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Technology - 2021-01-13

Online therapy provider Talkspace to go public via $1.4bn SPAC deal

The deal includes $300 million by way of private investment by firms including Federated Hermes Kaufmann Funds, Jennison Associates LLC, Woodline Partners LP and Deerfield.
he company raised $50 million in its last funding round, which was led by venture capital firm Revolution Growth.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 09:14pm

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download surge

Along with another encrypted app, Telegram, Signal has been the main beneficiary of online outrage around the changes announced last week.
Signal was downloaded by 17.8 million users over the past seven days, a 62-fold rise from the prior week, according to data from Sensor Tower.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:54pm

YouTube suspends Trump channel for week over violence fears

The president's YouTube account has amassed 2.77 million subscribers.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 01:09pm

Uber and Lyft drivers challenge California 'gig worker' ballot

More than $200 million was spent promoting Proposition 22, while only a tenth of that amount was spent by labor groups opposing the measure.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:59pm

Facebook says it removed record number of disinformation campaigns in December

"Deceptive campaigns like these raise a complex challenge by blurring the line between healthy public debate and manipulation," the company said in a blog post.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:46pm

Telegram users surge over 25mn within hours after WhatsApp privacy policy update

According to the announcement made by Telegram, the total number of active users of the application has exceeded 500 million since the recent increase.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:41pm

Facebook can’t see your private messages, calls says WhatsApp amid privacy row

We want to be clear that the policy update does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way. Instead, this update includes changes related to messaging a business on WhatsApp, which is optional, and provides further transparency about how we collect and use data,” said WhatsApp in an official statement to address the issue.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:01am

TPL Corp acquires additional stake in TPL Properties

KARACHI: TPL Corp, Pakistan's leading tech conglomerate, has acquired an additional stake in TPL Properties, the ...

Updated 13 Jan, 2021 04:01am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chakwal Spinng / Jan 28 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	2.88 ▲ 0.88 (36.49%)
Samin Textile / Jan 28 Samin Textiles Limited(SMTM)	8.40 ▲ 1.50 (12.00%)
First UDL Mod. / Jan 28 First UDL Modaraba(FUDLM)	12.50 ▲ 1.00 (8.70%)
Ravi Textile / Jan 28 Ravi Textile Mills Limited(RAVT)	13.10 ▲ 1.50 (8.26%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 28 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	1.85 ▲ 0.17 (7.56%)
AKD Capital Ltd / Jan 28 AKD Capital Limited(AKDCL)	533.11 ▲ 37.19 (7.50%)
Khyber Tob / Jan 28 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	611.90 ▲ 97.40 (7.50%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 28 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	151.84 ▲ 10.59 (7.50%)
United Dist. / Jan 28 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	67.12 ▲ 9.12 (7.50%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 28 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	102.84 ▲ 7.17 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Mod. / Jan 28 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.05 ▼ 0.04 (-11.02%)
First IBL Mod. / Jan 28 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (-8.42%)
Mithchells / Jan 28 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	375.76 ▼ 0.00 (-7.50%)
Masood Tex. / Jan 28 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	73.31 ▼ 0.00 (-7.50%)
Sapphire Tex. / Jan 28 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1017.50 ▼ 0.00 (-7.50%)
SME Leasing Ltd. / Jan 28 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.25 ▼ 0.00 (-7.14%)
Rel.Cotton / Jan 28 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	155.10 ▼ 0.00 (-6.90%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 28 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	12.00 ▼ 0.54 (-5.81%)
First Credit & Inv. / Jan 28 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	9.00 ▼ 0.55 (-5.76%)
First Cap. Sec. / Jan 28 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.33 ▼ 0.03 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Azgard Nine / Jan 28 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	40,212,000 ▼ 0.68
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Jan 28 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	39,649,000 ▼ 0.26
TRG Pak. / Jan 28 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	37,006,500 ▼ 7.58
SILKBANK / Jan 28 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	34,845,500 ▼ 0.21
Hascol Petroleum / Jan 28 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,037,811 ▼ 0.24
Fauji Cem. / Jan 28 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,578,500 ▼ 2.33
Byco Petr. / Jan 28 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	29,576,500 ▼ 0.31
K-Electric Ltd / Jan 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,578,000 ▼ 0.05
Pakistan Refinery / Jan 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	26,278,000 ▼ 1.02
Unity Foods / Jan 28 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	20,745,538 ▼ 1.01

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Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	160.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	160.35
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	104.13
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.37
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 27	3750.77
India Sensex / Jan 27	47409.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	28635.21
Nasdaq / Jan 27	13270.60
Hang Seng / Jan 27	29297.53
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	6567.37
Dow Jones / Jan 27	30303.17
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	13620.46
France CAC40 / Jan 27	5459.62

Indicator	Value
UK LIBOR % / Jan 27	0.08

Online therapy provider Talkspace to go public via $1.4bn SPAC deal

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download surge

YouTube suspends Trump channel for week over violence fears

Uber and Lyft drivers challenge California 'gig worker' ballot

Facebook says it removed record number of disinformation campaigns in December

Telegram users surge over 25mn within hours after WhatsApp privacy policy update

Facebook can’t see your private messages, calls says WhatsApp amid privacy row

TPL Corp acquires additional stake in TPL Properties

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