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...Son’s new villa was completed just as SoftBank pulled in tens of billions of dollars from the Middle East to launch the $100bn Vision Fund....
...The Oklahoma-based company operates more than 30,000 miles of pipelines, including the vast Transco system that ships shale gas from Texas to the east coast....
...AXA Millésimes, the insurance company’s wine division, is far lower-key than Bernard Arnault’s vast LVMH empire, but has its own investment in Outpost on Howell Mountain, east of the valley....
...His reputation as an indefatigable tech maverick helped to make emission-free vehicles desirable, first for the Silicon Valley crowd then the world....
...While there has been a lot of talk about so-called tech decoupling in recent years, I’ve witnessed first-hand how intertwined the U. and Asia tech worlds are — Silicon Valley’s interest in China and Chinese...
...STDC chair and Tees Valley mayor Houchen had at one point hoped to buy the port in order to incorporate it into the Teesside freeport....
...Son’s mansion loan SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has used a Silicon Valley mansion that he bought for a record sum as security for a multimillion-dollar loan....
...Shreyas Bordia, Citi’s head of energy investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has left the firm, eFinancialCareers reports. Citi declined to comment....
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...Silicon Valley investors have increased their focus on raising capital from investors in oil-rich states such as Saudi Arabia....
...Brevan Howard has hired Ares Management Corporation’s Oualid Lahsini to lead its Middle East business in Abu Dhabi....
...Silicon Valley venture capital firms are touring the Middle East in search of funding....
...On Monday, HSBC became the latest big tenant to announce plans to leave the east-end Docklands....
...Deutsche Bank has hired Martin Blanquart as managing director to lead Europe, Middle East and Africa technology. He held a similar role at Credit Suisse....
...One thing to start: HSBC chair Mark Tucker has been forced to defend the purchase of Silicon Valley Bank’s UK business at a fractious meeting with shareholders in Hong Kong....
...The lossmaking Silicon Valley group, which has relied on heavily subsidised rides to shake up the taxi industry worldwide, said it generated free cash flow of $382mn in the three months to the end of June...
...Job moves UBS has shaken up the leadership of its critical Middle East wealth management operations as it comes under pressure to keep staff happy following its takeover of Credit Suisse....
...This person said Apple’s diversification into south-east Asia has been smoother thanks to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a free trade agreement among 10 regional nations....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 28 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 28 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Silicon Valley is not the only source of competition for workers: consultancy Accenture has been building data-led marketing services, for instance....
...The investment by the leading Silicon Valley investor group — which was an early backer of Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb and Stripe — will probably add even more hype to the frothy but lucrative market for crypto...
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...Silicon Valley loves a snappy marketing slogan....
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