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Elon Musk Is Now The Richest Person In The World, Officially Surpassing Jeff Bezos

As his fortune continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Elon Musk has now become the world’s richest person, officially overtaking Amazon AMZN +0.7% CEO Jeff Bezos.

Shares of Musk’s electric-vehicle maker Tesla TSLA +7.8% rose by another 8.2% as of 11:30 a.m. EST on Friday, pushing Musk’s net worth up by $12.5 billion, to $189.7 billion. That makes him the wealthiest person on the planet, according to Forbes’ estimates.

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YouTube Cofounder Steve Chen Launches Hedge Fund That Uses AI To Make Investment Decisions

YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is partnering with veteran money manager Jack Fu to launch a hedge fund that picks stocks and fixed-income assets through the use of artificial intelligence.

The Draco Capital Macro Quant Fund has already raised $50 million with a goal of $200 million by the end of 2021, Chen said last week.

The fund that debuted in September uses an AI algorithm to gauge which assets are ideal for both bull and bear markets, he says.

“It utilizes much of the AI and big data processing that was employed in companies that I’ve worked and/or advised in Silicon Valley,” Chen says. “It weighs the large tech companies, such as Apple and Microsoft, in a bullish market, while focusing more on defensive assets, such as gold and long-term treasuries, in a bearish market.”

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The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the longest-serving PM throughout the entire existence of Bangladesh, is as of now serving her fourth term.

She won the fourth term, which is additionally her third successive term, after her gathering, Bangladesh Awami League, won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats.

During what she accepts will be her last term, Sheikh Hashina plans to zero in on issues, for example, food security and admittance to training and medical care.

A progressing battle of Sheikh Hasina has been building up a firm majority rule government in Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party deny allegations of elector concealment in Bangladeshi decisions.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr announces resignation

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday he will resign next week. News CNN. Voting for the US presidential election took place last November. Despite falling behind by a huge margin, US President Donald Trump has not yet conceded defeat. The bar has been supporting him from the beginning. But with the change of position, Trump’s Conflict with the bar began.

President Trump has confirmed Bar’s resignation on Twitter. The US president wrote on Twitter that his recent meeting with the White House Bar was great. He has done his job well. He is leaving before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family.

Trump added on Twitter that Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen would take over as Attorney General Bar. Richard Donal will take over as Deputy Attorney General.
Trump has been pushing for the removal of the bar for some time, as the election has begun to falter. Allies discouraged Trump from doing so. However, Trump did not change his position. The White House says Barr has not been asked to resign or be expelled. He has moved away from himself.

Electoral voting in the states has officially started on Monday for the presidential election. There is no record of Janaraya being an exception to this formal vote. So another round of recognition of Joe Biden as the country’s next president is just a matter of time.

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Bangladesh an inspiration to South Asian peers

Bangladesh’s mind boggling monetary ascent throughout the years has become a wellspring of motivation for other south Asian countries as the nation has just demonstrated its strength even in the midst of the progressing Covid-19 pandemic, when the worldwide economy is attempting to endure, said Binod Chaudhary, author of CG Corp Global.

Notwithstanding all the administrative and political difficulties in South Asia, Bangladesh has had a dazzling monetary excursion.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had even extended that Bangladesh would observer financial development of 3.8 percent, the most elevated among its south Asian companions, during the pandemic time, said Chaudhary, who says that Bangladesh resembles a home away from home for him.

In the course of the most recent 30 years, Chaudhary has not just made various business attaches with the nation, yet a great deal of individual connections also.

He referenced one name specifically, being that of the late Latifur Rahman, a prominent Bangladeshi business symbol and previous executive and CEO of Transcom Group. Chaudhary had worked with Rahman in different limits across South Asia.

While tending to the nineteenth version of the Bangladesh Business Awards service, an activity of DHL Express and The Daily Star held yesterday, Chaudhury discussed the seriousness of the administrative and political difficulties of working together in South Asia.

“In the event that you can work together in South Asia, you can work together anyplace on the planet,” said Chaudhary, the primary Nepalese tycoon.

The Covid-19 aftermath has offered ascend to various difficulties everywhere on the world, driving numerous corporate combinations to rethink their conventional everyday arranging.

It is additionally reshaping the worldwide economy and rebuilding exchange, said Chaudhury, who has organizations in 40 nations.

Simultaneously however, the pandemic has made a great deal of business openings. The flourishing web based business area is a sparkling illustration of the open doors that originate from Covid-19.

Thus, Bangladesh likewise has the degree to misuse these chances.

For example, Bangladesh has just become a center for new businesses, particularly in internet business, Chaudhury stated, refering to rising web based business organizations, for example, Pathao, Daraz and bKash as great representations.

During his time as an understudy, Chaudhury, who was abruptly compelled to assume control over his family’s material business, had commended the ascent of Bangladesh’s material and piece of clothing enterprises, which in the end turned into the second biggest provider worldwide after China more than forty years.

In spite of the fact that Nepal and Bangladesh began their material and piece of clothing ventures simultaneously, Bangladesh demonstrated its boss strength in the area through its enterprising versatility and government upholds, he said.

Over the four-long term venture, Bangladesh’s article of clothing industry, which represents 11 percent of the nation’s GDP, is a spearheading business achievement for the nation that utilizes around 4.4 million individuals.

