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Australian shares weakened on Monday as
lower commodities prices weighed on materials stocks and banks
and insurers slipped following findings by a high-profile probe
into the financial sector.
Indonesian authorities
have generally opened their arms to fintech companies offering
online loans in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, viewing them
as a way of getting credit to tens of millions of people often
unable to access bank lending.
U.S. private equity firm Energy
and Minerals Group (EMG) on Monday kicked off its planned float
of Coronado Coal Group in Australia, seeking to raise up to
A$1.3 billion ($946.1 million) for 30 percent of the group.
U.S. private equity-owned coal
miner Coronado Coal Group said on Monday it would price shares
in its Australian IPO at between A$4.00 ($2.91) and A$4.80 per
share, valuing the company at up to A$4.4 billion.
For three
whirlwind days in June, U.S. scientist Zhi Hong went shopping at
the Boston Bio Conference to find drugs to fill the pipeline of
his two-week-old drug company.
The White House will hold a
meeting on Monday on U.S. government efforts to boost quantum
information science, with administration officials, leading
companies including Alphabet Inc, IBM Corp,
JPMorgan Chase & Co and academic experts taking part.