China said on Monday it was prepared to buy shares to stabilize the stock market and avert “systemic risks,” after major indices plunged more than 8 per cent in the biggest one-day fall since 2007.The securities regulator also said market authorities would deal severely with anyone engaged in the “malicious shorting of stocks,” in Beijing’s latest attempt to stave off […]
SAN FRANCISCO–If you can’t beat them, try beating them another way.In 2004, Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith launched a startup called Tagged. They hoped to outdo another nascent project, known at the time as “thefacebook,” in the then-wide open world of social networks.We know how that turned out. Facebook became the world’s largest social network, with 1.39 billion monthly active […]
StockRadars, a Bangkok-based service that aims to demystify investing in Asia’s stock markets, has scored a deal of its own after parent company SiamSquared closed a Series A round from Japan’s CyberAgent Ventures and East Ventures.The deal is undisclosed, but TechCrunch understands that it is around $800,000 and at a $5-10 million valuation for the Thai startup. StockRadars currently covers the public markets in Thailand […]
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