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Seon raises €10 million Seon, the fraud fighter, has secured €10 million (USD 12 million) series A investment.
The funding, Hungary’s largest series A round to date, was led by leading European early-stage investor Creandum, behind some of Europe’s best tech companies including Spotify, Klarna, and Kahoot, as well as further investment from CEE’s leading VC, PortfoLion, part of OTP Bank.
As part of the funding round, SEON has added the following industry leaders to its table of current shareholders: N26 founders, Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf, SumUp founders Stefan Jeschonnek and Jan Deepen, Tide CEO Laurence Krieger, Revolut ex-CFO Peter O Higgins, iZettle ex-chief Product Officer Leo Nilsson, Onfido cofounder Eamon Jubawy and ComplyAdvantage founder Charlie Delingpole.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to confirm veteran government trade lawyer Katherine Tai as the first woman of color to serve as U.S. Trade Representative, putting her to work enforcing trade deals, confronting China’s trade practices and patching up ties with U.S. allies.
FILE PHOTO: Katherine C. Tai addresses the Senate Finance committee hearings to examine her nomination to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, in Washington, DC February 25, 2021. Bill O Leary/Pool via REUTERS/
The rare 98-0 vote for Tai, a Yale and Harvard-educated daughter of immigrants from Taiwan, reflects support from pro-labor Democrats, traditional free-trade Republicans and China hawks from both parties.
Bordeaux 2018 revisited: Saint-Emilion 17th March, 2021 by Colin Hay
In the first of a series of appellation profiles to be published over the next few months, our Bordeaux correspondent,
Colin Hay, revisits the 2018 vintage in Saint-Emilion, providing an overview of the appellation in this challenging, heterogeneous yet potentially excellent vintage, and detailed tasting notes on 179 wines. His Pomerol profile will follow shortly, with articles on each of the leading appellations of the Médoc and Pessac-Léognan to be published later in the year.
My overview of the 2018 vintage – enthusiastically drafted, as I recall, on the train back from Bordeaux after
SALEM â Itâs rare that farmers and environmental groups agree.
But both agricultural stakeholders and environmental organizations say Idaho Rep. Mike Simpsonâs proposed $33.5 billion salmon recovery deal is a no-go.
A group of 17 environmental organizations say Simpsonâs plan would speed up salmon extinction and harm human health, calling it âuntenable.â
The group, including the Center for Biological Diversity and Spokane Riverkeeper, sent a letter on Tuesday, March 16, to Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Washington Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, all Democrats, opposing Simpsonâs plan.
A representative for the Center for Biological Diversity has not returned calls seeking further comment.
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:05 am
The home improvement sector was among the few bright
spots in the US economy in 2020. According to the research
data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones.com,
product sales in the space rose by 8.7% year-over-year (YoY)
to $440 billion.
Prior economic downturns have not
been as kind to the market. During the 2008/2009 financial
crisis, the market suffered a three-year
decline.
Based on a report by Harvard University,
annual spending on home renovation and repair is set to soar
by 4.1% in Q1 2021. But by Q3 2021, growth is projected to
taper off to 1.7%.
Lowe’s Net Sales Rose by 28% to
$20.31 Billion, Ace Hardware’s Up by 39.2% to $2.1