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3D Investment Partners raises stake in Japanese beverages maker Sapporo

Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners has become the largest shareholder in Japanese beverages manufacturer Sapporo Holdings after increasing its stake several times in recent months. In October last year, Sapporo launched a strategic review of its business, having come under pressure from shareholders, including 3D, unhappy with stagnant growth. Since then, 3D has increased its shareholding… Continue reading 3D Investment Partners raises stake in Japanese beverages maker Sapporo

Beijing pushes equity fund launches to revive stock market

Beijing has informally asked some money managers in China to prioritise the launch of equity funds over other products like bond funds, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as authorities scramble to revive its lagging stock market. The “window guidance”, or unofficial, verbal advice from regulators, was given by the China Securities… Continue reading Beijing pushes equity fund launches to revive stock market

Brookfield to buy American Tower’s India business for $2.5b

Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management will buy American Tower’s Indian operations for $2.5 billion, which will make the asset manager overtake Indus Towers to become the country’s largest operator of telecom towers. The deal, one of the largest telecom infrastructure deals in the country, will be Brookfield’s third telecom acquisition in India over the last four… Continue reading Brookfield to buy American Tower’s India business for $2.5b

Kyra Ventures leads $5m funding in Medway Hospitals and other India deals worth $55m

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CVC considers selling minority stake in Vietnam’s Asia Commercial BankCVC’s stake in the bank is worth up to $200 million based on ACB’s market-cap of…

CVC Capital Partners is considering selling its minority stake in Vietnam’s fourth biggest non-state-owned commercial lender, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The Europe-based alternative investment firm is in talks with an adviser to explore the sale of its stake of less than 5% in the Ho Chi… Continue reading CVC considers selling minority stake in Vietnam’s Asia Commercial BankCVC’s stake in the bank is worth up to $200 million based on ACB’s market-cap of…

Alleged Groomer to Get the AI Hologram Treatment

How do these splashy experiences square with their subjects’ problematic pasts? After Party Fresh off the heels of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic — which details Elvis’ relationship with her that began when she was only 14 and he was 24 — a British hologram company is planning to resurrect the king of rock and… Continue reading Alleged Groomer to Get the AI Hologram Treatment

Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Way to Turn Genes On and Off Like Light Switches

Image by Getty / Futurism Advances in gene therapy have come a long way since the 1960s and 1970s, when scientists first conceptualized the idea of modifying genes in patients who suffered from debilitating congenital conditions such as sickle cell anemia and hemophilia. Now there are gene therapies for the two conditions and even for… Continue reading Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Way to Turn Genes On and Off Like Light Switches

Stephen Hawking Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein Documents

This is not a good look. Name Drop Acclaimed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has once again been posthumously implicated in the scandal surrounding the dead billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — and has now been accused of participating in an “underage orgy.” The cache of documents, which had previously been redacted, were initially part of… Continue reading Stephen Hawking Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein Documents