Koji Ishida, Bank of Japan's policy board members said the negative interest rate will do very little to boost investment. Continuing tumult in the market may hurt Japanese economy.
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Taxi app Gett hopes new service "Gett Courier" will make it more competitive in the UK
Taxi app Gett launches a new service called "Gett Courier" to up its game among competition. The new service promises to deliver packages across London within an hour, by an excellent team of delivery boys and girls who have undergone an intense study of the streets and by-lanes of London.
Freedom 251 Release: Indian Company Ringing Bells Launches 'Cheapest Smartphone' at $7
Local smartphone manufacturer Ringing Bells, launched an affordable smartphone called the Freedom 251 on Wednesday. With immense support from the India government, it released the smartphone in attempt to connect every Indian.
TimkenSteel to hire PricewaterhouseCoopers: What happened with its financial exploration?
TimkenSteel Corp. hired finance and management consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers to help explore financing options amid plunging commodity prices.
Malaysia's Foreign Workers Recruitment on Hold
Malaysian government halts its recruitment of foreign workers particulary Bangladeshi. Protests from private and public sectors arise urging the government to give clarification about the agreement. The deputy prime minister confirmed that the registration of 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers does not mean that all of them could gain entry on the Southeast Asian country and be hired.
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Indian retail pharmacy sales have been expected to cross $11.5 billion in 2015. Many startups have appeared in the market of online medicine and CareOnGo takes a leading position among them in online pharmacy market. It has raised $300,000 for its seed fund round which will be used for its expansion in different major cities of India.
Martin Hughes, founder of Toscafund warned that United Kingdom withdrawal from European Union will also force Ireland to quit. Brexit is also feared to bring recession in the UK
PowerMoves celebrates Miami Demo Day every year since starting journey in 2014. It helps in transforming tech startup ideas into businesses derived from black women entrepreneurs. This year, RediFit, developer of a tech induced knee sleeves for the athletes useful in avoiding injuries, has won the $25,000 prize.
The travel industry intelligence platform in a podcast reveal the condition of startup and venture capital funding in travel industry. Two industry experts are present in the podcast.
Video analytic and collaboration company Vyopta announced on Thursday to receive Series A funding, AVX Partners lead the funding, which will be used to strengthen the company's product development.
Citigroup raises salary of its CEO to $16.5 million in 2015. The bank has managed to be more efficient in operation under Corbat's leadership and passing mandatory stress test.
The micro venture capital (VC) funding space in India is witnessing a robust activity. A rising new breed of venture capital investors is keen on early-stage investment in startups. About 12 micro venture capital funds are operational in India.
Japan's exports were badly hit by the steep drop in steel prices and other commodities. The world's third largest economy's exports fell 12.9 percent on the year in January to Yen 5.35 trillion ($47.12 billion), while the imports also fell 18 percent.
NYSE-listed Broadridge Financial Solutions has invested in AMA Partners, BV (AMA). By taking minority stake in AMA Partners, Broadridge will expand its corporate governance solution in Europe.
