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Fashion Retailer Shein in Talks to Raise Funds at Lower Valuation of $64 Billion

The latest valuation would be nearly 36 percent less than the $100 billion the company was reportedly valued at in a funding round last year.
Chinese fashion retailer Shein is in talks to raise up to $3 billion at a reduced valuation of $64 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the negotiations.
The latest valuation would be nearly 36 percent less than the $100 billion the company was reportedly valued at in a funding round last year.
Big tech and growth stocks bore the brunt of a prolonged rout last year, worsened by aggressive interest rate hikes that sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index down 33 percent in 2022.
A selloff in global markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions served as a final blow, prompting companies, including Shein, to put their U.S. listing plans on hold, Reuters reported last year.
The online retailer is seeking to close a new fundraising round from existing investors including Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, venture capital group Sequoia China and private equity group General Atlantic, the report added.
“Shein denies the accuracy of some of the information,” a spokesperson said, declining to elaborate.
Shein, which does not sell in China, has grown into one of the world’s largest online fashion marketplaces since its 2008 launch in Nanjing. It produces clothing in China to sell online in the United States – its biggest market, Europe and Asia.
Items such as $10 dresses and $5 tops help draw hundreds of millions of visitors to its website each month.
The company raked in around 100 billion yuan ($15.7 billion) in revenue in 2021, and was valued at $50 billion earlier that year.
The company has long drawn criticism about working conditions along its supply chain. Its ultra-low prices and lack of transparency have also prompted labor watchdogs, including the Worker Rights Consortium and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, to question how it produces its merchandise so cheaply.
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Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Premier League team news
Premier League team news: A classic is on the cards between Arsenal and Manchester United while Everton face West Ham in a relegation six-pointer
Liverpool v Chelsea
Saturday 12.30pm BT Sport 1 Venue Anfield Last season Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
Referee Michael Oliver This season G15 Y48 R1 3.26 cards/game
Odds H 10-11 A 33-10 D 3-1

Liverpool
Subs from Kelleher, Adrián, Matip, Ramsey, Tsimikas, Phillips, Henderson, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Elliott, Bajcetic, Carvalho, Doak
Doubtful Núñez (knock)
Injured Van Dijk (hamstring, Feb), Díaz (knee, March), Arthur (thigh, Feb), Jota (calf, Mar), Firmino (calf, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y18 R1
Form WWWWLL
Leading scorers Firmino, Salah 7
Chelsea
Subs from Bettinelli, Soonsup-Bell, Hall, Chukwuemeka, Aubameyang, Giraud-Hutchinson, Humphreys, Badiashile, D Fofana, Cucurella, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, Mudryk
Doubtful None
Injured Sterlling (hamstring, Feb), W Fofana (knee, Feb), Zakaria (quadricep, Feb), James (knee, Feb), Chilwell (thigh, Feb), Kanté (thigh, Mar), Broja (knee, unknown), Pulisic (knee, unknown), Mendy (finger, unknown)
Suspended João Felix (second of three)
Discipline Y37 R3
Form LWDLLW
Leading scorer Havertz 5
Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest
Saturday 3pm Venue Vitality Stadium Last season Bournemouth 1 Nottingham Forest 0 (Championship)
Referee Andy Madley This season G12 Y41 R2 3.58 cards/game
Odds H 8-5 A 17-10 D 11-5

Bournemouth
Subs from Dennis, Neto, Plain, Rothwell, Dembélé, Stacey, Cook, Kelly, Ouattara, Brooks, Fredericks, Stanislas, Tavernier, Dacosta, Adu Adjei, Sadi, Stephens
Doubtful Brooks (thigh), Fredericks (illness), Stanislas (knock), Tavernier (hamstring), Cook (knee)
Injured Solanke (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y32 R0
Form LWLLLL
Leading scorers Billing, Moore 4
Nottingham Forest
Subs from Smith, Soh, Colback, Surridge, Cafú, Badé, Taylor, Cook, O’Brien, Dennis, Toffolo, Williams, Yates
Doubtful None
Injured Lingard (hamstring, Feb), Henderson (hamstring, Feb), Boly (ankle, Feb), Niakhaté (thigh, Feb), Richards (calf, Feb), Awoniyi (groin, Mar), Biancone (knee, unknown), Kouyaté (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y42 R0
Form WDLDWW
Leading scorers Awoniyi, Johnson 4
Leicester v Brighton
Saturday 3pm Venue King Power Stadium Last season Leicester 1 Brighton 1
Referee Thomas Bramall This season G4 Y14 R0 3.5 cards/game
Odds H 12-5 A 11-10 D 5-2

