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Investment Strategy Revamped By Qatar

Investment Strategy Revamped By Qatar

News of a New York skyscraper owned by Jared Kushner’s family bailed out unwittingly by Qatar has raised eyebrows in Doha. Jared Kushner is the U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.  Kushner, a senior White House…

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EU Rejects Rail Mergers of Siemens and Alstom

EU Rejects Rail Mergers of Siemens and Alstom

The European Union has rejected Siemens and Alstom’s plan to create a European rail champion after the review by EU antitrust regulators. They said it would hurt the competition and might increase the prices for…

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Doctor Booking App Zocdoc To Change The Revenue Model despite objections

Doctor Booking App Zocdoc To Change The Revenue Model despite objections

One of the leading healthcare website Zocdoc which is being used by various health providers, including optometrists, dermatologists, and dentists, is planning to eliminate subscriptions and is going to shift to a model that charges…

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Citi Escape US Bank Regulator Fine for Discriminatory Lending Practices

Citi Escape US Bank Regulator Fine for Discriminatory Lending Practices

A leading United States banking regulator has decided against fining Citigroup for discriminatory lending practices against mortgage borrowers from minority communities. People close to the developments told Reuters, the regulator has dropped the possibility of…

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Barclays declares expansion of rising New York, the turbo boosting platform for financial technology start-ups

Barclays declares expansion of rising New York, the turbo boosting platform for financial technology start-ups

Since 2014, Barclays has been mentoring and providing coworking and events space through its Rise Financial Technology ecosystem. This week Barclays introduced an investment pool of 10 million pounds for each financial technology initiative that…

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Boeing Set To Revolutionize Travel With Its Flying Car

Boeing Set To Revolutionize Travel With Its Flying Car

The Boeing Co said that it did an inaugural flight test on its prototype of a flying car which marks a significant baby step towards revolutionizing urban travel and transportation. The flying car is 30…

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Yes Bank ropes Ranveer Gill from Deutsche Bank as new MD and CEO, Rana Kapoor to leave by the end of this month

Yes Bank ropes Ranveer Gill from Deutsche Bank as new MD and CEO, Rana Kapoor to leave by the end of this month

Banking giant Yes Bank has roped in Ranveer Gill from Deutsche Bank to replace outgoing MD and CEO, Rana Kapoor. He is currently the CEO and member of the Asia-Pacific executive committee of Deutsche Bank…

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Great-West Lifeco sells its US insurance business to Protective Life Corp

Great-West Lifeco sells its US insurance business to Protective Life Corp

The Canadian insurance giant Great-West Lifeco Inc. has decided to sell its US focused, Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance unit (GWL&A), via reinsurance, to Protective Life Corp, a subsidiary unit of Daichi Life Holdings, for…

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Giant Blockchain Company Bitfury Hires its CEO

Giant Blockchain Company Bitfury Hires its CEO

Popular Blockchain Company from the USA is trying to strengthen its software unit. The company has hired two people at an executive level. It was declared today that Marina Khaustova and Chris Dickson had joined…

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TNS, Virginia to acquire Chicago based market data, connectivity and hosting specialist R2G Services

TNS, Virginia to acquire Chicago based market data, connectivity and hosting specialist R2G Services

On 22nd of January, Transaction Network Services announced the acquisition of Chicago based R2G Services in a move to become the unique single supplier for an end to end solutions to satisfy the demanding needs…