Category: News

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April 23, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Tesla Cuts Prices In Major Markets

This comes after earlier price cuts in the US in the wake of tougher competition, especially since BYD, the Chinese EV maker, overtook Tesla as the foremost EV company globally. Earlier this month, the company’s Q1 financials reflected a drop in global vehicle deliveries – the first in approximately four years. Elon Musk, Tesla’s co-founder…

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April 22, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Blackstone ups its Proposal in Bidding War for Hipgnosis

This offer comes after Hipgnosis – a London-listed music rights investment firm – accepted Concord’s proposal. The latest Blackstone tender is the fourth augmented bid and was made on Saturday, 20 April 2024. It reportedly outstrips the Concord offer by about 7%. The latter proposed a takeover price of $1.16, which Blackstone countered with an…

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April 18, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Persistent high inflation may extend possibility of BoE rate cuts

According to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, 17 April 2024, consumer prices increased by 3.2%, which is slightly less than the recorded 3.4% in February 2024. These records further indicated that core inflation, which does not include food, energy, or tobacco, dropped from 4.5% to 4.2%. A Reuters poll predicted…

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Johnson & Johnson
April 17, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Johnson & Johnson Shares Drop After Mixed Results

The share price dropped by more than 2%, while the overall S&P 500 declined by just 0.2% on the same day. JNJ reported sales of $21.38bn in the first quarter of 2024, which represents a 2% increase on a year-on-year basis. The firm’s net income rose by close to 4%, giving a total of $6.58bn,…

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April 17, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

René Benko Under Investigation For Fraud

According to an Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) radio report, Benko allegedly deceived a local bank about the financial standing of Signa in renewing a €25m loan. Reuters reported that the property tycoon’s lawyer, Norbert Wess, confirmed this investigation and said that Benko was notified “some time ago”, but maintains that the accusations are “unfounded”. The…

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Samsung
April 16, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

$6.4bn White House Funding for Samsung

The tech company will receive as much as $6.4bn from the US Department of Commerce to realise this development. Based on CNBC information, this funding is part of the capital dedicated to the overall cluster, and the scheme might exceed $40bn. The CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to revive the local manufacture of computer…

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April 16, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

OpenAI Expanding Global Footprint With Japan Office

Nagasaki will steer the ChatGPT maker’s commercial and marketing efforts and grow the company’s Global Affairs, Go-to-Market, Communications and Operations in Japan. OpenAI published the statement on Sunday, 14 April 2024 and wrote: As we grow our operations internationally, we’re expanding into Asia with a new office in Tokyo, Japan. The organisation indicated that this…

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April 15, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

US inflation defies hopes of rate cuts

Everyone – from investors and consumers to authorities and analysts – anticipated inflation relief. Instead, price stresses continued, and, following the confirmed information, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost 500 points when it dropped by 2.4%. CNBC quoted Jason Furman, a Harvard economist, who commented: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice,…

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April 12, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Amazon To Continue Cutting Costs Despite Investments In AI

The firm recently faced economic challenges that tripped up its growth. In 2022, Amazon axed more than 27,000 jobs, the largest in the company’s history. These organisational moves are ongoing, and in 2024, the company trimmed its cloud computing, Prime Video, and Twitch segments. Jassy, who took over when Jeff Bezos stepped down in 2021,…

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