• As Padres adjust to new changes, Fernando Tatis Jr. looks back to being his old self

    LOS ANGELES — In the second inning of their first visit this season to a ballpark that has tended to magnify their weaknesses, the displayed not only the complications but also the upside of positioning shortstops all over the field. , who had never played second base in his career until a Cactus League game less than eight weeks ago, booted a routine, two-out grounder and watched Padres starter pay an immediate price. Swinging at the next pitch, perennial MVP candidate socked a go-ahead...

  • Merrill drives in go-ahead run, Tatis Jr. has 3 hits as Padres rally for 8-7 win over Dodgers in 11

    Jackson Merrill provided the go-ahead single in the 11th inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and had three hits, and the San Diego Padres rallied for a 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday night despite Shohei Ohtani hitting his 175th home run in the majors to tie Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player. Tatis Jr. hit a two-run shot in the seventh inning to tie it at 7-all. Manny Machado, Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth also went deep for the Padres, who trailed 7-3 after...

  • Tesla bull Cathie Wood's $54 million Ark Venture Fund invests in Sam Altman-led OpenAI, and Elon Musk sued both last month

    OpenAI will represent about 4% of the Ark venture fund’s holdings.

  • GAMMA Investing LLC Makes New $1.35 Million Investment in Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC)

    GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 26,772 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,345,000. Other large investors also recently modified their holdings […]

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    Wyden, Merkley: $47.7 million in USFS Secure Rural Schools funds heading to Oregon counties; $2.56 million for C.O.

    WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that 30 Oregon counties will receive more than $47.7 million in federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. These funds, more than $2.56 million of

  • With Hundreds of Millions in Government Investment, Microsoft Must Do Better

    In America, the Washington D.C., uniparty types like to make you think they are all for reining in big corporations in favor of the “little guy.” But in practice, it seems that across many industries, the practice of squeezing out competition via government subsidy or legislative or bureaucratic intervention is often carried out by legislators with a vested interest in the long-term success of their “donating constituency.”

  • Khazanah Leads Up to $627 Million Venture Fund for Region

    Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd. will set up a

  • Khazanah Leads Up to $627 Million Venture Fund for Region

    Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd. will set up a venture capital of up to 3 billion ringgit ($627 million) with two other partners to invest in startups in Southeast Asia.

  • Agritech startup Ecozen raises $30 million in funding

    Pune-based agritech firm Ecozen on Friday said it has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in a mix of equity and debt from existing investors including US-based global investment manager Nuveen.The debt support in the deal was fulfilled by InCred Credit Fund and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation through Ecozen’s exclusive advisor Setuka Partners, said a company statement.Ecozen said it has grown fivefold over the past two years, with a threefold increase in profit. The maker...

  • B2B marketplace ProcMart bags $30 million in funding

    ProcMart, an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace specialising in supply chain solutions, has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in an equity funding round led by Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani’s venture fund Fundamentum Partnership and Edelweiss Discovery Fund. The round also saw participation from South Korea’s Paramark Ventures.The funds will be used for exploring strategic acquisitions for backward integration, enhancing client offerings, investing in talent acquisition and...

  • Google to invest €600 million in fourth data center in the Netherlands

    Google will invest 600 million euros to construct a new data center on the industrial estate Westpoort in Groningen. This will be the tech company's fourth data center in the Netherlands, and the company reported that it has invested around 3.8 billion euros in the Netherlands thus far. Google already has a data centre at Eemshaven in Groningen. There are auxiliary facilities at Winschoten and in the west of the city. These complexes are known for using a relatively high amount of electricity.

  • Meet the fund managers: Lessons from 40 years in the investment industry

    In City A.M.'s weekly series, Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbones.