[ad_1] Blackstone and CVC agreed to include Paysafe in a $ 9 billion valuation through a merger with a blank checking company launched by billionaire Bill Foley. The deal triples investment by private equity firms three years after buying the UK fintech group, people briefed on the deal said. Foley …
Read More »Gates, Ardern and Pichai to attend Singapore fintech festival, Digital News
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s largest fintech festival and innovation week kicks off Monday (December 7) with a series of speakers including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Vice Premier Heng Swee Keat, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy …
Read More »Geylang Operations See Dozens Arrested, Aged 16-94, Singapore News
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A week-long trawl to crack down on criminal activities in Geylang saw 89 people arrested for various crimes, police said in a statement on Sunday (December 6). Among those arrested were 62 men and 27 women, the youngest being 16 years old and the oldest 94. The …
Read More »South Korea’s Moon Orders COVID-19 Testing Expanded Amid Third Wave
[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered on Monday (December 7) that testing for COVID-19 be expanded by mobilizing the military and more public service personnel, as the country continued to report new daily cases of three digits. Moon said test sites should operate longer hours to allow those …
Read More »California Faces Tight New COVID-19 Shutdowns, Some Sheriffs Reject
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: More than 23 million people in Southern California were preparing for the harshest blockades in the United States on Sunday (Dec. 6) as COVID-19 cases soared to record levels in the most populous state from the country. The restrictions in California, ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom to …
Read More »Nanny gets 7 years in jail for poisoning two babies with multiple drugs
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A nanny was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday (December 7) for poisoning two babies in her care four years ago with drug cocktails. Sa’adiah Jamari, 39, maintains that he did not commit the crimes against the babies, who were then five and 11 months old, …
Read More »7 years in jail for the nanny who poisoned 2 babies in her care with drugs, Courts and Crimes News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A nanny who poisoned two babies in her care with a variety of medications, including some used to treat insomnia and anxiety disorders, was sentenced Monday (December 7) to seven years in prison. After an earlier trial, District Judge John Ng convicted Sa’adiah Jamari, 39, of two …
Read More »Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s agent blames Mikel Arteta’s tactics for the forward’s goal drought
[ad_1] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s agent slams Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta with an Instagram post of attacking stats highlighting his lack of quality this season during the 2-0 loss at Tottenham. Arsenal have created the fewest opportunities in the league this season Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has only scored two goals in 11 league …
Read More »Under one roof: users can view financial data for bank and government accounts on a single platform
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: For those with multiple bank accounts, logging into numerous platforms for updates and compiling financial spreadsheets may now be a thing of the past. This is possible with the launch of the Singapore Financial Data Exchange (SGFinDex) on Monday (December 7), a digital infrastructure that is based on …
Read More »Caoimhin Kelleher on Wolves win, another clean sheet and return of fans
[ad_1] Caoimhin Kelleher was delighted to be part of a ‘first-class’ team performance that saw Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on Sunday night. Watch: LFC 4-0 Wolves in 90 seconds The 2,000 fans who were able to return to Anfield for the first time since March enjoyed a consummate collective …
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