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 France Billionaire LVMH Chairman & CEO Bernard Arnault (Age 77) & Wife with $170 Billion Fortune to Pay $26 Million (€22.5 Million) in Additional Taxes after France Court Ruling on Tax Payments for 2 Tax Periods (2010, 2012 to 2015), Bernard Arnault to Appeal Ruling United States $130 Billion Real Estate Investment Firm Starwood Capital Raised $10.2 Billion for 13th Opportunistic Real Estate Fund (Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII) to Invest in Real Assets (Residential, Data Center, Industrial & Hospitality) in United States, Europe & APAC China Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX) Launches Lithium Carbonate Futures & Options to All Foreign Investors (Effective 3/7/26) Which Will Allow Foreign Companies to Hedge Lithium Carbonate, Foreign Investors Allowed to Use USD as Margin Collateral Billionaire & Google (Alphabet) Co-Founder Sergey Brin (Age 52) with $270 Billion Fortune via Amphitheatre LLC Sells $79 Million of Investment in New York City Multifamily Real Estate Fund at Only 6% of Original Equity Investment Back to A&E Real Estate UK Billionaire Michael Platt with $20 Billion Fortune Now-Family Office & ex-Hedge Fund BlueCrest Capital Management Lost $272 Million (£200 Million) UK Employee Classification Tax Appeal Lawsuit Against UK Tax Authority (HMRC), UK Supreme Court Unanimously Dismissed Appeal, UK Tax Authority (HMRC) Classified BlueCrest Capital Management Partners as Employees with Payments to Partners were Actually Salary & Not Based on Profit / Loss United States Investment Bank Jefferies Files Lawsuit Against United States Regional Bank Western Alliance for Freezing $25 Million Deposit in Point Bonita Capital, Western Alliance Filed Lawsuit in 2026 March Against Jefferies Financial Group & Unit Leucadia Asset Management (Point Bonita Capital) for $126.4 Million Loan Linked to United States-Based Automotive Parts Company Bankrupt First Brands Group with $11.5 Billion Debts India Healthcare Group Manipal Health ‌Enterprises (Manipal Hospitals) India IPO to Raise $1.2 Billion at $12 Billion Valuation with Target IPO Listing in 2026 July / August, Founded in 1991 & Originated in 1953, Shareholders Include TPG, Temasek, Manipal Education and Medical Group India, Ammar Sdn Bhd, Novo Holdings Invest Asia, Phoenix Bear Investments & Seventy Second Investment Company China Retail Giant $1.7 Billion Suning.com Sells France Hypermarket Carrefour China Operating Entity (Cacious China Holdings) for Only $295,000 (CNY 2 Million) to Hong Kong Company (HK Express World International), Suning.com Agreed to Pay $30.6 Million Settlement in 2025 to Carrefour China to Resolve Dispute in 2019 Acquisition of France Hypermarket Carrefour Stores in China for $668 Million (CNY 4.8 Billion) South Korea to Launch 24-Hour Currency Trading in 2026 July (6/7/26), New Rules for Offshore Transactions by 2026 September, Target Upgrade to Developed Market Status (MSCI Criteria) China Brokerage Guotai Haitong Securities Receives China Regulatory Approval to Trade Offshore CNY (Effective 6/7/26) in Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Previously Only Commercial Banks Allowed to Transact Offshore CNY), Offshore CNY Trades Include Spot, Forwards, Swaps & Options ChatGPT Parent OpenAI Proposes to Give 5% Stake to United States Government Valued at $50 Billion in Planned $1 Trillion IPO, OpenAI to Delay United States IPO to 2027 to Raise $60 Billion at $1 Trillion Valuation with Previous Earliest IPO Listing in 2026 September, Founded in 2015 as Non-Profit & Restructured into for Profit Entity Japan Real Estate Company Kenedix Makes $1.4 Billion (JPY 230 Billion) Offer to Buy (First Negotiation Rights) Office Space (8th to 31st Floor) in Japan Tokyo Skyscraper Pacific Century Place Marunouchi from Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC India Billionaire Gautam Adani $46 Billion Flagship Entity Adani Enterprises to Raise $1.75 Billion in New Share Placement, Current Market Value at $49.3 Billion, Share Price +42% YTD, +27.4% Last 12 Months & +132.8% Last 5 Years China $1.1 Billion Property Giant Country Garden Paid $14.3 Million (30/6/26) in First Bond Coupon Payment Since Debt Restructuring in 2025 $4.4 Trillion Alphabet Google to Pay $6.7 Billion in Fine & Compensation in 2 Europe Lawsuits 1) Lost European Court of Justice (ECJ) Appeal fro $4.7 Billion (€4.1 Billion) Fine by European Commission for Anti-Competitive Practices & Will No Longer be Able to Appeal, 2) Sweden Court Orders Google to Pay $2 Billion to Klarna Group (PriceRunner) for Illegally Promoting Preferred Google Price-Comparison Tool Over Competitors $234 Billion Alibaba Group & Subsidiary (United States Payment Processor AUS Merchant Services) to Pay $600 Million Settlement to Resolve United States Department of Justice Investigation on Failure to Prevent Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales on Alibaba E-Commerce Platforms France Authorities Seized $52 Million (€45.5 Million) in Bank Accounts Belonging to France $200 Billion Private Markets Firm Ardian-Owned France Healthcare Company Santé CIE in Fraud Investigation China Tea Company Molly Tea Ordered by China Court to Pay France Luxury Brand Company Louis Vuitton $1.5 Million in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit for Using Logo Similar to Louis Vuitton 4-Petal Floral Monogram Singapore Popular Geylang Restaurant (Eminent Frog Porridge & Seafood) Owner Buntono (Age 49) Charged in Singapore Court for $2.9 Million (S$3.8 Million) Tax Evasion & Laundering Proceeds from 2016 to 2024 Comprising of S$2 Million Tax & S$1.8 Million Sales Tax (GST), Laundered Proceeds Alleged to Include S$2.4 Million Cash, Supercar (Lamborghini Aventador) & Landed Property, Singapore Grants Tax Evasion Whistleblower 15% Cash Reward on Recovered Tax ($77,500 / 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