How Sustainable Startup Rothy's Found Success Turning Recycled Water Bottles Into Fashionable Footwear
The chic, eco-friendly shoe company has innovated both when it comes to materials—and its supply chain. :
Down a steep stairway and through a cavern of rooms, sits the Rothy’s design studio. Amidst vibrant spools of thread made from water bottles and mood boards with color swatches, Creative Director Erin Lowenberg and her team have been working since January on a new silhouette: an ankle boot called The Chelsea, which launched this week.
Naspers Gives Europe Its Biggest Consumer Tech Listing
Naspers has pulled off a dramatic restructuring of its holdings to unlock value after the successful listing of Prosus on Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and simultaneously on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Prosus Group is valued at EUR120 billion ($134bn) and is Europe's biggest consumer Internet firm and the third in value on the Amsterdam [...]
Meet Indian Doctor Kiran Patel Who Is Rewriting The Contours Of Healthcare In Us - Ibtimes India
As a child he saved his pocket money instead of spending it on snacks and the corpus grew eventually to be sufficient for the entire family to migrate to India when things went wrong in Zambia.
Prestige Estates Forays Into Ncr Property Market; To Invest Rs 500 Crore In Housing
"We are entering into Delhi-NCR which is a key real estate market in the country. We have formed a joint venture with Ace Group to develop this mid-income housing project," Prestige Group CEO Venkat K Narayan said in an interview.
Bernie Sanders And Kamala Harris Want To Erase Student Debt And Reform Healthcare By Taxing Wall Street. But A New Study Shows College And Retirement Savings Would Take A Serious Hit. | Markets Insider
A new study from the Modern Markets Initiative shows how much a financial transaction tax -- like ones proposed by Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris -- would cost those saving for college and retirement. The study outlines how much 529 college savings plans, university endowments, public pension funds, 401(k) plans, and IRAs would owe annually under a financial transaction tax. "While free college is admirable, should our teachers' pension funds be paying for it?" Kirsten Wegner, the CEO of MMI, told Markets Insider in an interview. Read more on Markets Insider.
Malaysian Health Tech Startup Naluri Hidup Eyes Up To $5M In Series A Funding Next Year
Naluri is also in the midst of expanding its operations to Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The post Malaysian health tech startup Naluri Hidup eyes up to $5m in Series A funding next year appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Japanese Carrier Emerges As Contender To Pick Stake In Malaysia Airlines
Khazanah Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund and the sole shareholder of the flag carrier, has hired Morgan Stanley to look at strategic options for Malaysia Airlines. The post Japanese carrier emerges as contender to pick stake in Malaysia Airlines appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Bank Of Nova Scotia Has $12.18M Stock Holdings In Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (nasdaq:isrg)
Bank of Nova Scotia increased its holdings in shares of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) by 30.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 28,482 shares of the medical equipment provider's stock after purchasing an additional 6,577 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia's holdings in Intuitive Surgical were worth $12,184,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock.
Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities Knock Out Half The Kingdom's Supply
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Saturday, knocking out more than half the Kingdom's output, in a move expected to send oil prices soaring and increase tensions in the Middle East.
Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities Knock Out Half The Kingdom's Supply
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Saturday, knocking out more than half the Kingdom's output, in a move expected to send oil prices soaring and increase tensions in the Middle East.