Leicester
Subs from Iversen, Smithies, Vardy, Iheanacho, Pérez, Vestergaard, Mendy, McAteer, Soyuncu, Brunt, Braybrooke, Albrighton, Maddison
Doubtful Maddison (knee), Pérez (knock)
Injured Pereira (calf, Feb), Soumaré (hamstring, Feb), Evans (calf, Feb), Justin (achilles, Jun), Bertrand (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y24 R0
Form WWLLLL
Leading scorer Maddison 7
Brighton
Subs from McGill, Steele, Lamptey, Welbeck, Sarmiento, Enciso, Undav, Van Hecke, Moran, Gilmour, Veltman
Doubtful None
Injured Moder (knee, Feb), Colwill (knock, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y26 R0
Form WLWLWW
Leading scorer Trossard 7
Southampton v Aston Villa
Saturday 3pm Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 1 Aston Villa 0
Referee Michael Salisbury This season G8 Y36 R1 4.62 cards/game
Odds H 2-1 A 8-5 D 5-2

Southampton
Subs from Caballero, McCarthy, Mara, Edozie, Walcott, Aribo, S Armstrong, Maitland-Niles, Morgan, Alcaraz, Orsic, A Armstrong, Djenepo, Bella-Kotchap, Perraud
Doubtful Walcott (match fitness), McCarthy (ankle), Bella-Kotchap (knee)
Injured Livramento (knee, Feb), Larios (groin, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y31 R0
Form LLLLLW
Leading scorer Ward-Prowse 5
Aston Villa
Subs from Olsen, Steer, Sanson, Chambers, Augustinsson, Nakamba, Bednarek, Dendoncker, Coutinho
Doubtful Cash (groin), Steer (calf)
Injured McGinn (hamstring, Feb), Diego Carlos (calf, Feb), Digne (shoulder, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y43 R1
Form WWLWDW
Leading scorer Bailey 4
West Ham v Everton
Saturday 3pm Venue London Stadium Last season West Ham 2 Everton 1
Referee Stuart Attwell This season G12 Y42 R2 3.66 cards/game
Odds H 4-5 A 21-5 D 14-5

West Ham
Subs from Areola, Randolph, Johnson, Fornals, Antonio, Lanzini, Downes, Ogbonna, Coventry, Ashby, Luizão, Kehrer, Scamacca
Doubtful Areola (groin), Cornet (calf), Scamacca (knee), Ings (registration)
Injured None
Suspended None
Discipline Y25 R0
Form LLLLDL
Leading scorers Benrahma, Scamacca 3
Everton
Subs from Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Holgate, Vinagre, Doucoure, Davies, McNeil, Gordon, Maupay, Mills, Price, Simms, Onyango
Doubtful Garner (back)
Injured Townsend (knee, Feb), Keane (knee, Feb), Patterson (knee, Mar)
Suspended None
Discipline Y40 R0
Form LLLDLL
Leading scorers Gordon, Gray 3
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Selhurst Park Last season Crystal Palace 1 Newcastle 1
Referee Craig Pawson This season G11 Y47 R0 4.27 cards/game
Odds H 18-5 A 11-12 D 12-5

Crystal Palace
Subs from Johnstone, Whitworth, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Mateta, Édouard, Ferguson, Balmer, Riedewald, Gordon, Wells-Morrison, Goodman, Rodney, Ward, Schlupp, Ozoh
Doubtful Ferguson (match fitness)
Injured McArthur (groin, unknown), Richards (thigh, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y39 R2
Form LLWLLD
Leading scorer Zaha 6
Newcastle
Subs from Dubravka, Lascelles, Dummett, Manquillo, Lewis, Ritchie, Anderson, Isak, Murphy
Doubtful None
Injured Shelvey (calf, Feb), Krafth (knee, Aug), Guimarães (ankle, unknown), Targett (ankle, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y33 R0
Form WWWDDW
Leading scorer Almirón 9
Leeds v Brentford
Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Elland Road Last season Leeds 2 Brentford 2
Referee Peter Bankes This season G9 Y42 R0 4.66 cards/game
Odds H 7-5 A 2-1 D 27-10

