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India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)
Manish Singh / India Dispatch:
India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges — Infosys, TCS and Wipro report disappointing results as Trump tariffs and economic headwinds prompt corporate caution
Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance (The Block)
The Block:
Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance — - Bank of America is lobbying for rules favoring banks over tech firms in stablecoin issuance. — Circle is positioning itself …
Garment workshops are closing across the "Shein village" in Panyu, China, after the US ended the de minimis exemption; Shein urges suppliers to shift to Vietnam (Kentaro Shiozaki/Nikkei Asia)
Kentaro Shiozaki / Nikkei Asia:
Garment workshops are closing across the “Shein village” in Panyu, China, after the US ended the de minimis exemption; Shein urges suppliers to shift to Vietnam — GUANGZHOU — Garment workshops are shuttering across a Guangzhou district dubbed “Shein Village,” …
API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
Ryan Lawler / Axios:
API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M — Checkr, an API-based background check provider, is acquiring income and employment verification startup Truework, Checkr CEO Daniel Yanisse tells Axios exclusively.
PE firm KKR agrees to acquire and take private Frankfurt-listed IT company Datagroup for about €450M in an all-cash deal expected to close in Q3 2025 (Emma-Victoria Farr/Reuters)
Emma-Victoria Farr / Reuters:
PE firm KKR agrees to acquire and take private Frankfurt-listed IT company Datagroup for about €450M in an all-cash deal expected to close in Q3 2025 — U.S.-based private equity firm KKR (KKR.N) has reached a deal with Frankfurt-listed Datagroup (D6HG.DE) to buy the firm …