West Ham United are battling to reach their first European final in almost half-a-century, but the Hammers are also battling on a…
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In-person entertainment suffered tremendously during the Covid-19 pandemic. Concerts were canceled, sporting events took place without fans crowding the stands, and theme…
In terms of blocking websites and various online resources, Indonesia is a fairly democratic country. However, some sites are still blocked by…
Metaverse is a buzzword right now, with the name mentioned daily across tech, business, and finance-related websites and publications. The name or…
Investing in oil and gas Mineral Rights can be a high-risk venture and demands extensive knowledge on the subject. This article is…
THANKS TO A venture-capital (VC) boom, it is no longer unusual to find tech unicorns, as unlisted startups valued above $1bn are known, springing up in middle-income countries. However, two coming from Turkey are particularly strange creatures. First, they are big. Trendyol, an e-commerce company, is valued at $16.5bn, giving it the status of a…
Purchasing GSK’s consumer-health division may be hard to swallowWHEN UNILEVER bought Bestfoods for $20.3bn at the turn of the millennium, it was one of the largest cash acquisitions ever. After two failed bids, the British consumer-goods giant dug up an extra $2bn to sweeten the deal. It divested 700 of its brands in the year…
EVEN FOR Microsoft, which boasts a market value of $2.3trn, $69bn is a lot of money. On January 18th the firm said it would pay that sum—in cash—for Activision Blizzard, a video-game developer. It is by far the biggest acquisition in the video-game industry’s history, and the largest ever by Microsoft, more than twice the…
Don’t ban, don’t binge and don’t badgerA RATHER GOOD black comedy called “Another Round” depicts what happens when a bunch of disenchanted Danish school teachers constantly top up the levels of alcohol in their blood. At first the experiment goes well: the students respond enthusiastically to their newly inspiring teachers. But unconsciousness, bed-wetting and worse…
If you’re tired of paying high cable bills every month, consider switching to Streaming services. Streaming services are cheaper than cable, and…