[ad_1] Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg The Siege of Jack Ma Ant Group Co. is planning to turn its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, according to people familiar with the situation, potentially crippling the growth of …
Read More »Ant Mulls Holding Company with a regulation similar to that of the bank
[ad_1] Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg The Siege of Jack Ma Ant Group Co. is planning to turn its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, according to people familiar with the situation, potentially crippling the growth of …
Read More »Comment: Distrust in Science Hampers Efforts to Address COVID-19 in Some Countries
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: In mid-November, South Dakota emergency room nurse Jodi Doering tweeted her experience caring for dying patients. Many, he said, were denying the existence of COVID-19 until their last breath. She said: Ad Ad His last words when he died are “this can’t be happening, it’s not real.” And …
Read More »Malaysian Minister Khairy Jamaluddin injured in fall after bicycle hit pothole, news and news from Southeast Asia
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, suffered minor injuries after his bicycle hit a pothole, causing him to fall in Banting, Selangor state, on Sunday morning. tomorrow (December 27). He tweeted images of his bruised face and the culprit: a pothole …
Read More »German COVID-19 vaccination campaign overshadowed by setbacks
[ad_1] FRANKFURT / BERLIN: Germany’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been overshadowed by an overdose mishap in the north and problems with vaccine transport in the south, prompting 1,000 injections to be shipped. Some districts in Bavaria said on Monday (December 28) that they would not use the vaccines received over …
Read More »Alibaba’s antitrust fears worsen China’s tech giants sell-off and stocks
[ad_1] Mon, December 28, 2020 – 2:18 pm [HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding led a sell-off by Chinese tech giants sparked by fears that antitrust scrutiny would spread beyond Jack Ma’s internet empire and ensnare more of the country’s most powerful corporations. China’s e-commerce leader on Monday raised a proposed …
Read More »Chaly Mah to succeed Liew Mun Leong, Surbana Jurong realtor
[ad_1] Mon, December 28, 2020 – 1:49 pm SURBANA Jurong appointed Chaly Mah Chee Kheong as its new president after receiving board approval of a recommendation from the group’s executive committee on resources and compensation. Mah will replace the founding president of the urban and infrastructure consultancy, Liew Mun Leong, …
Read More »Alibaba, Tiger Leads $ 1.6 Billion Funding at China Edtech Arena
[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 …
Read More »Alibaba, Tiger Leads $ 1.6 Billion Funding at China Edtech Arena
[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 …
Read More »Hougang City Center Rejuvenated Among HDB Design Award Winners
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Hougang city center upgrade, which has been renovated with a fishing village theme, won a design award from the Housing Development Board (HDB), the authority said on Monday (December 28) . The rejuvenation of Hougang Town Center, carried out by SQFT Architects, is among HDB’s 35 honorees …
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