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...As many as six defence tech unicorns — start-ups valued at over $1bn — have emerged from the flood of funding: ShieldAI, HawkEye 360, Anduril, Rebellion Defense, Palantir and Epirus....
...Complicating matters for the company is that it has roughly $440mn of second-lien debt, loans that would rank below its senior obligations in a bankruptcy....
...This should translate to savings for clients, as they can access the service only when they need it and are charged based on how much they use it....
...“The rapid evolution of digitalisation in recent years has led to diverse companies, from tech to entertainment, venturing into the auto industry and coming up with various services and products,” Mazda...
...increases of the RTX 4090, and several retailers say the buyers are snapping them up to resell in China and Hong Kong, according to an investigation by Nikkei Asia’s Pak Yiu, Lauly Li, Cheng Ting-Fang, Lien...
...Why is this self-service routine not in Vietnam? Huyen is helping to change that as an operation specialist at the state-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam....
...Nikkei Asia’s Lien Hoang covered his talk at the conference hosted by VinAI, a unit of the country’s largest conglomerate Vingroup....
...The industry then was dominated by high-risk loan tranches and second-lien lending, and many funds mixed junk bonds and distressed loans into portfolios, whereas today the industry is focused on first-lien...
...Or this, from the related exhibits to the latest 10-K annual report produced by Walgreens Boots Alliance: Other Termination of Service....
...The mattress company, in raising the $200mn in new cash in 2020, created a new “super-priority” top layer of debt that ranked ahead of an existing $1.95bn first-lien loan....
...challenges as the South Korean conglomerate’s smartphone business endures a slump and other Korean companies scale back their investment in the south-east Asian country, write Nikkei Asia’s Kim Jaewon and Lien...
...Soon they may have a new hurdle to reckon with, writes Nikkei Asia’s Lien Hoang in Ho Chi Minh City....
...“This is the first time in a decade that we have been able to get annual 10 per cent to 12 per cent returns for senior secured, first lien credit [to] excellent and profitable companies,” says Nancy Curtin...
...Chinh is calling on South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker by shipments, to nurture more local managerial talents in its operation in the country, writes Nikkei Asia’s Lien...
...“Members of the public are also advised to make preparations such as ensuring that they have sufficient . . . face masks and air purifiers in good working condition,” Meteorological Service Singapore said...
...The spokesperson said the bank’s Trump loans were first-lien positions against “well-performing” properties....
...While it was unclear what rate Vista had secured on its NAV loan, it is below a 17 per cent second-lien loan some lenders had pitched to Finastra earlier this year....
...Women were allowed only short-service commissions, so Wing Commander Chandi was forced to retire after serving for 15 years....
...Looking to capitalise on one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, Amazon said it has focused on improving services for local merchants, offering discounts, Vietnamese-language customer service, and...
...Moody’s estimates first-lien loan holders recovered about 95 cents on the dollar in restructurings from 1987 to 2019....
...So while those securities are trading at lower valuations (and higher relative yields) than, say, loans against wireless-service towers or tax liens, Barclays says that investors aren’t compensated for the...
...Alongside Bee My Love, Chaumet also counts Joséphine and Liens as signature styles supported with promotional activities and new reinterpretations....
...“It was the fastest, best customer service and generally at a very good rate,” a financial executive told DD....
...Yet none of these facilities are operated by Vietnamese suppliers, highlighting the dilemma facing the country, writes Nikkei Asia’s Lien Hoang....
...“Efforts to subject those services to very harsh controls [send a] negative message,” said Vu Tu Thanh, Vietnam representative at the US-Asean Business Council, whose members include Google and Facebook...
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