Alibaba exec on the state of Chinese consumers

Laveta Brigham

Chen Xiaodong, VP of Alibaba and CEO of InTime speaks with CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal at the opening remarks of the CNBC East Tech West conference in Nansha, Guangzhou on November 17, 2020 in China. Zhong Zhi | Getty Images In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, China’s consumers are spending […]

Meet the exec behind Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI Pentagon cloud contract win and its efforts to woo industries like healthcare, finance, and government

Laveta Brigham

Toni Townes-Whitley, Microsoft’s president of US regulated industries. Microsoft Microsoft wants to position itself as the top cloud provider for governments, schools, financial firms, and healthcare companies and one key executive is at the center of it all of those ambitions: Toni Townes-Whitley. Townes-Whitley, the company’s president of US regulated […]

Ripple Exec Unveils P2P Payments Platform Using XRP

Laveta Brigham

A Ripple executive has unveiled a payments platform based on XRP that will work in popular web browsers. Craig DeWitt, the blockchain payment infrastructure firm’s director of product, made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday claiming “anyone can use it” to purchase physical goods online using the XRP cryptocurrency. Payburner, […]

WA Tech Exec Charged With Laundering Coronavirus-Relief Money

Laveta Brigham

BELLEVUE, WA — A Washington tech executive has been charged for laundering millions of dollars that were supposed to be used supporting businesses and employees during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Justice says 48-year-old Mukund Mohan of Clyde Hill filed eight fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans for six different […]