Leeds
Subs from Robles, Ayling, Aaronson, Cooper, Firpo, Llorente, Perkins, Georginio, Gyabi, Sinisterra, Gelhardt
Doubtful Cooper (knee), Wober (groin)
Injured Forshaw (groin, Feb), Summerville (ankle, Feb), Dallas (leg, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y36 R2
Form WLLDDL
Leading scorer Rodrigo 10
Brentford
Subs from Strakosha, Cox, Roerslev, Hickey, Goode, Sørensen, Canós, Damsgaard, Dasilva, Ghoddos, Lewis-Potter, Crama, Trevitt, Jørgensen, Schade
Doubtful Hickey (knock), Henry (calf)
Injured Baptiste (groin, Feb), Onyeka (thigh, Feb), Jansson (thigh, Feb)
Suspended None
Discipline Y26 R0
Form DWDWWW
Leading scorer Toney 13
Manchester City v Wolves
Sunday 2pm Venue Etihad Stadium Last season Manchester City 1 Wolves 0
Referee David Coote This season G10 Y33 R1 3.4 cards/game
Odds H 1-5 A 16-1 D 7-1

Manchester City
Subs from Carson, Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand, Walker, Ortega, Gomez, Silva, Phillips, Dias, Foden, Álvarez, Stones, Laporte
Doubtful None
Injured None
Suspended None
Discipline Y18 R1
Form LWDWLW
Leading scorer Haaland 22
Wolves
Subs from Sarkic, Aït-Nouri, Mosquera, Jonny, Toti, Ronan, Smith, Campbell, Guedes, Costa, A Traoré, Jiménez
Doubtful None
Injured Neto (ankle, Feb), Chiquinho (knee, Apr), Kalajdzic (knee, unknown), B Traoré (groin, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y39 R3
Form LLWLDW
Leading scorer Podence 5
Arsenal v Manchester United
Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Emirates Stadium Last season Arsenal 3 Manchester United 1
Referee Anthony Taylor This season G14 Y54 R5 4.21 cards/game
Odds H 13-14 A 16-5 D 41-14

Arsenal
Subs from Hein, Turner, Soares, Tierney, Tomiyasu, Holding, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Vieira, Marquinhos, Smith Rowe, Trossard
Doubtful Elneny (knock)
Injured Jesus (knee, Mar), Nelson (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y32 R0
Form WWWWDW
Leading scorer Ødegaard 8
Manchester United
Subs from Heaton, Butland, Hannibal, Fred, Pellestri, Malacia, Maguire, Elanga, Williams, Lindelöf, Martial, Weghorst
Doubtful Martial (match fitness)
Injured Dalot (hamstring, 28 Jan), Van de Beek (knee, Aug), Sancho (match fitness, unknown), Tuanzebe (match fitness, unknown)
Suspended Casemiro (one match)
Discipline Y48 R0
Form WWWWWD
Leading scorer Rashford 8
Fulham v Tottenham
Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Craven Cottage Last season n/a
Referee Paul Tierney This season G15 Y50 R2 3.46 cards/game
Odds H 23-10 A 6-5 D 14-5

Fulham
Subs from Rodak, Adarabioyo, Duffy, Chalobah, James, Mbabu, Harris, Vinícius, Cairney, Wilson, Kurzawa, Solomon
Doubtful None
Injured Kebano (achilles, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y49 R1
Form LWWWWL
Leading scorer Mitrovic 11
Tottenham
Subs from Forster, Austin, Spence, Davies, Sánchez, Tanganga, Skipp, Sarr, Gil, Doherty, Perisic, Bissouma, Son
Doubtful None
Injured Lucas Moura (calf, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y39 R1
Form WDLWLL
Leading scorer Kane 15
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Today’s gold prices in Pakistan – 20 January 2023

KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs184,850 on Friday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs158,480.
Likewise,10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs145,200 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 169,300.
Note: gold prices in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.
City | Gold | Silver |
Lahore | PKR 184,860 | PKR 2,110 |
Karachi | PKR 185,000 | PKR 2,110 |
Islamabad | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Peshawar | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Quetta | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Sialkot | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Attock | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Gujranwala | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Jehlum | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Multan | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Bahawalpur | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Gujrat | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Nawabshah | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Chakwal | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Hyderabad | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Nowshehra | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Sargodha | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Faisalabad | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
Mirpur | PKR 184,850 | PKR 2,110 |
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Honey Afternoon Tea reviewed, St Ermin’s Hotel Westminster, London
There are many ways to get to Montenegro Adriatic Coast, my taxi driver assured me, raising his voice over a chorus of horns that angrily saluted his laissez-faire attitude toward lane use during morning rush-hour traffic in Belgrade. ‘But it makes no sense to take the train.’ He weaved through less aggressive vehicles like a skier clearing slalom gates. A cold, grey autumn rain began to fall harder, drops beading down my window, as the main railway station came into view.

