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Indian conglomerate controlled by Mukesh Ambani with interests in energy, retail and telecom.
Nike will build a global corporate campus in Bengaluru, announced with fiscal first-quarter results in which Greater China revenue fell 26%. The campus opens in a few years, so it cannot cover this year's China shortfall.
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Jio Platforms set a Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119 price band for up to 270 million new shares, a valuation near $108 billion at the top. No existing holder, Google and Meta included, is selling, so the October 21 offer tests demand for about 3% of the company.
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Bitget opened a JIOUSDT perpetual with up to 20x leverage 14 days before Jio Platforms' expected October 28 listing. The new shares on offer are about 2.9% of the implied valuation, a small base for a contract that trades around the clock.
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Jio Platforms set its IPO price band at 1,065 to 1,119 rupees, valuing it near $108 billion against over $130 billion floated a year ago. CNBC reported pushback from investors unconvinced by its technology label.
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India's FY27 budget exempts eligible foreign cloud providers from tax until 2047, but only on services sold to non-Indian clients. Indian customers' revenue goes through a reseller and is not tax-free, per an opinion piece in Datacenter Dynamics.
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Africa's biggest listing values Aliko Dangote's refinery at about $50 billion and promises to pay its dividends in US dollars, with the proceeds committed to making the plant the largest in the world by 2029.
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Elon Musk accused unnamed Indian 'oligarchs' of blocking Starlink to guard a market where Jio and Airtel hold over 80% share. Both operators signed Starlink rollout deals with SpaceX last year, CNBC reported. The launch Musk wants runs through the companies he is attacking.
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