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The group, which also raised its forecast for the year ahead, will take a 33 percent stake in payment affiliate Ant Financial, an important step ahead of an expected initial public offering (IPO) by Ant, valued at $60 billion in 2016. "This is no secret, everybody knows that Ant Financial will IPO, and (buying the stake) is just something they had to do before that happens," Beijing-based analyst Li Chengdong said. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alibaba-revenue-jumps-56-percent-115957055.html

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"Given the area is a highly sensitive place and Google Maps actually blurred out key details of the area since it's a red zone, you can still figure out and get lots of intel with the trove of data that recruits/staff share publicly everyday within … likely from their smartwatch or health trackers." http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-strava-fitness-tracking-app-security-military-9910070

BREAKING: Former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the opposition's choice for interim Prime Minister until @ anwaribrahim can get a royal pardon and take over. PKR President @ drwanazizah is the deputy PM pick. # GE14 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mahathir-named-malaysian-opposition-s-prime-minister-pick-9840014

His bet paid off: his popular English teaching app Liulishuo or LingoChampraised US$100 million in July, putting him in the growing ranks of successful Silicon Valley alumni lured back to China by the promise of a brighter future. His decision is emblematic of an unprecedented trend with disquieting implications for Valley stalwarts from Facebook Inc to Alphabet Inc's Google.

Gruss  said Meltdown was the more serious problem in the short term but could be decisively stopped with software patches. Spectre, the broader bug that applies to nearly all computing devices, is harder for hackers to take advantage of but less easily patched and will be a bigger problem in the long term, he said. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/security-flaws-put-virtually-all-phones--computers-at-risk-9830532

So cool eh!  Furthermore it's Barcelona 3-0 win over Real Madrid. Kudos to Messi and team! Messi created Barcelona's third goal in a 3-0 win vs. Real Madrid with only one shoe. https://sports.yahoo.com/lionel-messi-lost-shoe-danced-past-real-madrid-assist-anyway-164008639.html