Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka-shing $21 Billion Property Group CK Asset 41-Storey Cheung Kong Center II Expects Occupancy to Reach at Least 75% by End of 2026, Building Completed in 2024 But Had Only 10% Occupancy at Opening, CK Asset Current Market Value at $21.2 Billion, Share Price +18% YTD, +30.3% Last 12 Months & -10.6% Last 5 Years 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 $315 Billion Alternatives Asset Manager Blue Owl Capital Invests for Strategic Minority Stake in France $4.6 Billion Financial Services-Focused Private Equity Firm BlackFin Capital Partners, Founded in 2009 by Laurent Bouyoux, Eric May, Bruno Rostain & Paul Mizrahi Latest France AI Startup Mistral AI to Raise $3.5 Billion in New Funding at $23 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2023 by Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample & Timothée Lacroix, Investors Include ASML Holding, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Nvidia, BPI France & France Billionaire Xavier Niel English Premier League Liverpool Football Club Owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) in Talks to Sell 30% Stake for $1.8 Billion (£1.35 Billion) at $6 Billion (£4.5 Billion) Valuation to UK-India Businessman Amit Bhatia-Investor Group Backed by Father-in-Law Lakshmi Mittal (UK-Based Billionaire with $40 Billion Fortune & Chairman of World 2nd Largest Steel Maker $51 Billion ArcelorMittal), Fenway Sports Group (FSG) Acquired Liverpool Football Club for $475 Million in 2010 France Artificial Intelligence Startup Mistral AI Raised $2 Billion (€1.7 Billion) in Series C Funding at $13.7 Billion (€11.7 Billion) Valuation, Mistral AI Co-Founded in 2023 by CEO Arthur Mensch, Investors Include ASML Holding, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Nvidia, BPI France & France Billionaire Xavier Niel Fenway Sports Group to Sell English Premier League Liverpool Football Club for $5 Billion, Bought in 2010 for $475 Million India Power Distribution Company Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co (MSEDCL) Plans India IPO to Raise $1 Billion, Founded in 2005 by India Maharashtra State Government United States Asset Managers $1.3 Trillion Wellington, $12 Trillion Vanguard & $1.3 Trillion Blackstone Launch 2 New Public & Private Markets Investment Solutions with 1) Multi-Asset Solution (WVB All Markets Fund) Investing via Wellington Active Public Equities, Vanguard Active Fixed Income & Index Strategies & Blackstone Perpetual Private Markets and 2) Private Markets Fund (WVB Blackstone All Privates Fund) via Blackstone Perpetual Private Markets Platform (Private Equity, Private Infrastructure, Private Real Estate & Private Credit), Both Funds Initially Available to Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank Clients China 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Conclusive Evidence of Romance, Lloyd’s Senior Managers & Whistleblower Had Raised Concerns on Their Relationship United States $40 Billion Market Prediction Trading Platform Kalshi Files United States Regulatory Approval for Perpetual Contracts on Precious Metals Including Gold & Silver, Perpetual Contracts (Futures) Have No Expiry Date Brazil, ex-Barcelona & ex-Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Superstar Neymar Jr (Age 34) Receives Newly Bought & Refurbished $23 Million (£17.5 Million) Superyacht & Renamed Enejota, 46.7 Metre Length with Helipad, Currently Plays for Brazil Football Club Santos, Earned $133 Million Salary in 2024 (Saudi Arabia Football Club Al-Hilal) But Suffered Injuries (ACL Tear, Hamstring), Estimated Fortune of $450 Million South Korea President Lee Jae Myung (Age 62) Bypassed Housing Loan Limit Restrictions in Sale of His South Korea $2 Million (KRW 2.9 Billion) Apartment (1765 Sq Ft) in Seoul by Providing 62% ($1.2 Million) Loan to Buyer on $2 Million Purchase Price, Existing Housing Loan Restrictions Limits Loan to Maximum of $135,000 (KRW 200 Million) or 10% of Purchase Price China Beverage Giant Hangzhou Wahaha Group Chairman & Heir Kelly Zong Fuli (Age 44) with $2 Billion Family Fortune Lost Appeal in Hong Kong Higher Court to Unfreeze $1.8 Billion HSBC Bank Account (Jian Hao Ventures) UK Top-Tier Law Firm Linklaters 530 Partners Received $3.3 Million (£2.48 Million) Average Annual Pay in 2025, Linklaters Founded in 1838 by John Linklater & Julius Dods as Dods & Linklater Indonesia $1.4 Billion Startup eFishery Founder & ex-CEO Gibran Huzaifah Jail Term Reduced to 6 Years after Successful Appeal on 9-Year Jail Term in Indonesia for Fraud, Embezzlement & Money Laundering, Inflated Revenue by $595 Million for 2024 (January to September) to $752 Million & Generated Loss of $35.4 Million But Reported $16 Million Profit, eFishery Founded in 2013 by Gibran Huzaifah, Investors Include 42XFund, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Temasek, Northstar Group, Peak XV (Previously Sequoia India), Responsability & 500 Global United States Government to Impose 50% Tariffs on $20 Billion of Canada Imports (Include Wine, Diary Products, Seeds, Furniture, Clothings, Ice Hockey Gears & Cement) for Discrimination Against United States Goods, United States Imported $382 Billion of Canada Goods in 2025 Latest Latest