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Rocket Internet's Global Fashion Group, a group of fashion e-commerce sites including Zalora, Dafiti, and La Moda, plans to raise €300M in Frankfurt IPO (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Rocket Internet’s Global Fashion Group, a group of fashion e-commerce sites including Zalora, Dafiti, and La Moda, plans to raise €300M in Frankfurt IPO  —  The ongoing evolution of the startup factory known as Rocket Internet continues apace.  Today, the Global Fashion Group … Rocket Internet's Global Fashion Group, a group

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As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny of Google, the company's global policy team is still adapting to a sweeping reorganization, with key roles unfilled (Ashley Gold/The Information)

Ashley Gold / The Information: As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny of Google, the company’s global policy team is still adapting to a sweeping reorganization, with key roles unfilled  —  As regulators ramp up their antitrust scrutiny of Google, the tech giant’s global policy team is still adapting … As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny

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US antitrust enforcement is coming back from the dead

As tech companies acquired billions of users, and competition has withered, the United States paid only passing interest to antitrust concerns. Facebook’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram were approved without a hitch; Amazon successfully crushed other online retailers by temporarily lowering prices; Google began promoting its own search results (and affiliate marketing links) over those

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Former BitConnect India chief on the run after promoting another crypto-scam

India‘s authorities have uncovered more cryptocurrency scams connected to the alleged head of BitConnect Asia, Divyesh Darji, Times of India reports. Police claim Darji had also been marketing another dubious cryptocurrency-related investment, “Regal Coin,” by offering short-term returns of 5,000 percent on any investments made. He’s also alleged to have promised Regal Coin would make

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Report: SoftBank is facing challenges in raising $100B for its second fund after facing a lukewarm response from some of the world's largest investors (Eustance Huang/CNBC)

Eustance Huang / CNBC: Report: SoftBank is facing challenges in raising $100B for its second fund after facing a lukewarm response from some of the world’s largest investors  —  KEY POINTS  — In a bid to raise $100 billion for its next fund, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has faced a lukewarm reception … Report: SoftBank is

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