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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

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What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

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How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

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How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

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With fresh mandates, pilot projects, and corporate license bids, stablecoins are shedding their crypto roots to reshape how money moves.

Hong Kong’s stablecoin regime takes shape as China eyes alternatives to dollar-based payments

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

The deal grants China Literature a 10% stake in the plush toy maker and sets the stage for co-developing original collectible IPs.

Softopia secures first external investment through China Literature deal

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

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Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Alipay and WeChat Pay lure Chinese outbound tourists with favorable exchange rates and streamlined processes.

China’s top two mobile giants take battle to tax refunds

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Sun Henan

RedDoorz expects to have 15,000 hotels in its portfolio by 2022.

Singapore’s online hotel booking site RedDoorz targets Southeast Asia push

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Oyo, an Indian hospitality platform, aggregates affordable accommodations, bringing travelers budget hotels and homestays under one brand.

Southeast Asia and the Middle East are crucial to OYO's international expansion, according to founder Ritesh Agarwal.

OYO appoints CEO for Southeast Asia and Middle East

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Thu Huong Le

This new investment could value Traveloka at USD 4.5 billion, according to the WSJ.

Traveloka is in talks to raise USD 500 million new funding

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Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

By setting trends and spurring #FOMO, photo sharing has taken travel to the next level.

How Instagram is shaking up Southeast Asia's tourism industry

How Instagram is shaking up Southeast Asia&#8217;s tourism industry

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What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

It covers Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania and America now.

China's Ctrip teams up with 10 ride-hailers worldwide to offer mobility service in 785 cities

China&#8217;s Ctrip teams up with 10 ride-hailers worldwide to offer mobility service in 785 cities

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Song Jingli

The number of visitors from Southeast Asia to Japan is on the rise.

Indonesia's Traveloka integrates tickets for Japanese trains on its platform for seamless travel

Indonesia&#8217;s Traveloka integrates tickets for Japanese trains on its platform for seamless travel

Competition between venture-backed hotel-tech chains will bring down prices and force smaller players to change their ways.

As OYO casts its shadow on Southeast Asia, it's adapt or die for traditional budget hotels

As OYO casts its shadow on Southeast Asia, it&#8217;s adapt or die for traditional budget hotels

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

TikTok will train Vietnam's tourism partners to promote destinations via the short video app

Travel

China’s top two mobile giants take battle to tax refunds

Singapore’s online hotel booking site RedDoorz targets Southeast Asia push

OYO appoints CEO for Southeast Asia and Middle East

Traveloka is in talks to raise USD 500 million new funding

How Instagram is shaking up Southeast Asia’s tourism industry

China’s Ctrip teams up with 10 ride-hailers worldwide to offer mobility service in 785 cities

Indonesia’s Traveloka integrates tickets for Japanese trains on its platform for seamless travel

As OYO casts its shadow on Southeast Asia, it’s adapt or die for traditional budget hotels

TikTok signs agreement to help promote Vietnam’s tourism

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