A previous draft of the law said that tech companies must ask for the user's consent to collect its data and users can withdraw at any time. On top of this, companies can't refuse to serve users that do not opt in unless the data is necessary for the provision of the product or the service.
Go Deeper (2 min read)Upwork, The Work Enabler
Upwork is the first online marketplace with over $100 million in United States staffing revenue, thereby ranking it among the top United States (US) staffing and talent engagement firms.
Go Deeper (9 min read)Qt’s net sales for the second quarter amounted to EUR 33,925 thousand (EUR 18,081 thousand), up 87.6 percent. License sales and consulting grew by 119.6 percent, while maintenance revenue increased by 5.8 percent.
Go Deeper (2 min read)Roblox Acquires Guilded
Roblox announced Monday that it acquired Guilded, a company building a chat platform for gamers. While Discord has grown beyond the competitive gaming world, Guilded has stayed focussed on it and added features such as events planning and calendars.
Go Deeper (1 min read)SoFi Plunges, A Buying Opportunity?
SoFi Technologies reported a net loss of $ 165m, down from last year's profit of $ 7.8m. However, adjusted net revenue grew 74% year over year as member growth accelerated to 113%.
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JD, China's e-Commerce Champion
Founded in 1998 by Richard Liu and headquartered in Beijing, China, JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) has grown to become one of China’s largest online retailer. The company has over 500 million annual active customers and has over 1,000 warehouses
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Bubbles? What Grantham Is Seeing
Right now, Grantham believes that the stimulus, vaccine optimism and the ongoing economic recovery have enabled investors to buy some time. Yet, serious issues such as rising interest rates, sustained inflation, labor shortages and exploding commodity prices could trigger the next fall.
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China's Careful Boost
Friday the People's Bank of China announced that it would cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for all banks by 50 basis points.
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Tinkoff, Just Getting Started
TCS Group Holding, which runs Russia's leading online bank (Tinkoff), has become an investor's darling and is considered as a technology and a banking play. Capitalising both on the post-pandemic recovery and on a faster digital transformation in Russia.
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Sinch is fairly valued at 12 times sales after taking into account its growth rate and profitability. The company is using its profits to take over competitors and boost its growth rate.
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In June, inflation continued its rapid ascend, rising at its fastest pace in nearly 13 years amid an ongoing increase in the cost of used vehicles, food and energy.
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