Nathan Grant said his team rises to challenges from a superior team. On Sunday, players on the Rouge et Or showed their...
View ArticleThese viral $2.99 Trader Joe’s tote bags are being resold for as much as $500...
New York (CNN) — A Trader Joe’s canvas mini tote bag that costs about the same as a pack of gum is being resold online for nearly 200 times its retail price. The Trader Joe’s bags, available in blue,...
View ArticleFashinza Virgio: Fashinza, Virgio to return majority capital after pivots
At least two well-funded startups — Fashinza and Virgio — backed by the likes of Accel and Alpha Wave have initiated a process to return most of the capital they had raised, after a change in their...
View ArticleJPMorgan’s Dimon urges US Fed to wait past June
SYDNEY – JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Tuesday urged the Federal Reserve to wait until after June before cutting interest rates, arguing the central bank needs to shore up its inflation-fighting...
View ArticleDrivers land better incentives in a crowded ride-hailing space
Increasing competition in the ride-hailing space has resulted in better incentive structures for gig workers in the sector as platforms experiment with their business models or tweak the way they...
View ArticleHot Docs president warns this year’s festival could be its last without more...
This year’s Hot Docs Festival could be the last without more support from government funding partners, said the non-profit’s president. Marie Nelson said the organization is still recovering from...
View ArticleHow Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool’s Premier League title run-ins compare as...
LIVERPOOL will win the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal, SunSport has predicted. The top three are separated by just ONE POINT heading into the final 10 games of the season...
View ArticleU.S. curbs on China to rise, with ‘decoupling’ in full force, expert warns
USA and China trade relations, cooperation strategy. US America and China flags on chess king on a chessboard. Prasit Photo | Moment | Getty Images The U.S. is likely to impose more curbs to check...
View ArticleWhy Vending Machines Are an Unexpected, Popular Side Hustle
Merchandising machines have turn out to be an surprising and in style funding development, in line with a brand new Wall Street Journal report. On paper, the aspect hustle seems easy. Purchase a...
View ArticleGrowth, profitability drive up TCS, HCLTech valuation
For the average, but loyal, Mumbai investor, there’s little to tell one tech frontliner from another – barring size, of course. More often than otherwise, the largest in global outsourcing advance and...
View ArticleArmourer for Alec Baldwin movie Rust convicted in deadly on-set shooting of...
A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie...
View ArticleNesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas qualify for Paris Olympics boxing
Nesthy Petecio is headed to the Paris Olympics boxing competition. –OLYMPICS PHOTO Nesthy Petecio strongly feels that a silver medal in the previous 2020 Tokyo Olympics is not enough. She earned the...
View Articlefood startups: Hunger games: Investors at the table with appetite for food...
A slew of homegrown food and beverage brands across categories such as pizzas, bubble teas and burgers are drawing funding from early-stage institutional investors and high net-worth individuals...
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