Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest United States $159 Billion Payments Company Stripe & United States $94 Billion Private Equity Firm Advent International Make Offer to Buy United States Payments Company PayPal for $53 Billion in All-Cash Deal, PayPal Founded in 1998 as Confinity, PayPal Current Market Value at $49.3 Billion, Share Price -3.4% YTD, -24% Last 12 Months & -80.9% Last 5 Years Indonesia $6 Billion Renewable Energy Company Barito Renewables Makes Offer to Buy Philippines Geothermal Company Energy Development Corporation at $5 Billion Valuation, Energy Development Corporation Founded in 1976 Switzerland $179 Billion Engineering Giant ABB to Buy UK Flow Control Company Rotork for $5.5 Billion (£4.1 Billion) in All-Cash Deal, Representing +73% Premium to Unaffected Closing Price (15/7/26), Rotork Founded in 1957 by Jeremy & David Fry, Rotork Current Market Value at $5.3 Billion, Share Price +49.3% YTD, +49.2% Last 12 Months & +38.2% Last 5 Years United States $1.1 Trillion Pharmaceutical Giant Eli Lilly to Buy United States Psychedelic Medicine Company AtaiBeckley for $3.8 Billion ($2.8 Billion Upfront & $1 Billion Contingents) in All-Cash Deal, AtaiBeckley Formed in 2025 from Merger of atai Life Sciences & Beckley Psytech, AtaiBeckley Current Market Value at $2.6 Billion, Share Price +84.8% YTD, +156.4% Last 12 Months & -58.8% Last 5 Years United States $758 Billion Private Equity Firm KKR to Buy 51% Stake in Canada $43 Billion Information Company Thomson Reuters Global Print Business for $500 Million in All-Cash Deal United States Insurance Distributor Amwins, United States $35 Billion Private Equity Firm Dragoneer & $758 Billion KKR in Exclusive Talks to Buy Australia $4.1 Billion Insurance Broker Steadfast for $5.4 Billion (AUD $7.7 Billion) in All-Cash Deal, Co-Founded in 1996 by Robert Kelly India Renewable Energy Company Aditya Birla Renewables to Buy India Renewable Energy Platform Sprng Energy for $1.8 Billion from UK $244 Billion Oil Giant Shell in All-Cash Deal, Sprng Energy Founded in 2017 by Actis China AI Startup DeepSeek Raised $7.4 Billion (CNY 50 Billion) in First Funding Round at $52 Billion Valuation in 2026 June, DeepSeek AI Model Built with $6 Million Funding, Founded in 2023 & Invested Solely by China $14 Billion Quant Hedge Fund High-Flyer Quant, DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng is High-Flyer Quant Co-Founder, High-Flyer Quant Founded in 2015 Relying on Mathematics & AI for Quantitative Investment UK Government to Ban Unlicensed Gambling Sponsorships & Advertising in All Sectors Including Sport from 2027 August to 1) Protect Consumers, Younger & Vulnerable People, 2) Defend Integrity of Domestic Market & 3) Eliminate Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in Football Clubs & Agents (Flagged in UK National Risk Assessment) Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) Suspends Licence (Till 7/8/26) of Australia $2 Billion Asset Manager Prime Value Asset Management for Failure to Meet Statutory Audit & Financial Report Obligations for 2024 & 2025 Hong Kong Sovereign Wealth Fund Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) Reports $8.9 Billion (HKD 69.7 Billion) AUM & +14% Net IRR for 2025, Portfolio Geography: China Mainland 47%, Hong Kong 28%, Others 25%, Sector: Hard & Core Technology 56%, Biotech 22%, New Energy / Green Technology 9%, Others 13%, Investment Stage: Early 9%, Growth 58%, Mature 33% Singapore 3rd Largest Bank $55 Billion UOB Held 3-Day Leadership Program (UOB PriviGen 2026 from 14/7/26 to 16/7/26) for 63 Children (Age 18 to 25) of UOB Privilege Banking Clients in Partnership with Singapore Management University (SMU) Business Families Institute & Steward Leadership Institute (SLI), UOB Privilege Banking Requires Minimum $270,000 (S$350,000) AUM UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to Allow Chinese Standards on Auditing (CSAs) for China Entities with Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) Listing on London Stock Exchange (LSE) Effective 2026 July Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) to Facilitate Fee Arrangements of Dual-Counter Stocks Conducted at Renminbi (RMB) Counter in RMB, Include Calculation & Payment of Fees – Stamp Duty, SFC Transaction Levy, AFRC Transaction Levy, Investor Compensation Levy (Currently Suspended) & Trading China Corruption: Ex-Head of China ICBC Asset Management Gu Jiangang Sentenced to Lifetime Jail Term for $21 Million Bribes & Embezzlement Berkshire Hathaway Chairman & Billionaire Warren Buffett (Age 95) with $140 Billion Fortune Updates: 1) Recovering from Surgery for Broken Leg, 2) Met Bill Gates for 3 Hours Recently, 3) Paused Annual Donations to Bill Gates (Gates Foundation), Found Bill Gates Association with Sexual Abuse Offender Jeffrey Epstein (Died 2019) Distasteful & Made Mistakes, 4) Donates $6 Billion 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Buffett Foundation, NoVo Foundation & Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation), Sherwood Foundation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, & NoVo Foundation are His 3 Children Foundations, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation is His Late Wife Foundation United States Government Reviewing to Join United States President & Billionaire Donald Trump (Age 80) $10 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), BBC Video Extracted Video Parts from Donald Trump Speech to Create Impression of Inciting United States Riot in 2021 (6/1/21), BBC Chair Samir Shah Apologised for the Editing of Video, BBC Director General Tim Davie & BBC CEO of News & Current Affairs Deborah Turness Have Both Resigned Singapore High Court Reinstates Stay on 6-Month Jail Term on India ex-Largest $22 Billion EdTech BYJU’S Founder Byju Raveendran Who was Sentenced to 6-Month Jail Term by Singapore Court for Contempt, Ignored Multiple Orders on His Assets Since 2024 April, Will Need to Provide Documents to Prove His Ownership of Beeaar Investco, Byju Raveendran Filed to Appeal Sentence Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka-shing (Age 97) with $48 Billion Fortune Business Empire Plans Senior Leaders & Board Members Retirement in Succession Planning Led by His Son Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (Age 61), Hong Kong-Listed Companies Include CK Hutchison Holdings, CK Asset Holdings, CK Infrastructure Holdings, Power Assets Holdings, HK Electric Investments & Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings