Mengyu Ma Qifeng Wu The University of Central Arkansas College of Business has hired two faculty members in its Department of Accounting. Mengyu Ma and Qifeng Wu were both hired as assistant professors of accounting. Ma was an instructor of accounting at Florida International University. Her research interests include financial reporting quality, information environment, equity […]
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Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for his post containing hate speech
Under pressure for weeks over its handling of hate speech, Facebook on Thursday banned BJP politician T Raja Singh from its platform and Instagram for violating its policy around content promoting violence and hate. “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate […]
Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for his post containing hate speech
Under pressure for weeks over its handling of hate speech, Facebook on Thursday banned BJP politician T Raja Singh from its platform and Instagram for violating its policy around content promoting violence and hate. “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate […]
Zomato secures $62 million funding from existing investor Temasek
Food delivery app Zomato has raised Rs 456 crore (about $62 million) from Singapore’s state-owned investment arm Temasek Holdings, regulatory filings sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler show. The transaction was made from MacRitchie Investments, a unit of Temasek and an existing investor in Zomato. The food ordering and restaurant discovery platform is valued at […]
Zomato secures $62 million funding from existing investor Temasek
Food delivery app Zomato has raised Rs 456 crore (about $62 million) from Singapore’s state-owned investment arm Temasek Holdings, regulatory filings sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler show. The transaction was made from MacRitchie Investments, a unit of Temasek and an existing investor in Zomato. The food ordering and restaurant discovery platform is valued at […]
Finance leaders search for opportunities as outbreak drags on
Altman sees opportunity in the logistics sector as companies reinvent their supply chains, including investment in new delivery hubs. But Welch Equipment’s revenues are down from last year — partially a result of the sales cycle, but also a slowdown for some clients’ facilities. “What has curtailed us is the companies who have really not […]
BharatPe displays ‘Indian’ tag, dares Paytm, PhonePe
There is a full-blown fight among India’s leading digital payments firms over which is a more “Indian” product, with the matter now reaching the RBI. BharatPe, a merchant payments startup, has been distributing flyers and pamphlets showing Paytm with Chinese flags and PhonePe with US flags, implying it’s the only ‘Bharatiya’ or ‘Indian’ company. There […]
Facebook neutral towards all political parties, say company representatives
A team of Facebook representatives on Wednesday claimed the social media platform is neutral towards all political parties when it deposed before the parliamentary standing committee on information technology for allegedly allowing display of hate content on its site. The Shashi Tharoor-led panel questioned the Facebook team, led by its India head Ajith Mohan, for […]
Twitter confirms PM Modi’s personal account hacked
Twitter on Thursday confirmed that the Twitter account linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s personal website was hacked by a group that claimed to be John Wick, in the first profile takeover since the cyber breach on the micro blogging platform in July. The account has since been restored. “We’re aware of this activity and […]
Trump encourages North Carolina residents to vote twice to test mail-in system
US President Donald Trump talks to supporters upon arrival at Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 2, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump suggested that people in North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by mail and once in-person, escalating his attempts to cast confusion and […]