About Author : Pankaj Singh

Pankaj Singh

With a commendable experience of content creation under his belt, Pankaj Singh, a qualified Post Graduate in Management, boasts of having worked as a freelance writer and an insurance underwriter. Additionally, Pankaj has also enriched his qualification portfolio with a course in Digital Marketing. He currently pens down valuable insights on articles pertaining to business, technology, and trade and finance for Business NewsUpdate and other news portals.



Contribution by Pankaj Singh

Digital investment advisor StashAway secures USD 25 million in funding

StashAway, a Singapore-based online investment company has reportedly raised USD 25 million during a Series D funding round which was led by Sequoia Capital India. Other investment companies like Square Peg and Eight Roads Ventures had also participa...

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Apple supplier falls prey to a USD 50mn ransomware attack from REvil

Apple was recently targeted in a USD 50 million ransomware attack after valuable data concerning the engineering and manufacturing schematics of current and upcoming products were stolen from the Taiwanese MacBook and Apple products manufacturer, Qua...

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Dream11 parent planning to go public in the United States by next year

Indian startup Dream Sports is reportedly looking at a probable U.S. listing by early next year and expects to raise USD 1.5 billion, subsequently valuing the company at around USD 6 billion.  Sources close to the matter stated that the company...

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Amazon launches second-gen Echo Buds with improved features and design

American multinational technology company Amazon.com Inc. has reportedly launched the 2nd generation of its wireless earbuds called Echo Buds in the United States. The newly launched Amazon Echo Buds (2nd Gen) are 21% smaller than the previous varia...

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Pine Labs strengthens offline presence, acquires Fave for USD 45Mn

Indian merchant commerce startup, Pine Labs has reportedly acquired Malaysia-based fintech company Fave in an all-cash deal worth USD 45 million. This move will help the company scale its platform in the consumer vertical in India and Southeast Asian...

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China ponders mixing of COVID-19 vaccines to improve efficacy rates

Chinese disease control officials have said that the country is now considering mixing COVID-19 shots to further improve the vaccine protection rates. Chinese vaccines are known to have a lesser efficiency rate as compared to those of Pfizer and Mod...

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Telenor and Axiata in final talks to merge Malaysian mobile operations

Telenor ASA, a Norwegian state-owned telecommunications company, and Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), a multinational telecom conglomerate, are in final discussions to merge their Malaysian mobile operations, Digi and Celcom. The two parties will repor...

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Meesho secures USD 3 million in funding round, acquires unicorn status

Bengaluru-based social commerce platform Meesho reportedly secured USD 300 million during its latest funding round which was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2. The fresh investments are likely to be used to enhance the skills of employees across various ...

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Volvo partners with Aurora Innovation to develop autonomous trucks

In a bid to comply with the strict environmental reforms, several automakers have been altering their business models to produce self-driving and fully electric vehicles. Two of such companies, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Aurora Innovation, have ...

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