2:04 PM MYT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is maintaining its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target of between 6.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent for 2021 despite the emergency declaration and the second round of the Movement Control Order (MCO 2.0) enforcement, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. It is still early and we are still in the first quarter of the year. So we are maintaining it (for now) but our forecast is at risk given with (what is happening) during the MCO 2.0. It (the GDP) will be at the lower end of our forecast,” he said during an interview with Bloomberg today.
CRED founder invests in One-Plus co-founder Carl Pei’s new venture
January 22, 2021
One-Plus co-founder Carl Pei has received seed investment from India with Kunal Shah, Founder, CRED, adding Pei’s London based venture to his portfolio.
The exact investment amount has not been revealed. Pei had announced a new venture back in December 2020. The Swedish entrepreneur had previously raised $7 million in a seed financing round from “friends and private investors” including Tony Fadell (Principal at Future Shape & Inventor of the iPod), Casey Neistat (YouTuber), Kevin Lin (Co-founder of Twitch), Steve Huffman (CEO of Reddit), Liam Casey (Founder and CEO, PCH), Paddy Cosgrave (Founder of Web Summit) and Josh Buckley (CEO of Product Hunt).
Your 2021 financial bucket list
Your 2021 financial bucket list Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Nobody immediately turns to their finances when bucket list dreams are on the agenda. It’s usually all scaling mountains and visiting unexplored corners of the globe in between finding true love and scarfing down fine dining feasts.
But the year 2020 left a lot of people cancelling holiday plans and dinners out on the town to reprioritise financial goals.
So, with economic uncertainty lingering in the wake of COVID-19 and savings on the brain in 2021, we’ve pulled together some achievements you might want to add to your financial bucket list this year.
»Carl Pei’s Next Top Secret Tech Venture Gets The India Touch As CRED’s Kunal Shah Makes Investment
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Carl Pei’s Next Top Secret Tech Venture Gets The India Touch As CRED’s Kunal Shah Makes Investment
File photo of Carl Pei, OnePlus co-founder and former director.
There is still no word on what Carl Pei’s new venture will be all about, but it is believed that the London based company will be focusing on audio products or services.
Last Updated:January 22, 2021, 11:01 IST
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Carl Pei, the Swedish entrepreneur, who you would probably best remember for his dynamic leadership at tech company OnePlus, is set to announce his new consumer tech venture on January 27. And just days ahead of the announcement into the much-awaited reveal of the suspense, the new venture has not gotten its India touch too. CRED founder Kunal Shah is investing in the upcoming venture too. We still do not know at this time what Carl Pei’s next big venture would be all about