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[ad_1] Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tiger Global Management LLC led a $ 1.6 billion investment in Chinese online education startup Zuoyebang, underscoring how the Covid-19 pandemic has turned distance learning into a hot business. Existing backers Softbank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China and FountainVest Partners also participated in the …

[ad_1] Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tiger Global Management LLC led a $ 1.6 billion investment in Chinese online education startup Zuoyebang, underscoring how the Covid-19 pandemic has turned distance learning into a hot business. Existing backers Softbank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China and FountainVest Partners also participated in the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A contractor was fined S $ 8,500 for failing to ensure that a licensed plumber was performing regulated work on a private condominium along Kim Yan Road, leading to contamination of the water supply, the national agency said. of PUB water on Monday (December 28). The firm was …

[ad_1] Deal Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Sunday its board authorized an increase in the company’s share buyback program to $ 10 billion from $ 6 billion. FILE PHOTO: The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company’s 11/11 Singles Day global shopping festival at its headquarters in Hangzhou, …

[ad_1] Shares in Alibaba, the e-commerce group founded by Jack Ma, fell sharply on Monday after Beijing publicly accused the company’s payments arm of regulatory flaws in its latest attack on one of China’s richest men. The comments by Pan Gongsheng, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, were …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The seating markings at the hawker centers here have been adjusted to signal the increase in maximum dining group size from five to eight on Monday (December 28), the first day of the third phase of reopening from Singapore. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s street vendor centers and markets will see safe management measures adjusted in Phase 3 of Singapore’s reopening. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Monday (December 28) that seating markings have been revised in the dining areas of street vendor centers to accommodate the increase in group …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Surbana Jurong Group will have a new president effective January 1, with the appointment of Chaly Mah, the infrastructure consultancy said on Monday (December 28). This comes after the founding president, Mr. Liew Mun Leong, announced his retirement in September following a High Court decision to acquit …

[ad_1] SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – Three years ago, Suh Kyung-bae was the second richest person in South Korea. Today it’s just barely in the Top 10, a sea change from the Korean beauty boom known for minting billionaires, not breaking them. Suh’s $ 3.6 billion (S $ 4.78 billion) fortune, up …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The U.S. government headed into a chaotic final days of the year when President Donald Trump’s refusal to approve a $ 2.3 trillion financial package caused millions of unemployed Americans to lose benefits and threatened to close agencies Federal due to lack of funds. Trump, who leaves office …