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Paytm to invest Rs 10,000 crore in Indian operations, after raising fresh funds
Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma revealed details in a blog post; the move reflects the heightened competition for dominance of India's digital money market, with rivals including Amazon, Google and Walmart, and Facebook's WhatsApp raring to enter
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LVMH is close to $16.7 billion deal to buy Tiffany
The world's largest luxury goods company is close to completing a deal to buy Tiffany & Co., in what would be the largest ever in the luxury sector
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How Taylor Swift dragged private equity into her fight for music rights
In an open letter posted to social media, the pop megastar had implored her fans to intervene in what might otherwise have been an obscure music industry dispute
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India is watching more videos, but can they make money?
The country's digital video consumption has doubled in two years; a new BCG-CII report looks at how this can be monetised
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Millennials don't look for sustainability in luxury: Report
While the perception is that the generation is one of more conscious buyers, reports show that they are no more sensitive than previous generations when it comes to luxury spends
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The metaphysics of Kylie cosmetics being sold to Coty
Is this the harbinger of a new stage in the Kardashian-Jenner empire? And if so, what does it mean for the rest of us?
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Economy (Flexible thinking in a constantly changing world; Put the blame on economists), Technology (Will AIs take our job?), Business (Most watched YouTube channel in the World now has to survive), and Sports (5 Indian women dominate motorsports; The monk who sold his Ducati)
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'Baby Shark' devoured your brain. Can it get to your wallet?
The viral earworm, with just 18 words of lyrics, is looking to exploit its hit status and build a business around it, with the goal of transforming its smiling ocean predator into a children's brand on the scale of Elmo
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Inside Ikea-backed design lab SPACE10, ahead of India debut
The community-led platform will help artists, academicians and specialists across fields collaborate, and use design and technology to find solutions to everyday issues
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Short video is not an app or a tool, it is a new media format: Firework's Vincent Yang
Chief executive of the California-based startup that lets users create and share 30-second video clips, reveals his plans for India, especially how he intends to take on rival video app TikTok
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India's Richest 2019: Asian Paints is a bright picture
Asian Paints' promoters saw their wealth soar to over $1 billion each on the back of buoyant sales