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Guofu Ye, the founder of retailing company Miniso Group Holding, is planning to augment his ownership in the business by a minimum of HK$50 million (US$6.4 million). Over the course of the next year, Ye intends to elevate his shareholding by purchasing more…
Fonterra, the world’s foremost dairy exporter, has concluded its internal hunt for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) by naming the veteran employee, Richard Allen, as successor. Richard Allen: The New CEO of Fonterra Richard Allen, who started his career…
Tadashi Yanai, the founder of the global fashion brand Uniqlo and CEO of Fast Retailing, has expressed his concerns over the impact of tariffs on international trade, particularly the United States. Yanai, who is Japan’s wealthiest individual, has previously…
Former Indonesian Education Minister and co-founder of the ride-hailing company Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, has been detained and named a suspect in a corruption case. The case involves allegations of malfeasance concerning laptop procurement. Makarim will be held…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, affectionately known as “The Woz,” says that artificial intelligence could make it harder to spot scams. Wozniak says that content created by AI should clearly be labeled as such and that regulation is needed or else bad actors…
FIFA announces the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platform as a sponsorship partner of this year’s World Cup soccer tournament held in Qatar. Crypto.com will be the exclusive cryptocurrency trading platform sponsor of World Cup Qatar 2022, the…
The London-headquartered online money transfer service plans to expand its product globally over the next few years to lower the cost of international transactions. Wise has appointed Tan Hooi Ling, co-founder of super app Grab, and Clare Gilmartin, former…
Last week we told you that starting on March 31st, Android phones uncertified by Google, including those made by Huawei, will no longer have access to the Google Messages app. While not too many Android handsets are uncertified by Google, Huawei’s newer…
“The coordination on Covid-19 is horrific,” AirAsia Group Bhd founder and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes laments and claims in a direct swipe at world governments’ on how the global pandemic has been managed and its impact on the travel…
Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary. Hsieh,…
In the middle of stress awareness month, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has told his company’s workers they should be working a “996” work schedule – that is from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. According to a speech made this week by Ma, working 12 hours a day for…
AirAsia, whose website is used by 65 million customers every month, is considering a plan to sell tickets of non-competing carriers on airasia.com, using its size to give online travel agents a run for their money. The Kuala Lumpur-based carrier, Southeast…
TradeGecko, a leading technology company that provides cloud-based inventory and order management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today launched its Founder Plan, expanding access to its powerful technology platform to early-stage…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has stepped back from active roles in five subsidiary companies as he prepares to hand over executive chairmanship of the company in September. Management of Alibaba say the moves were intended to improve the firm’s governance and…
Brandon Truaxe, the founder of Canadian skincare company Deciem, has died at the age of 40, the firm announced in an Instagram post. Truaxe launched the brand, best known for its affordable skincare line The Ordinary, in Toronto in 2013. Since then it has…
With multiple awards like; Images Coca Cola Golden Spoon Award, India Restaurant Congress Award, Times Nightlife Award and ET Now Business and Service Excellence Award, the consumer and industry has recognized this startup as a blockbuster. Singh is the…
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