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Trends
Amazon, Walmart confront India’s slowing economy as holiday season growth stalls
Even India’s biggest festive season, featuring blinding marketing blitzkrieg and heavy discounts from Amazon India and Walmart’s Flipkart, has failed…
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MIT is reviewing its relationship with AI startup SenseTime, one of the Chinese tech firms blacklisted by the US
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said it is reviewing the university’s relationship with SenseTime, one of eight Chinese tech companies…
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Southeast Asian real estate portal 99.co agrees to joint venture with iProperty, as their rival PropertyGuru prepares for IPO
Southeast Asian real estate portal 99.co has agreed to form a joint venture with iProperty. As part of the deal,…
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Ritesh Agarwal to invest $700M in Oyo’s new $1.5B financing round
India’s largest budget lodging startup Oyo Hotels and Homes said today it plans to raise about $1.5 billion as part…
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Khatabook raises $25M to help small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept online payments
Even as tens of millions of Indians have come online for the first time in recent years, most businesses in…
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Finance
PayPal to enter China through GoPay acquisition
The People’s Bank of China has approved PayPal’s acquisition of a 70% equity state in GoPay (Guofubao Information Technology Co.…
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Facebook secures exclusive digital rights for ICC cricket events
If you’re a cricket fan, you will be visiting Facebook way more often in the coming months and years. The…
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Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek launches video streaming service GoPlay
On-demand video streaming giant Netflix, which is increasingly expanding its footprint in developing markets, now has a new competitor in…
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Gogoro launches its newest electric vehicle, a lightweight scooter called Viva
Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric vehicle company, revealed its newest vehicle today, a lightweight scooter designed for people who want something…
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