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Finance

China Renaissance says missing founder ‘co-operating’ in

China Renaissance said its missing founder Bao Fan was “co-operating in an investigation” with Chinese authorities, more than a week after the investment bank disclosed it had been unable to contact him. In a terse stock exchange filing late on Sunday in Hong Kong, the company said its board had “become aware that Mr Bao […]

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World

regionUkraine Nonprofit Founder from New England Visits War-Torn Region

One year since the war in Ukraine began, there are thousands of displaced children and orphans now living in secret safe houses, trying to survive the relentless Russian assaults.Speaking to us from a secret location inside Ukraine, Susan Mathison described the past few days on the ground with the nonprofit she co-founded.”The kids we spoke […]

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UK

Norwegian Puli hospital founder dies aged 99 – Taipei Times

By Jason Pan / Staff reporter A memorial service is to be held in Nantou County’s Puli Township (埔里) on Thursday for Norwegian missionary Bjarne Gislefoss, who passed away in Norway last month at the age of 99. Gislefoss moved to Taiwan in 1952 to work for the Norwegian Mission Alliance and in 1963 cofounded […]

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PR

CoStar Group CEO and Founder Andy Florance Named as Top Ten …

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Swanepoel Power 200 (SP 200), the definitive ranking of the residential real estate brokerage industry’s executives and leaders, has named Andy Florance, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), as one of the nation’s ten most powerful and influential people in real estate for 2023. Andy ranked ninth on the […]

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Gaming

Games Done Quick founder will step down after next event

Games Done Quick founder Mike Uyama has announced that he is leaving the charity speedrunning organisation. Uyama, who launched Games Done Quick from his mother’s basement in 2010, says he plans on taking a vacation before “diving headfirst into my next adventure.” First, however, he plans on attending one final charity event – Awesome Games […]

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PR

Growth Investing Pioneer and Jennison Associates Founder, Sp…

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jennison Associates announced, with great sadness, the death of Spiros “Sig” Segalas, co-founder and long-time Large Cap Growth portfolio manager. Segalas was a pioneer in growth equity investing and built one of the industry’s longest growth equity track records. Segalas founded Jennison Associates in 1969 along with six co-founders and managed Jennison client […]

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US

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to appear in court Tuesday | CNN

New York CNN  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is set to appear in person in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to face charges that include cheating investors out of billions of dollars. Bankman-Fried, known as SBF, is charged with eight criminal counts ranging from wire fraud and conspiracy […]

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US

Founder of ‘Solana Killer’ Aptos (APT) Reveals Plans for 2023,

The co-founder of Aptos (APT) says a lot of innovation is coming to the ‘Solana killer’ blockchain project in 2023. In a new interview with crypto influencer Scott Melker, Aptos CEO and cofounder Mo Shaikh says that the blockchain will see significant development next year, especially catering to decentralized finance (DeFi). “There’s some really cool […]

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US

The Accessibility Layer of Web3 With Fonz, Founder and CEO of

“Gen C” features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Adrian Blust, Uyen Truong and Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is “1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon. Source link

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Polygon Founder Unveils Web3 Accelerator Beacon

“We’re creating Beacon because, as a network of Web3 founders and operators ourselves, we’re 100% committed to this idea of bringing the next one billion users into this space. With everything happening in the news, we know the odds are stacked against us,” Nailwal told CoinDesk in an email. “However, if we can support the […]