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Tiger Global reaps $3bn from Flipkart investment

Bloomberg Tiger Global Management is purring all the way to the bank after Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart deal. The firm has made about $3 billion after investing $1 billion in Flipkart Group, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named. Walmart will acquire a majority stake in India’s biggest online retailer, the companies said. For …

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S Africa’s Naspers notches Flipkart win

Bloomberg Africa’s largest company just chalked up another major investment coup. Naspers Ltd. netted a cool $1.6 billion profit from the sale of its 11 percent stake in Indian e-commerce startup Flipkart, a deal almost as lucrative as its sale of Polish online auction site Allegro in 2016. The move helps to line the pockets of the media and technology …

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Garuda cancels some flights as Indonesia’s Merapi erupts

Bloomberg PT Garuda Indonesia, the country’s flag carrier, has cancelled 14 flights to Yogyakarta after a volcano about 19 miles north of the city erupted and forced authorities to close the local airport. The airfield, 520 kilometres southeast of Jakarta on the island of Java, was closed at about 10:42 am on May 11 local time, and reopened at 2:17 …

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