For global banks, India could soon be worth it

For global banks, India could soon be worth it

A man walks out of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, January 3 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Acquire Licensing Rights BENGALURU, Nov 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Global banks’ CEOs have descended on Hong Kong for a financial leaders summit hosted by the city’s monetary authority but investment bankers based in the hub are … Read more

‘The China Project’ media company shuts due to funding problem

‘The China Project’ media company shuts due to funding problem

BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) – One of the few independently funded English-language publications to cover China in depth for Western audiences, “The China Project”, is to close because of a lack of funding, its editor-in-chief, Jeremy Goldkorn, wrote in a post. The China Project, which began as a newsletter in 2016 and was formerly known … Read more

PayPal stock surges as pledge to turn “leaner” keeps crypto concerns at bay

PayPal stock surges as pledge to turn “leaner” keeps crypto concerns at bay

[1/2]A pedestrian walks past the PayPal logo at an office building in Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 2 (Reuters) – PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) added nearly $4 billion to its market value after a pledge to turn “leaner” fired up investors, even as the payments giant disclosed a subpoena … Read more

AmEx’s third-quarter profit tops estimates on robust spending

AmEx’s third-quarter profit tops estimates on robust spending

The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company American Express (AXP) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 20 (Reuters) – Credit card giant American Express (AXP.N) on Friday reported third-quarter profit that beat expectations, helped by resilient spending from … Read more

Crowd-safety firm Evolv under US FTC scanner over marketing practices

Crowd-safety firm Evolv under US FTC scanner over marketing practices

Signage is seen at the Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 13 (Reuters) – Evolv Technologies (EVLV.O) on Friday said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had requested information about certain aspects of the AI-based weapons screening firm’s marketing practices. The company did not … Read more

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks during 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights RIYADH, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Sunday that the first hydrogen train in the Middle East … Read more

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball

NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) – As blank-check deals go, it hardly could have been much worse than Better. The online mortgage lender led by Vishal Garg unveiled plans in May 2021 to go public at a nearly $8 billion valuation by way of a special-purpose acquisition company, exuberantly telling investors it expected to … Read more

ByteDance’s valuation slumps by a quarter in stock buyback – source

ByteDance’s valuation slumps by a quarter in stock buyback – source

The ByteDance logo is seen at the company’s office building in Shanghai, China July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 2 (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance is buying back shares from U.S. employees in a deal that values the TikTok parent company at $223.5 billion, about 26% lower than a valuation a year … Read more

AI startup AlphaSense valued at $2.5 bln after latest funding round

AI startup AlphaSense valued at $2.5 bln after latest funding round

Sept 28 (Reuters) – Market intelligence platform AlphaSense has raised $150 million in a fresh round of funding that boosted its valuation to $2.5 billion, underscoring strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) startups. The series E financing round was led by technology investment firm BOND and joined by existing investors including Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) CapitalG, Viking … Read more

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France CEO Anne Rigail attends a pannel at the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in Paris, France, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Air France (AIRF.PA), airport group ADP (ADP.PA) and motorway operators criticised the French government’s plans to impose a new tax on … Read more