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Jack Ma vs Xi Jinping: the future of private business in China
- Economy
- January 13, 2021, 11:14
Four years ago, when Ant Group’s premier money market fund was racing to a peak of more than $260 billion (€213.5 billion) worth of assets under manag(...)

London shares rally as US stimulus and Brexit pact brighten sentiment
- Markets
- December 29, 2020, 13:09
UK stocks rallied on Tuesday as investors got their first chance to react to last week’s Brexit trade pact and the $900 billion (€736 billion) America(...)

Singles Day remains an unloved ploy for retailers in the West
- Media & Marketing
- November 10, 2020, 05:09
Tomorrow is Singles Day, a sort of Valentine’s Day for single people, but don’t panic if you forgot to do the necessary self-gifting – even in the fre(...)

SoftBank posts $1.3bn loss on ‘Nasdaq whale’ bets
- Markets
- November 9, 2020, 15:34
SoftBank Group posted a loss of $1.3 billion (€1 billion )on its unexpected diversification into trading of listed technology stocks using a war chest(...)

Ikea seeks to build a new version of itself
- Retail & Services
- October 22, 2020, 10:18
Just off Oslo’s main shopping street lies an experiment at the heart of Ikea’s attempts to disrupt itself before it is disrupted. Until recently the o(...)

Chinese fintech Ant faces challenge in reviving global expansion
- Technology
- October 22, 2020, 04:59
Nearly four years ago Ant Group’s then chief executive Eric Jing made going global a core mission, taking to a Davos stage to lay out a vision of buil(...)

Samsung pulls BTS-branded products from online Chinese platforms
- Technology
- October 12, 2020, 15:46
Samsung has withdrawn products branded with K-pop superstars BTS from online platforms in China after a band member’s comments on the Korean war spark(...)

Stocktake: Investors let politics determine investment strategy
- Personal Finance
- September 15, 2020, 05:00
It’s not a good idea to let your politics influence your investments, but a new study suggests some investors do just that. The study, Does Partisansh(...)

Nvidia secures control of key global tech with $40bn Arm deal
- Technology
- September 14, 2020, 12:52
Nvidia’s agreed purchase of Arm Holdings from Japan’s SoftBank for up to $40 billion (€33.7 billion), the largest deal in the global semiconductor ind(...)

China’s inclusion of new technologies on an export restrictions list could hamper TikTok’s sale in the US, according to state media reports, in the la(...)