August 2021

For many investors, farmland was not on the radar as an investable asset class until the start of the year, when it was revealed that America's largest farmland owners were not. other than Bill and Melinda Gates.…

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Richard turenIt would appear now, given the gift of perspective, that there are people blocking our way as we make our way towards the light at the end of the travel tunnel. This makes travel planning and the certainty of departure dates…

Most everyone needs insurance at some point. But determining what type of insurance to purchase and what steps to take to avoid the need are central to WIN's approach to serving clients. For agency founder Tyler Woodall, the key…

Bangalore: An early stage venture capital (VC) firm, which has backed MyGate and Mfine, on Wednesday announced the first close of its fourth fund at $ 75 million (or ??556 crores). Prime Venture…

In order to justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it is worth striving to beat the returns of a market index fund. But in any portfolio, it is likely that some stocks will be below this benchmark. We regret to report that in…

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Judges are increasingly frustrated with the quality of evidence provided by lawyers on behalf of convicted felons at sentencing hearings. Several…

The latest installment in the rising tide of shareholder activism is the cancellation of Eicher Motor Ltd's proposal to grant a 10% raise to its managing director Siddhartha Lal amid the pandemic. Over the past two months,…

When a Boston-based tech startup showed John Creighton one of the best prices for his corn he had seen in years, the farmer pledged to sell 75,000 bushels through his network. Months of headaches followed. The company's…

Institutional shareholders are increasingly fighting against proposals from boards of directors and company management calling for significant increases for senior executives in a context of timid revenue growth and wage cuts for…

We think it's fair to say that the ability to find fantastic multi-year winners is what drives many investors. But when you hold the right stock for the right time, the rewards can be really huge. Take, for example, the DocuSign,…

Venture capital firms injected a total of $ 17.2 billion in investment into the Indian startup ecosystem between January and July 2021, according to data released by the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital…

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Chinese technological scene The last few months have been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Triggered by Scuttling of the IPO of the Ant group, The Chinese government is launching regulatory attacks on many technology companies.…

By Dustin Betz Over the past year, we've seen small businesses and startups converge like never before. Small businesses and local businesses have had to move online in the digital rush, removing the physical brick and!-->…

American investor and founder of private equity group Baring Vostok Michael Calvey, under house arrest on suspicion of fraud, attends a hearing in Moscow, Russia on August 15, 2019. REUTERS / Evgenia NovozheninaMOSCOW, Aug.6 (Reuters) - A…

The company is led by Managing Partner Victor Pascucci III, who was previously an investor at Lightbank, a Chicago-based venture capital firm started by Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell who invested in companies like…

A Michigan home is where a black real estate agent showing a military veteran and his 15-year-old son (also black) faces police with a gun removed after a white couple called 911 in the group. , handcuffed. Eric Brown was showing his…

It's been a tough month for Anthony Scaramucci's flagship Bitcoin fund.The fund, First Trust SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund, fell 36.6% in May, according to marketing materials obtained by Crypto Investor. A company spokesperson declined to!-->…

The modern Ventures capital company contributed $ 200 million in a second oversubscribed fund, the company announced Tuesday. The new capital is four times the amount of the company's first institutional fund and…

With its new law firm and technology platform, Broder is helping victims of car accidents, slips and falls get all the money they deserve without paying the typical 30-40 provident expense. % that other personal injury lawyers charge.…

Anand Mahindra spoke to shareholders of Mahindra and the Mahindra Group at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday for the last time as the company's executive chairman. Mahindra would step down from his executive post in November and…

Boston Market Entry Venture Capital Company Stage 2 Capital Launch a second fund with the intention of investing $ 80 million in a B2B software company. The firm's approach combines venture capital expertise with a diverse community of…

The motto of sustainable investing is that you can do well while doing good. The well-done part has been shown to be questionable, as sustainable investing does not generate superior returns. The question remains: is sustainable…

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to expand its investment funds practice in New York with the arrival of Terence Rozier-Bird from Baker Botts.Rozier-Byrd, who most recently served as a partner in charge of the New York office…

Hong Kong-based Metrojet has partnered with Portside, a cloud data platform provider, to provide Metrojet aircraft management customers with a single portal to review integrated information, including status aircraft financial,…