Indian food delivery startup Swiggy is cutting about 1,000 jobs

Swiggy is cutting about 1,000 jobs, most from its cloud kitchen division, as Indias top food delivery startup scales back some of its businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has drastically affected millions of firms.
In a statement, the Bang…
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In Japan, hotels lose out on Olympic bet as coronavirus spreads

OSAKA (Reuters) – The Osaka Corona Hotel in western Japan has been eerily quiet and empty the past few weeks.
“Our name is extremely regrettable,” Kohei Fujii, the hotel’s sales director, said with a sigh as he sat in an empty cafe in the lobby. A sign adve…
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WTF is the denominator effect?

The last few weeks have just been dreadful for asset managers. Not only have the markets tanked the past few weeks (if slightly recovered from their lows since the signing of the U.S. stimulus bill), but the daily volatility of different assets is making it v…
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7 Investment Strategies to Follow During a Crisis

March
23, 2020
4 min read
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Given the extraordinary global circumstances, many investors are now fearing that another recession is afoot. It makes sense, as recessions are often the result of an…
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Securitization platform Cadence surpasses $125M deal volume and raises $4M

Securitization is a critical function of the modern financial system. Banks package individual loans, say a mortgage or an auto loan, into a group with similar characteristics and sell them to other investors. That gets the debt off the originators balance sh…
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Norway’s sovereign fund loses $124 billion as markets crash

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has lost 1.33 trillion Norwegian crowns ($124 billion) so far this year as stock markets have plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Thursday.
The fund is now worth $930 bill…
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A Peruvian family just scooped up 8 luxury condos in NYC, in a $27 million all-cash deal to safeguard their wealth during the pandemic

A family from Peru just splashed out $27 million on eight condos in New York City to park their cash during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Clarke.
The buyers, who remain unidentified, received a 7% discount for buy…
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Real estate tycoon Aby Rosen is abandoning $600 million worth of acquisitions as the coronavirus puts New York City’s multi-billion-dollar sales market on ice

The owner of some of Manhattan’s most recognizable office spires has abruptly stepped away from a pair of major commercial real estate acquisitions, the latest sign of the deep chill that has been cast over the city’s multi-billion-dollar real estate investme…
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5 Ways Technology is Transforming the Real Estate Industry

As the Internet becomes more ingrained in every facet of our work and personal lives, industries that primarily rely on person-to-person interactions have started to adopt new technology. Adopting new technology allows companies to free up valuable time and r…
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WeWork Can’t Pay the Rent

WeWork has bailed on April rent on some of its locations as the beleaguered coworking space company goes into a financial spiral amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Citing sources at the company, Bloomberg wrote that it…
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