Can anyone be a billionaire? Maybe. I sat down with Dr. Morgan Shi – who is one of China’s most well-regarded experts in domestic and international investment as well as risk management – and asked about his philosophy, which investments brought him the most return, and what investment vehicles have the most upside. The following transcript has been edited for clarity.Are billionaires, or even millionaires, different in how they approach money and investment?Everyone has the opportunity to...
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A new announcement has come from the American multinational computer technology corporation Oracle. The company has expanded its activity, adding new cloud computing data centers in five countries. Oracle new cloud locations are Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Australia (Melbourne), Japan (Osaka), Canada (Montreal), and the Netherlands (Amsterdam).According to the company’s blog post, all of the countries mentioned are now available in the Oracle Cloud Console. Oracle has always strived to have at...
Read More »Singapore-based Trading Platform iSTOX Scores Full Regulatory Approval
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) approved ICHX Tech Pte, iSTOX’s parent company, as a market operator on February 1, granting it a capital markets services license, Bloomberg reports. The approval sets iSTOX up as one of the first securities token platforms to receive this license, ICXH Tech stated.The license removes several restrictions from the platform, allowing the startup to increase the size of its issuance as well as the number of investors it can take on.iSTOX uses...
Read More »XRP Price Can Hit New All-Time High in 2020 as 750-Day Bear Market Is Slowly Ending
Most of the crypto assets in the market performed reasonably well last year, on average. Considerable price jumps were seen for the top assets even if a correction eventually followed. However, the market’s 3rd most valuable asset, XRP, did not have a lot of glory days. Regardless, it looks like 2020 just might be a great year for XRP price as the long bear market that has lasted 750 days, might be ending.XRP Set to RiseCurrently, XRP is trading at $0.25. The price, while not exactly...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Is Around $9,300 while Bitcoin Halving Is Just 98 Days Away
It is most likely that Bitcoin will gain from a rapid drop in Asian stock markets due to the coronavirus menace. Crypto analysts believe that the flagship token will gain soon. Apart from that, the halving event is fast-approaching. Bitcoin is less than 99 days away from its halving event. Most of the market commentators are bullish on its impact.Bitcoin price smashed the $9,600 hurdle for the first time since November 2019. Nonetheless, the weekend session was also dominated by significant...
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Elon Musk‘s Tesla Inc. is on a roll as the company’s stock price has surged nearly 100% in the last three months. Last Wednesday, January 29, Tesla released its Q4 2019 earnings taking Wall Street by a big surprise.Beating the analysts’ expectations, Tesla registered total sales of $7.38 billion against the street projections of $7.02 billion. The electric car maker posted an EPS of $2.14 against the expected $1.71. The company said that its Model 3 deliveries were up 45% YoY and it expects...
Read More »Businesses in China Turn to Remote Work as Coronavirus Outbreak Forces People Indoors
The coronavirus has had an unignorable effect not just in China but also in the rest of the world. Apart from stock markets that are taking a plunge, just the fear alone is creating major problems. Interestingly, one major effect of the coronavirus outbreak is that many more companies are slowly transitioning, or at least experimenting with remote work. Working from home now seems like the only option for these businesses.Remote Work Effect of the CoronavirusWhen the outbreak initially began...
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Porsche makes a great comeback to the Super Bowl with its first ad since 1997. The commercial is showing a 60-second car chase with the main star – all-electric Taycan Turbo S sports car.According to the company, a Super Bowl ad featuring the Taycan was really important in order to build awareness for the car. As Porsche already has mentioned, its main attempt is to continue attracting new customers interested in all-electric vehicles.Klaus Zellmer, president and CEO of Porsche Cars North...
Read More »Panasonic Stock Down 2,4% Despite Higher Profit on Cost Cuts, Improved Issues with Tesla
Panasonic Corp reported on Monday its first quarterly profit in U.S. battery business with Tesla Inc. The news comes after the U.S. electric vehicle maker reported its second successive quarterly profit last week, as vehicle deliveries hit a record. Tesla also said it would comfortably make more than half a million units this year, pushing its shares to new highs.Panasonic’s Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu Umeda said, referring to battery cell production, that the company is catching up as...
Read More »Payment Services Giant Worldline Sets to Acquire Ingenico in $8.6 Billion Deal
Payment platform Worldline SA in a bid to maintain its stronghold in the now competitive industry is set to acquire a rival firm Ingenico. The amount of the deal is already known. It will be $8.6 billion, which makes it the biggest deal in Europe so far in 2020. The sum is equal to 7.8 billion in euros.Global MergerBoth companies have been circling each other for years, but the reorganization of Ingenico last year gave Worldline SA the avenue to formally bid for the company. Worldline SA...
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