just led his first startup deal in nearly two years. Wilson led a $5 million round in Coinbase, a startup for buying, selling, and accepting Bitcoins. Bitcoins are a form of decentralized, digital currency. This year, Bitcoin's value has reached new heights. Today, Bitcoin is trading ...
* Trust set to debut in Singapore on May 29 * Soros, Och-Ziff among cornerstone investors in $1.1 bln IPO SINGAPORE, May 2 (Reuters) - Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT), backed by funds linked to Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd, plans to raise up to $1.1 billion in a Singapore IPO, be...
HONG KONG, April 25 (Reuters) - Japan-focused Croesus Retail Trust (CRT) launched a $292 million Singapore IPO on Thursday, looking to benefit from demand for high-yield securities and an expected increase in consumer spending in the world's third-largest economy. The deal comes as a ...
Singapore. REUTERS/Edgar Su Thanks in part to its generous tax regime, Singapore has been a millionaire haven for years. But a new report says the tiny island state may soon overtake Switzerland as the world's largest offshore wealth hub. The report, by WealthInsight, a London-based r...
For a brief period this month an electronic form of currency called bitcoins were all the rage. Promoted as an alternative to paper or "fiat" currency, bitcoin caught a popular wave with the public and became the it investment of the moment. With high profile investors like the Winkle...
They won't make a sound no matter how many of them you try to toss in a bucket, and you can't pitch them in a fountain and wish for good luck. But make no mistake, bitcoins are getting big. The online alternative currency, previously little more than a curiosity in financial markets s...
Citi Private Bank is recommending property stocks as an alternative to physical real estate as the shares have been beaten down after the Singapore government introduced measures to cool the city-state's housing market. Singapore and Hong Kong tend to attract flows and property is a f...
By Kevin Lim and Anne Marie Roantree SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Singapore and Hong Kong now have identical 15 percent levies to slow the foreign money that has added fuel to their overheated property markets - measures that will help first-time buyers but throw the spotlight on i...
By Kevin Lim and Anne Marie Roantree SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Singapore and Hong Kong now have identical 15 percent levies to slow the foreign money that has added fuel to their overheated property markets - measures that will help first-time buyers but throw the spotlight on i...
Singapore shares fell for the third day as property stocks remained weak after the government launched sweeping measures to cool the city-state's housing market. The Straits Times Index was down 0.7 percent at 3,183.99, while broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0....
SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Singapore property developers dropped on Monday after the city-state's government introduced sweeping measures to cool the housing market, which has seen strong demand despite a weak economy and previous efforts to curb prices. Shares of CapitaL...
SINGAPORE, Dec 31 (Reuters) - After surging to a record in 2011, Singapore loan volume slid 19 percent in 2012 to US$33 billion via 93 deals, according to Thomson Reuters LPC. But several jumbo Singapore dollar deals and a slew of commodity borrowers returning for U.S. dollars helped ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The best may be over for Singapore's booming hotel market as tightening corporate budgets and bank job cuts leave more luxury rooms empty, crimping profits at firms such as CDL Hospitality Trusts (J85.SI ). Singapore runs neck-and-neck with Hong Kong for the titl...
Heineken N.V. announced that the Competition Commission of Singapore, or CCS, has granted clearance for the acquisition by Heineken International B.V., or 'HIBV, of Fraser and Neave, Ltdd's, or F&N, direct and indirect interests in Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd, or APB, and F&N's interes...
Singapore shares slipped, with Genting Singapore Plc among the biggest decliners on concerns about the casino operator's upcoming results following weaker earnings posted by rival Las Vegas Sands Corp's Singapore casino. The Straits Times Index was down 0.4 percent at 3,028.89, while ...
By Kevin Lim and Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Tastyfood Industries decided to boost production to meet demand in Africa and the Middle East, the maker of Mr Cafe instant coffee and Vitamax cereal did not expand its Singapore factory or another one it owns in Xiamen, Ch...
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BitPay, Inc. , the world leader in bitcoin business solutions, announces it has over 1,000 businesses using its service to accept bitcoin digital currency for purchases. “The sheer volume of new merchants has started to explode over the last month as m...
) is raising the prices of its sneakers, assuming that the brand's cachet will carry it through a period when many of its shoppers are scrounging for discounts. As labor, materials and shipping costs increase, Nike is raising shoe and clothing prices by 5% to 10%, analysts say. A test...
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"The news out of Europe is propelling the market higher in pretrading, following the rest of the global markets. News regarding a Greece bailout is basically fueling the optimism," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Avalon Partners in New York.
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FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, trader Gregory Rowe, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks marched higher Tuesday, May 31, after Japan's factory output grew again after a record drop and investors got a shot of confidence from efforts to ease ...
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Cryptic Studios, Inc. is a leading developer of massively-multiplayer online role playing games, with a reputation for delivering profitable, on-time, on-budget titles. Cryptic Studios developed the innovative and successful City of Heroes, as well as its subsequent expansion, City of...
Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press , On Tuesday May 31, 2011, 7:30 am Oil prices climbed above $102 a barrel Tuesday as talk of more financial aid for Greece helped weaken the U.S. dollar and traders worried about turmoil in Libya and the Middle East. By early afternoon in Europe, benchm...
Company President and CEO, Derrell W. Chapman, CPA stated, “Over the last six months, our Board of Directors, with the assistance of Commerce and other advisors, has undergone a comprehensive process to evaluate the Company’s near- and long-term prospects and opportunities. Among othe...