There are many ways to get to Montenegro’s Adriatic Coast, my taxi driver assured me, raising his voice over a chorus of horns that angrily saluted his laissez-faire attitude toward lane use during morning rush-hour traffic in Belgrade. ‘But it makes no sense to take the train.’ He weaved through less aggressive vehicles like a skier clearing slalom gates. A cold, grey autumn rain began to fall harder, drops beading down my window, as the main railway station came into view.
‘Let me take you to the airport,’ he sounded genuinely concerned. ‘You will be in the sea and in the sun and with a beer in half an hour. This thing you are doing, it will take all day … and into the night.’ He finally relented as we pulled up to the curb: ‘At least buy water, sandwiches, and toilet paper.’
The cabbie left me in front of the crenellated railway station, a faded Habsburg-yellow throwback opened in 1884. He was already speeding off to advise another tourist before I could throw my bag over my shoulder. Inside, I found the ticket office. The woman behind the glass informed me that the trip from Belgrade, Serbia, to Bar, Montenegro – on the Adriatic edge of the Balkan Peninsula – takes 12 hours. It costs 21 euros (there would be an additional three-euro charge for a seat reservation). ‘Yes, there is a bakery nearby,’ she said and pointed. ‘It is behind you. The shop for water and tissues is next to it.’ She slid the window closed, stood, picked up her pack of cigarettes, and disappeared.
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That sense of old-world drama would serve me well, I would soon learn, along this route. On the outskirts of the Serbian capital – as I settled into my seat in a weathered, six-person cabin – we passed Topčider Station, where the hulking locomotives from Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito’s famous Blue Train are stored. The behemoths sat dishevelled, graffitied, but still regal and almost lifelike, wishing me a safe passage to the outer lands. Within an hour, the tangle of urban metal and concrete unravelled, and the countryside spread out in all directions with the urgency of a jailbreak. The sun came out as wet, emerald-green hummocks began to play leapfrog across the vista, rolling until they dove out of sight over the horizon.
Though the Belgrade–Bar line doesn’t have a sexy moniker (like the Royal Scotsman or Rocky Mountaineer), the Yugoslav Flyer would be appropriate. When construction began on the 476km railway in 1951, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was in its infancy: a tenuous post-WWII cadre of states on the Balkan Peninsula’s western half. By the time the route opened in 1976 – complete with 254 tunnels and 234 bridges winding down from the Pannonian Plain to the island-studded Adriatic Sea – the country had implanted itself as a geopolitical force and a synapse between the West and the Soviet Union.
Yugoslavia has since splintered into seven nations. The railway, thankfully, endures, connecting Serbia to Montenegro with a brief blip across Bosnia & Hercegovina’s eastern border. But the line’s existence represents more than just a continued, now international, transport option. These tracks are the Balkans – and a lifeline to a swath of land where cultures have intertwined since before history. Here, the train takes adventurers across vistas crisscrossed by Greeks and Illyrians, as well as the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires. Along the way, visitors have a literal window onto a living museum frozen in time.
Those natural exhibits were on full display as we rumbled through the foothills of the Dinaric Alps in the southwestern corner of Serbia. When we crossed the border into Montenegro, the museum’s lineup of canvases – pristine panoramas and landscapes – changed again. The Western Balkans’ rotating collection now included towering mountains and canyons that engulfed us whole.
‘I had no idea what to expect,’ said Colin Smith, a fellow passenger and UK native. Outside the window, an old couple leaned against pitchforks next to haystacks. Behind them, vegetable gardens and a small-but-dense orchard of plum trees surrounded a stone farmhouse. ‘But I am so surprised by the beauty: the mountains, steep ravines and endless drops.’
Before I went to sleep that night, I remembered my taxi driver: ‘But it makes no sense to take the train.’ Lying in bed, I could hear the sea washing onto the shore outside my rented apartment’s window. If I ever saw him again, I would make sure to tell the cabbie he was right: a flight would have been much faster and easier, and more sterile.
Book tickets (and separate necessary reservations) at the station a day in advance. There are 1st- and 2nd-class options. Night-train passengers can choose between couchettes or sleepers (with two or three beds). A one-way ticket (from Belgrade) costs 21 euros; a reservation is necessary and costs an additional three euros. Second-class couchettes on night trains cost an additional six euros. A bed in a three-bed sleeper is 15 euros; a bed in a two-bed sleeper is 20 euros.
The Belgrade–Bar railway line runs twice per day, in both directions. From Belgrade, the train departs at 9:10am and at 9:10pm; the trip takes 12 hour.
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