Rewards and loyalty startup Twid raises $12 million in funding led by Rakuten Capital.Google, JAFCO Asia, January Capital, ICMG Partners, Reddy Futures Fund and existing investors Beenext and Surge, the accelerator programme ...
03 Aug, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
Mayo Clinic invests in Ratan Tata-backed cancer care platform Karkinos HealthcareKarkinos has raised funding from marquee investors such Ratan Tata, Venu Srinivasan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Ronnie Screwvala, Vijay Shekar Sh...
22 May, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Japan shares close at 29-year high on GDP rebound, vaccine raceThe Nikkei 225 Index ended 2.05% firmer at 25,906.93, its highest close since June 1991. The broader Topix gained 1.68% to 1,731.81.
16 Nov, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Walmart sells majority stake in Japanese Seiyu supermarketKKR & Co., a global investment firm, will purchase a 65% stake, while Japanese online retailer Rakuten will acquire a 20% stake from Walmar...
16 Nov, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
PlayStation inventor starts new career making robots for no payKen Kutaragi has a track record of solving difficult technical and business problems. He started his career at Sony in the 70s, working on ...
09 Oct, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
ITI will be able to produce 4G, 5G equipment in a few months: Tech MahindraThe country's potential to produce talent and software at large scale, coupled with geo-political scenario with China, presents a wonderful...
28 Sep, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
Stocks in the news: RIL, Tata Chemicals, Coal India, TechM, HDFC, Tata Motors DVR and AirtelTechM said its subsidiary has divested its stake in Altiostar Networks for $45 million (about Rs 331 crore) to Rakuten USA, Inc.
24 Sep, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
View: Indian IT looking at new opportunities post Covid-19Stanford Professor, Nicholas Bloom’s research had indicated that work from home led to a performance increase of 13% and lower attrition an...
11 Jun, 2020, 03.41 PM IST
Nikkei drops as oil woes add to pandemic fears ahead of earningsCompanies with exposure to the oil market were in focus after oil prices grabbed headlines with the front-month May U.S crude futures contr...
21 Apr, 2020, 02.02 PM IST
Nikkei falls to 6-month low as coronavirus spreads furtherThe Nikkei share average dropped 2.72 per cent to 20,749.75 the lowest close since Sept. 4, 2019.
06 Mar, 2020, 02.40 PM IST
RedDoorz gets $70m in fresh round of fundingThe investment is part of a larger Series-C round and while company executives declined to specify the exact size of the ongoing capital ra...
19 Aug, 2019, 09.28 AM IST
Big winners of Uber, Lyft IPOs won’t be the usual suspectsThe filings submitted by Uber and Lyft aren’t yet public, but people familiar with each business outlined the largest shareholders.
13 Dec, 2018, 11.09 AM IST
Nikkei falls as Docomo sparks telecom earnings fears; Rakuten risesThe communications sector tanked 8.3 percent and was the worst performer on the board.
01 Nov, 2018, 01.24 PM IST
Week lows as US bond yields soar, but bank stocks riseThe Nikkei fell 1.4 per cent for the week after posting three straight weekly gains.
05 Oct, 2018, 02.05 PM IST
Walmart's built a ragtag alliance of tech firms to battle AmazonFear of Jeff Bezos helps explain why Walmart has in recent years forged alliances with Google, Microsoft, China’s JD.com and other tech pla...
08 Aug, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
Robotics firm Grey Orange looks to enter Asia-Pacific markets, plans IPOThe seven-year-old company will be strengthening its footprint in China in 2017, while doubling its presence in Japan.
17 Oct, 2016, 09.21 AM IST
New Call Telecom acquires 70% stake in Nimbuzz for $ 175 million"We see huge potential for new revenue streams and very large expansion of broadband in India through this," Jerome Booth, chairman of UK f...
28 Oct, 2014, 04.53 AM IST