The firm has chosen India's online home design firm Livspace for its first investment.

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The comments came in the midst of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s India visit.

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Rippledot Capital is said to be the sell-side advisor for the proposed transaction.

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If TCC Group wins the bid and the loan is drawn, it would be among the largest corporate financings on record for Thailand.

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CP Group said it would fund the deal with cash flow from group companies and loans.

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The Office of Trade Competition Commission is awaiting CP Group's request for merger approval to study the impact on the economy, market competition and consumers.

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The Bangkok-listed company had planned to launch an IPO of the subsidiary in the first half of 2020.

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Kiatnakin Bank was the country's tenth-largest commercial lender by assets in 2019. 

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After the loan, the money-losing national carrier plans to raise 77.04 billion baht in capital.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has said he would take $1 as his salary a year and not the $400,000 that comes with the US president's job and will refrain from going on any vacation.

Climate of fear drains banking system and collapse of tourism hinders growth

From battered banks to tech titans, the historic milestone in seven charts

CLAIRE BALLENTINE/KATHERINE GREIFELDThirty million job losses, shrinking consumer spending and a projected 16 per cent unemployment rate.Tech stocks t

The guy had to have known how this little social experiment would turn out. At least he used pennies. 

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2020) — Today, the U.S.

Louisville, Ky. (April 12, 2019) – The U.S.

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DALLAS – (April 24, 2020) In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $11.5 million to replace 580 older diesel school buses.

He's still giving the money back though.

He's still giving the money back though.

He's still giving the money back though.

John Hillman - the 101-year-old Second World War veteran who has been walking laps around the courtyard of his Oak Bay retirement home in hopes of raising $101,000 for charity - has surpassed his goal.

Losses within the entertainment industry are already estimated to be in the billions as the sector continues to reel from the impacts of COVID-19. Major events like Reggae Sumfest, which has already been cancelled this year, had an estimated...

The funding will establish a center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. that will focus on instructional strategies in reading and math for students with persistent learning struggles.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to micro-blogging website Twitter and said that the company’s stock was overvalued which later resulted in a sharp decline in the share prices of the company.

In the previous week, the reserves had increased by USD 3.09 billion to USD 479.57 billion.

Investments in new clean-energy capacity will total $1.61 trillion through 2020 even as the expansion of renewables is expected to slow, the International Energy Agency said.

The U.K. Green Investment Bank is set to tie up the first investments in a $1.6 billion fund by the end of March, part of Britain’s push to cement its dominance in offshore wind power.

Power Africa and Trade Africa Coordinator, Andrew Herscowitz, announced on Feb. 14 during the Abuja Electricity Distribution Co.’s two-day Distribution Company Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, that the U.S. will invest US$1billion in the country through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).

General Electric Co. is in talks to buy Alstom SA, the French builder of trains and power plants, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be GE’s biggest acquisition ever.

France’s planned energy law will mobilize about €10 billion (US $13.4 billion) in investment through tax credits and low-interest loans to spur efficiency and renewable power, Environment Minister Segolene Royal said.

Investments in new clean-energy capacity will total $1.61 trillion through 2020 even as the expansion of renewables is expected to slow, the International Energy Agency said.

The U.K. Green Investment Bank is set to tie up the first investments in a $1.6 billion fund by the end of March, part of Britain’s push to cement its dominance in offshore wind power.

Scientists and economists including BP Plc’s former chief executive officer, John Browne, are inviting governments to join a $150 billion program that aims to make clean energy cheaper than coal.

Long-frustrated wind and solar developers in Australia can now get to work on more than A$14 billion ($11 billion) in projects after a new renewable energy target passed parliament.

Health Minister David Clark has rejected claims he and other Government ministers have been "gagged", as he fronted today to announce a $160 million boost to Pharmac health spending.An email from the Prime Minister's office, obtained...

[New Zimbabwe] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to introduce a new set of higher denomination banknotes worth $600 million to increase the physical money supply and curb severe cash shortages in the country.

Case centered on claims that the government shorted Native Americans on contract costs to manage federal services

Google surprised many with the launch of a $199 Chromebook this week. So what's the Acer C7 like? Overall the quality and performance is better than I expected for the price and it even has a 320 GB hard drive for those who want local storage.

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John Hillman may have already met his fundraising target, but he says he's determined to complete all planned 101 laps around his residence.

The field for the Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass in Florida has yet to be finalised, though an early list of participants surfaced on Twitter and three-time PGA major champion Vijay Singh is among them.

AFL greats Dermott Brereton and David King have debated the merits of a severe penalty for the Adelaide Crows, following a “training malfunction” on Thursday.