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Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments firm is now worth more than Goldman Sachs
June 11th, 2018
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments company just raised a huge pile of cash from investors. Ant Financial said in a statement Friday that it has brought in $14 billion from Chinese and foreign investors. It plans to use ...
Jack Ma Is Opening His Wallet to Europe But Not to Europeans
August 8th, 2016
Payments powerhouse Alipay ramps up search for retail partners Targets Chinese tourists, expats; no offer for local consumers Jack Ma will set a bag aside for you at your favorite Paris store or hail you a ride in Rome ...
JACK MA: This Is Alibaba’s Most Dangerous Moment
November 20th, 2014
People now think that Alibaba, after being repeatedly underestimated, is capable of doing anything. That’s why Alibaba founder Jack Ma says the company is in its “most dangerous moment,” according to Bloomberg. Ma was speaking at a conference in ...
Jack Ma, ‘capital-lite’ model impress at Alibaba’s Boston IPO event
September 10th, 2014
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has two major things going for it as it prepares for an initial public offering that could raise more than $21 billion: founder Jack Ma and a “capital-lite” business model. While corporate governance remains a ...
Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8 million mining scheme
January 26th, 2024
The National Police of Ukraine (Національна поліція України), with the support of Europol, has arrested an individual believed to be the mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme. The 29-year-old individual was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. Three ...
Inflation watch: Beware the ides of March
March 12th, 2021
President Biden has now had his $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed into law, and it will not be the last in the current fiscal year. Covid is not over and is sure to resurge with new variants next winter. ...
UPDATE: Emerging market currencies and Latam stocks
June 4th, 2020
Brazil’s real surged on Wednesday after industrial output in the country fell less than expected, while Latin American stocks surged as major global economies were seen recovering from the coronavirus’ economic rout. The real rose 2.4% to a near ...
The SIM hijackers: How criminals are stealing millions by hijacking phone numbers
March 16th, 2020
It is a common story: the signal bars disappears from their mobile phones, they call the phone number – it rings, but it’s not their phone ringing. They try to login to their bank account, but the password fails. ...
Why a bear market will lead to a dollar collapse
March 5th, 2020
Falling equity markets this week are likely to signal the onset of a bear market, responding to a combination of the coronavirus spreading beyond China and persistent indications of a developing recession. This has provoked a flight into ...
Sterling rallies after cabinet backs May’s draft deal
November 15th, 2018
The pound has rallied after the Prime Minister announced she had the backing of the cabinet for her Brexit withdrawal plan. It followed a volatile day’s trading while the outcome of Theresa May’s five-hour meeting with cabinet colleagues remained ...
