Alibaba mapping app steps into local business rankings, intensifying competition

Alibaba mapping app steps into local business rankings, intensifying competition

[SHANGHAI] Alibaba’s mapping app Amap is moving away from its traditional focus on navigation and encroaching into rival Meituan’s local-lifestyle territory by launching its own ranking of restaurants, hotels and tourist destinations. Alibaba and Meituan are among the prominent tech companies in China locked in a bitter battle for market share in “instant retail”, flooding…

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5 S-Reits move up to be among top 10 in SGTI 2024 rankings

5 S-Reits move up to be among top 10 in SGTI 2024 rankings

IN THIS year’s Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) 2024 rankings, the overall scores for Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) and business trusts declined to 86.6 points from 89.3 last year. Nearly two-thirds of the 38 S-Reits with rankings decreased year-on-year in overall scores. This year’s assessment had mean penalty points for poor disclosure…

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Apac distressed credit and infrastructure top MSCI private asset Q1 performance rankings

Apac distressed credit and infrastructure top MSCI private asset Q1 performance rankings

DISTRESSED credit and infrastructure were the best-performing asset classes among Asia-Pacific private capital funds in Q1, according to data collated by MSCI. Pooled quarterly returns for distressed private credit hit 9.8 per cent for the quarter; private infrastructure returns came in at 4.2 per cent. The figures, which are not annualised, represent significant improvements from…

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Rahm Says Golf Rankings Not A ‘Good System’ After LIV Pulls Out

Rahm Says Golf Rankings Not A ‘Good System’ After LIV Pulls Out

Masters champion John Rahm said Wednesday that the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) was not “a good system” after LIV Golf formally withdrew its application to join. LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman on Tuesday sent a letter to players, seen by AFP, saying the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit had ended its efforts to be accepted for…

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Highly-Touted Russian Newcomer Enters ONE Strawweight Rankings

Highly-Touted Russian Newcomer Enters ONE Strawweight Rankings

Mansur Malachiev bumps off Danial Williams from the No. 5 seat in the ONE strawweight rankings. ONE Championship KEY POINTS Mansur Malachiev is now ranked No. 5 in the ONE strawweight division He has secured a seat in the rankings by beating Jeremy Miado Anatoly Malykhin believes Malachiev will become a world champion ONE Championship’s…

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