US stocks will continue to outperform their global peers, but don’t expect a sustained value comeback, JPMorgan says

In a note published on Sunday, JPMorgan reiterated its view that growth stocks, led by technology, will continue to outperform their value peers. The continued outperformance of growth stocks relative to value stocks has been consistent with US stocks outperforming international stocks, JPMorgan said.   Growth stocks are poised to continue outperforming value stocks, as … Read more

Gaming giant Nvidia may acquire mobile chip giant ARM soon

The company had been battling competition like Qualcomm and Samsung for buying the chipmaker for over a year now, but a report from UK’s Evening Standard says it may win that race. While ARM doesn’t manufacture its own chips, the company owns the intellectual property (IP) for pretty much any mobile chipset you see today. … Read more

OMC Group Launches Tradable Blockchain Game Omni Pets

OMC Group Sdn Bhd “(“OMC Group”) is offering a fun way to learn about blockchain through a game of collecting unique tradable digital tokens with the launch of Omni Pets today. Omni Pets are digital tokens created using the ERC-721 open standard based on the Ethereum protocol and are non-fungible, that is, these tokens are all unique … Read more

BYJU’s acquires code training app WhiteHat Jr for $300 million

Online education platform Byju’s has acquired Mumbai-based education technology (edtech) start-up WhiteHat Jr in an all-cash deal worth $300 million. The acquisition marks Byju’s entry into the fast-growing computer code training segment targeted at high school and college students. This is BYJU’s fifth acquisition and is also its largest acquisition to date. It had last … Read more

Trump to give TikTok’s Chinese owner 45 days to agree sale

US officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles. Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok in the United States after dismissing the idea of a sale to Microsoft. But following a discussion between Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the … Read more

Reliance 1st online AGM to feature brand-new virtual platform, Chatbot

Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company, will hold its first online AGM on Wednesday and it promises to be a much bigger affair with a brand-new virtual platform that can log more than 1 lakh shareholders from 500 locations simultaneously. Reliance had so far held all in its annual general meeting (AGM) physically with shareholders … Read more

India Inc suffers a new ailment, complains of webinar fatigue, Zoom gloom

This one, termed #ZoomGloom #WebinarComa and #DeathByWebinar on social media, is causing fatigue, discomfort in the eye and neck, and a general sense of irritability. It is the result of taking part in unending video conferences. Over the last three months, as Corporate India went into a lockdown and slowly unlocked in bits and pieces, … Read more