All over Europe, right-wing and left-wing protesters alike have been invoking Germany's Nazi past to criticize the policies of its current chancellor. The problem with this Germanophobia is not simply that it is stupid, or that it further erodes Europe…
Global venture capital investments set another record during the first quarter, up 50% year-on-year to reach US$27.4 billion from US$18.1 billion during the same period last year, according to data released by industry research firm Preqin. There has been a slight drop in the number of companies receiving venture capital investment globally, which decreased 6% […]
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Thousands of Chinese websites will soon be marked unsafe by Google's Chrome browser. Adam Langley, a Google security engineer, says, "On Friday, March 20th, we became aware of unauthorized digital certificates for several Google domains. The certificates were issued by an intermediate certificate authority apparently held by a company called MCS Holdings. This intermediate certificate […]
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, has made a US$15 million commitment to Vivo Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in and developing healthcare companies in the U.S. and China, according to a company announcement. The Vivo Capital Fund VIII, which just reached a […]
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Baring Asset Management has appointed Edmund Chong as head of sales, client service and business development – distribution, Asia ex Japan. He is based in Hong Kong and reports to Gerry Ng, chief executive officer, Asia ex Japan, according to a company announcement. Chong joins Barings from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he was the […]
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BMG, a music business subsidiary of Germany's Bertelsmann Group, has signed an exclusive online music distribution agreement for the Chinese market with Alibaba. Under the agreement, Alibaba will become the exclusive online distributor of BMG music and artists in the Chinese market. Alibaba will sell those products on its own platforms such as Xiami.com. In […]
Developing economies are suffering their biggest capital outflows since the financial crisis
Developing economies are suffering their biggest capital outflows since the financial crisis