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Singapore, July 29, 2021 - Companies in Southeast Asia raised a record $4.9 billion through initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first six months of 2021, based on Bloombergs latest equity capital markets data. $4.1 billion was raised through additional and rights offerings. The amount raised by these companies through the equity capital markets jumped 50% compared to the same period in 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

LAS VEGAS - Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg suffered a punishing welcome and Sen. Bernie Sanders was bludgeoned with criticism as an animated cast of rival candidates spent Wednesday's presidential debate scrambling to stake their claims against the two rising contenders in the Democratic race.

New York billionaire and rumored presidential contender Michael Bloomberg announced Friday a $50 million donation to the opioid crisis amid a progressive decline in US life expectancy.

MORE THAN seven in 10 (74 per cent) of business professionals are optimistic that the global system of trade can be restored, though only in the long term, according to the findings of Bloomberg’s latest “New Economy” global survey of 2,000 business professionals in 20 markets.

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is using his vast fortune, estimated at $51 billion, to spur action to address climate change -- and to tilt the US Congress toward Democratic control.

Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday gave a trio of anti-tobacco crusaders $20 million to up their game against an industry aggressively marketing its deadly wares worldwide, especially in developing countries.

Bloomberg, with key sponsors Bangkok Bank and the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, will host the fourth Bloomberg Asean Business Summit at Bangkok’s Siam Kempinski Hotel on July 12.

Re; “Jeff Sessions has a point about free speech”, Bloomberg, September 28.

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