“With worldwide store network esteem moving from China to different nations, Bangladesh has a major occasion to venture forward. Furthermore, such models could be an immense model for south Asian nations like Nepal to create and quicken the material business front,” the Nepalese business mogul said.

It was rousing to peruse from different sources that Bangladesh’s economy was considered close by that of China’s for the recovery of monetary development in Asia, he added.

The IMF demonstrated that Asia’s recuperation will be 1.9 percent from China and 3.9 percent from Bangladesh. With a GDP for each capita pay of $5,139, Bangladesh’s economy isn’t simply motivating to South Asians yet additionally to the world in giving monetary tranquility.

“I might likewise want to accept this open door to praise the public authority of Bangladesh in keeping the movement of financial thriving towards making South Asia home to the special,” Chaudhary said.

Bangladesh has kept an amazing history on development and improvement. In its wonderful excursion, Bangladesh’s economy and human improvement went connected at the hip with financial development.

Neediness dropped by almost a third, combined with expanded future, proficiency and per capita food admission.

Business venture is tied in with dreaming, amazing boldness and doing things another way. The business excursion of Chaudhary Group began with a customary privately-owned company that began somewhere in the range of 140 years back.

“Likewise, the mental fortitude it took to construct our business around the network and our commitment has been the solid feeling of inclination. Henceforth, achievement is consistently around social effect. I accept that we are continually changing throughout everyday life,” he said.

The simply path conceivable to continue pushing ahead is to have a dream and decide how to arrive at that vision.

“At the point when I previously began, it was difficult to work together in Nepal,” said Chaudhury while talking regarding his rough excursion to turn into an effective business character in South Asia.

A portion of the significant obstacles were indistinct guidelines and laws, shut society, exacting unfamiliar trade guideline and severe political system.

“I actually chose to follow my heart and attempted to discover the answer for every issue and found the lawful method of doing global business without disregarding any laws of the nation,” he said.

“The excursion was intense and in spite of the fact that it took me 20 years to set up one specific organization, I didn’t lose trust and had the option to achieve my fantasy,” Chaudhury stated, adding that the future will be much more splendid.

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Indonesia’s 50 Richest 2020: In A Pandemic Year, More Than Half Saw Fortunes Decline

As Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases crossed the half-million mark—the biggest outbreak among Southeast Asian countries—the country slipped into its first recession since the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The economy contracted 5.3% and 3.5% (year-on-year) in the second and third quarters, respectively. The benchmark stock index fell more than 10% in the past 12 months.

Consequently, over half of the nation’s 50 richest saw their fortunes decline from a year ago. Despite these downdrafts, the collective wealth of Indonesia’s super wealthy was down only 1.2% from last year’s list to $133 billion.

R. Budi and Michael Hartono, who were among the minority that saw an uptick in their fortunes, are now worth $38.8 billion.

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PM Hasina congratulates Biden, Harris

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.

Biden, 77, beat Donald Trump in a heated election held last week to become the 46th president of the United States. His running mate Kamala Harris made history as the first Black woman to become vice president.

Biden positioned himself to be a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify” a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

“I sought this office to restore the soul of America and to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home,” said Biden in a prime-time victory speech not far from his Delaware home, reports AP.

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Joe Biden Wins Presidency After Recapturing Rust Belt States

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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is projected to be the next president of the United States based on election analysis by the Associated Press, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump in what proved to be one of the most brutal campaigns in modern history, throughout which Biden vowed to heal the nation’s deep divisions and respond forcefully and responsibly to Covid-19 pandemic.

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 The Associated Press called the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania for Biden on Saturday after late-counted absentee ballots gave him a come-from-behind victory, also calling Nevada for him shortly after.

 Biden’s path to 270 electoral votes was paved through Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, which Trump won after decades of Democratic dominance, leaving some Democrats to question whether their path to the presidency in future elections would still run through the Midwest.

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Half Of Trump’s Twitter And Facebook Posts Since Election Day Flagged

TOPLINE: Facebook and Twitter have labeled half of President Donald Trump’s posts since Election Day because he repeatedly and falsely declared victory and cast doubt on legal votes counted after Election Day.

KEY FACTS: Of Trump’s 22 posts on Facebook and Twitter, not including retweets or videos, 11 have been labeled by the social media giants. 

The flagged posts include erroneous claims to victory before races have been officially called and false assertions that the election is fraudulent.

Twitter has hidden posts from view and warned “some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process,” and restricted the ability to like or retweet.

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Judge Warns Postal Service Of ‘Price To Pay’ After It Downplays Defying Court Order To Search For Ballots

TOPLINE :The U.S. Postal Service said in court Wednesday that it did sweep its facilities for any undelivered ballots Tuesday in key battleground states despite not complying with a court-ordered deadline to do so—but a federal judge warned that USPS will likely face consequences for ignoring the “very important court order” on Election Day.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the District of Columbia ordered USPS Tuesday to have postal inspectors sweep many of its facilities in regions including battleground areas in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas and Georgia for any undelivered ballots by 3 p.m.—but the USPS said in a subsequent court filing that while it was sweeping the facilities, it would not do so by that deadline.

Department of Justice lawyers representing USPS said at a status conference Wednesday afternoon there “wasn’t enough time” to get postal inspectors to postal facilities by 3 p.m. as the court had demanded, but that the sweeps themselves happened “even if the timing did not.”