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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
How do you go from technical co-founder to rotting in jail? For no fault of yours.

If it is still raw, bruised and hurting from picking at it like a gash which wouldn’t heal, Chirag Chamoli hides his pain well.
On the morning of 16 November 2017, seconds after parking his car, in the basement of his office in Banjara Hills, an upscale neighbourhood in Hyderabad, he noticed a few men running towards him. He didn’t know what to expect. So, he got out of the vehicle, slamming the door shut. The men, now close, knocked him down. Someone pulled him up, holding his hands behind him. “Where’s the money?” the man said. “What money, I …
The contrasting approaches are driven by two very different strategies. One wants to capture more markets; the other is focused on discipline and profits.
The UAE is looking at its first public listing of the year while Egypt just delivered a big one; OpenAI’s bugging accused has ties to Saudi Arabia; and other updates from the week.
The instant house help business has become the centre of focus and investment at the home services company. But another fight may be brewing in its core business.