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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.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

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

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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

A long-time BMW owner reflects on two decades with the brand, from driving dynamics to luxury features and what keeps him coming back.

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Driver’s diary: A loyalist on why he’s owned 19 BMW cars—and counting

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What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

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The exhibit operator will open a permanent facility in Tokyo in March.

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Singapore&#8217;s Neon says immersive experience business is growing

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India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

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How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

SkyTran offers driverless, taxi-like pods that can cut down passengers' hour-long drive to just a few minutes.

Why India's richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran | KrASIA

Why India&#8217;s richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran

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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

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

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

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Suning generated RMB 3.9 billion in net losses in the past year.

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Suning.com founder gives up control after selling to Shenzhen-based state-owned firms

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Song Jingli

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

A spate of tragedies reveal an industry in crisis.

'I feel like I am delivering with my life': China's couriers reach breaking point | KrASIA

&#8216;I feel like I am delivering with my life&#8217;: China&#8217;s couriers reach breaking point

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

By catering to the global hunger for EVs and its domestic economic growth, Indonesia risks destroying its own environment.

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Indonesia&#8217;s EV battery aspirations unearth mining waste problems

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Ursula Florene

New-age Indian startups will be benefited from having access to international since their early days.

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Why new Indian startups should explore International markets

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Tanul Mishra

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

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Israel&#8217;s AI21 Labs builds deep tech to reinvent how we read and write

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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

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

Fintech

From P2P lending to corporate responsibilities and regulatory legacy, dive into the intricacies, nuances, context, and complexities of regulating Ant Group.

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Jack Ma, P2P Lending, responsibility, and legacy

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Kevin Xu

SMIC is a Chinese semiconductor foundry fabricating chips that power smartphones, data centers, and emerging IoT applications.

SMIC

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

MSCI is removing SMIC from its Global Investable Market Indexes.

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SMIC co-CEO Liang Mongsong departs as the company hires former TSMC exec

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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SMIC responded in a statement that its services and products have never had any military applications.

Opinion

Why India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran

Suning.com founder gives up control after selling to Shenzhen-based state-owned firms

‘I feel like I am delivering with my life’: China’s couriers reach breaking point

Indonesia’s EV battery aspirations unearth mining waste problems

Why new Indian startups should explore International markets

Israel’s AI21 Labs builds deep tech to reinvent how we read and write

Jack Ma, P2P Lending, responsibility, and legacy

SMIC co-CEO Liang Mongsong departs as the company hires former TSMC exec

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