5 Best Chinese Stocks To Buy And Watch As Beijing Crackdowns Continue

Hundreds of Chinese companies are listed on U.S. markets. China is the world’s most-populous nation and the second-largest economy with a booming urban middle class and amazing entrepreneurial activity. Often dozens of Chinese stocks are among the top performers at any given time, across an array of sectors.

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Indonesian blockbuster IPO to set tone for Southeast Asia tech sector

The first listing of a multibillion-dollar Southeast Asian tech company in Indonesia on Friday will set the benchmark for IPO hopefuls in a region where global investors are chasing fast growing e-commerce markets. PT Bukalapak.com Tbk, a 11-year-old e-commerce company backed by Ant Group, Singapore sovereign fund GIC and local media and tech conglomerate Emtek, makes its market debut after raising $1.5 billion in Indonesia’s biggest ever initial public offering (IPO). The first listing of a venture-backed company in a country crowded with founder-led startups, has fuelled a frenzy among institutional and retail investors scrambling to get a piece of the IPO in a market that has seen few large flotations.

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Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $50 Million Initial Public Offering

SINGAPORE, Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: NOVVU, the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 5,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units are expected to be listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) and trade under the ticker symbol “NOVVU” beginning August 6, 2021. Each unit consists of one ordinary share, one warrant to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share at $11.50 per whole share, and one rig

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Google and Apple are among the companies reconsidering plans to reopen

As the contagious Delta variant continues to reach across the United States, more and more companies are delaying plans to reopen offices.By the numbers: A recent survey of 1,000 HR professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management and Lucid found that half of U.S. organizations are worried about Delta. Some corporate players have started mandating vaccines for employees in an attempt to combat the variant.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets.

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NFL Stake in Genius Nearly 15% as Company Valued at $3 Billion

The National Football League is receiving 22.5 million warrants for shares in Genius Sports under a partnership that will make the London-based data and analytics provider the sole gatekeeper of NFL data, through a deal Sportico first reported last week. The league will receive a total of 22.5 million warrants exercisable at a penny each, […]

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Report: Jim Nantz seeks “Tony Romo money” from CBS

The offseason bidding war between ESPN and CBS over NFL game analyst Tony Romo was certain to have ripple effects. For CBS, it’s potentially creating a cannonball splash. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that Jim Nantz wants “Tony Romo money” in his next contract with CBS. Romo makes $17.5 million per year, [more]

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Abandon the NFL? Partners don't, even during a pandemic

As 67 players opted out of the NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic, corporate partners, sponsors and advertisers did the opposite. The league even added two major companies: Subway and Invisalign. The truth is that not even COVID-19 has scared away the folks who, frankly, desperately need pro football to get their sales pitches and promotions across to more than 187 million Americans who call themselves NFL fans.

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Packers will observe Juneteenth by closing facilities

Another NFL team has announced its plans to close their offices in observance of Juneteenth on Friday. The Packers joined with more than 20 other clubs in announcing that they’ll be closed for business on June 19. The NFL announced the same decision for their operations last week. “The Packers will be observing Juneteenth and [more]

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Desperate NFL Puts Shitty Thursday Night Games On Website Belonging To Washington Post Owner

Thursday Night Football, which features tired NFL teams playing in ugly jerseys, tried out an experiment last season and streamed 10 of its games on Twitter. I tried watching once and promptly saw Twitter’s wonderful “social” integration alert me that someone had scored a touchdown before I saw anything had happened…

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The Future Of Innovation Is Innovation: A Day At Stanford's Sports-Business Conference

Stanford University in the springtime is immaculate. There are no clouds in the sky and none of the aerated haze of the East Bay or the fog of San Francisco. Off to the west, the Santa Cruz Mountains gently form the outer boundary of Palo Alto. As I got lost looking for the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s…

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This Letter Is Capitalism's Dream And America's Nightmare

One of the many terrifying aspects of having Donald Trump as president is that he, like all children, is very easily persuaded. Single meetings and conversations can shape his entire, pliable worldview. The wolves of corporate America know what easy prey looks like.

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Under Armour Had A Really Bad Day

Under Armour, the company behind those heinous Steph Curry shoes, was the fastest growing sportswear company in the country until very recently. They passed Adidas two years ago to become the second-largest manufacturer in the industry (Adidas recently overtook them), and at one point an MVP in each of the major…

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