Posts Tagged ‘Backers’
VinFast plans US plant in 2028 as it seeks equity backers
The automaker expects to open another assembly plant in Indonesia’s West Java by October [SINGAPORE] VinFast Auto expects to open its delayed North Carolina plant in 2028 while the Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker continues to seek equity investors, according to chairwoman Le Thi Thu Thuy. As part of its shift to Asia amid growing…
Read MoreBolsonaro Backers Rally To Praise Trump For Brazil Pressure
Thousands of fervent supporters of Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets Sunday, showing support for US President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against the trial of his right-wing ally. Bolsonaro is currently being tried in the capital Brasilia for plotting a coup after failing to win reelection in 2022 against leftist Luiz Inacio Lula…
Read MoreBackers Of Brazil’s Bolsonaro Hold Mass Protest In Sao Paulo
Thousands of people streamed into central Sao Paulo for a demonstration Sunday called by Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking “justice” as he faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election. “Brazil needs all of us. It’s for freedom, for justice,” the far-right Bolsonaro said on social media,…
Read MoreFrom Stronghold Guarded By Backers, Bolivia Ex-leader Plots Return
As dusk falls, some 500 Indigenous people stand in formation in Lauca Ene, a hamlet in central Bolivia, and raise their spears to the cry of “Long live Evo Morales!” The former Bolivian president is hugely popular in this coca-growing region and maintains an iron grip — no one enters Lauca Ene without his approval.…
Read MoreVenezuelan Opposition, Regime Backers To Hold Rival Protests
Venezuela’s opposition and regime supporters will vie for the streets of Caracas Saturday in rival demonstrations amid a political crisis sparked by the election victory claimed by strongman Nicolas Maduro but widely rejected at home and abroad. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has called demonstrations for more than 300 cities in Venezuela and abroad, what…
Read MoreGXS Bank receives S$229.5 million capital injection from backers
GXS Bank has received a S$229.5 million capital injection from backers Singtel and Grab, according to regulatory filings with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore. Grab took up the majority of the 229.5 million shares at S$1 apiece. It was allotted 191.8 million shares, while Singtel was alloted 37.7 million shares. This capital…
Read MoreCourt Clears Uniswap, Venture Capital Backers Of Liability In Scam Token Case
KEY POINTS Despite the win in court, UNI, Uniswap’s native cryptocurrency, did not react positively The lawsuit was filed by six individuals, who purchased what they claimed were scam tokens on Uniswap As of 6:40 a.m. ET on Thursday, UNI was trading down at $4.62 Aside from Grayscale’s landmark victory in the federal appeals court…
Read MorePGA Tour, LIV Backers Drop No-poaching Clause From Deal
US Senator Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with Chief Operating Officer of the PGA Tour Ron Price during a Senate subcommittee hearing examining the business deal between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, backers of LIV Golf AFP The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision…
Read MoreErdogan Backers Bullish In His German Stronghold
Recep Tayyip Erdogan won about 65 percent of votes in Germany, which has the largest Turkish community abroad with its 1.5 million voters AFP “I voted for Erdogan because he deserves to be re-elected,” says Esra Kose, 45, who like the majority of Turkish voters in Germany backs the incumbent president. Kose, who has lived…
Read MoreTurks In Germany Report Heckling From Erdogan Backers
There are roughly 1.5 million registered Turkish voters living in Germany, the largest diaspora participating in Turkey’s pivotal election AFP Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Germany have been trying to intimidate voters ahead of the country’s crunch election, politicians and voters said on Tuesday. In Berlin’s Neukoelln district, a local chapter of…
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