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Changes planned as e-commerce group faces headwinds from increased competition, a slowing economy and a regulatory crackdown
Firings are running as high as 40% for the least profitable divisions, several company employees said
The embattled crypto exchange will acquire the stake, which includes its own investment, via its Singapore arm Binance Asia Services
Planning officials are worried about data centres, which consume large amounts of energy to cool computers, as they can ramp up power usage and negate China's ability to curb emissions
Beijing targets new companies in sensitive sectors that use variable interest entities to attract international capital and list overseas
Indonesia has about "180 million tech-savvy younger consumers" and is one of the largest financially underserved markets in Asia
The country will also broaden online transaction laws to cover Apple and Google, as well as buy-now-pay-later providers such as Afterpay
China has reined in its most successful and freewheeling tech giants while European countries have attracted further investment
Researchers investigate proof-of-concept for the issuance of a tokenised form of CBDC used by wholesale market participants
Ex-PM plans final appeal to Federal Court after his conviction for illegally receiving about $10 million from SRC International is confirmed by the Appeals Court
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