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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is poised for another IPO windfall in 2021

If demand for IPOs continues to be robust, it would improve the prospects for the remaining 100 or so startups in SoftBank's portfolio

Bitcoin hits $40,000 for first time; doubles in less than a month

Cryptocurrencies hit the milestone after a fivefold climb in market value in the past year, data from tracker CoinGecko shows

Govts or manufacturers, who is on the hook if Covid-19 vaccines go wrong?

Policy makers in developing nations may not have a choice but to take what they can get - easily, cheaply and quickly

Indian borrowers begin 2021 on a high, sell bonds worth $2.1 billion

They are joining borrowers globally that have been rushing to credit markets, after yields crashed following cash-boosting measures

Facebook, Instagram restrictions on Donald Trump accounts extended

The social network removed those statements because they judged their effect and "likely their intent" would be to provoke further violence

Elon Musk surpasses Amazon's Jeff Bezos as world's richest person

The South Africa-born engineer's net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.

Twitter, Facebook's breaking point with Trump could be too little, too late

Trump has long used social media to his advantage, stoking chaos by using the microphones offered by companies like Twitter and Facebook

Out of cash, but airlines try ultra-cheap fares to get people flying again

2021 is shaping up to be a transition year for an enterprise that takes passengers on the equivalent of 208 million annual trips around the globe

Republicans abandon Donald Trump as attack on US Capitol proves too much

Some supporters of Trump's attempt to get Congress to reject the Electoral College votes of key states won by Joe Biden said they changed their plans after the violence

Alibaba Group plans to sell up to $8-billion bonds in show of strength

The company aims to raise at least $5 billion but could wind up with more depending on the reception, according to people familiar with the matter

China blocks entry of WHO team investigating origins of Covid-19

Organisation issues rare rebuke

UK court denies bail to Julian Assange in US extradition case: Report

He will remain in London's high-security Belmarsh prison, where he's been for nearly two years

China's bottled water king is now richer than Warren Buffett: Report

Zhong has also helped four relatives become billionaires

Oil near 10-month high after Saudi Arabia's unilateral supply cut

Futures in New York rose 0.2 per cent, but gave up some earlier gains after failing to rise above the lows set in June 2019, a level seen as providing technical resistance

Govt considers creating bank with $13.7 bn equity to fund roads, ports

The finance ministry has prepared a note for Modi's cabinet to discuss the proposal

Apple users end 2020 by spending $1.8-bn on apps, most of it on games

New Year's Day set a single-day spending record of $540 million on the App Store, up from $386 million on that day in 2020

World's super-rich families bet on hedge funds in economic upheaval: Survey

More than a third of 185 investment firms for wealthy clans plan to boost allocations amid the pandemic

Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms

India's agritech space is abloom, with dozens of startups sprouting up in the last few years to disrupt dated farming practices

WHO issues rare public rebuke to China for delaying virus team

The WHO has been criticised for being too deferential to China through the course of the pandemic

Recovering from biggest one-day decline, Bitcoin advances 6% to $35,842

A range of factors have been cited for Bitcoin's ascent, showing how hard it is to pinpoint the proximate cause for the latest bout of volatility