The strategy - according to nine analysts, investors and sources with direct knowledge of Walmart's plans - is firstly to build Massmart into a force able to see off its brick and mortar rivals and then win a looming battle against Amazon for the future of African e-commerce.
Musk agreed to pay $44 billion for Twitter in April, before the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates in a bid to fight inflation. This made the acquisition financing look too cheap in the eyes of credit investors, so the banks would have to take a financial hit totaling hundreds of millions of dollars to get it off their books.
Workers have also been worrying over how their compensation might change once Musk transforms the company from a publicly traded firm into a private one, said five employees who were not authorised to speak publicly.
ETSA comes at a time when the global tech startup ecosystem is surrounded by economic and geopolitical turmoil. The volatility in valuations of publicly listed companies, which began in the US late last year, is spilling over into the private markets.
Coursera is 'thinking long-term focus' on India's population of 850 million young people, CEO Jeff Maggioncalda told ET.
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The two decisions, announced in a span of two days, have come in the run-up to the CCI setting up a dedicated Digital Markets and Data Unit (DMDU).