According to Bloomberg, IHS Market information indicates short interest on BYD shares hovers around the 5.5% mark as of 1 January. Despite delivering more electric vehicles (EVs) than competitor Tesla Inc. (TSLA) in the last quarter of 2023, the put-call ratio reflects increasing cynicism in the ranks of options traders. Regarded as a forerunner in…
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Reportedly, Intel did not elaborate on the value of this joint venture or its interest in it. The chipmaker did however confirm that this new organisation will have an independent board of directors, not be publicly listed, and that it is a shareholder. Earlier work in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) laid the foundation…
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According to a Bloomberg report released in September of last year, BrightSpring, backed by investment management company KKR & Co. (KKR), originally hoped to garner $1bn in IPO, although this figure is now absent from the most recent filing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 January. In 2023, the healthcare provider saw…
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This investment firm assisted Musk to seal the acquisition deal. Reportedly, Axios indicated a further 11% loss in value after a portfolio update for the Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund. X suffered a series of markdowns by Fidelity after it battled to hold onto platform advertisers. After the Twitter takeover, Musk implemented a string of…
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Some prominent therapeutics were featured in the 2023-approval batch. These included Zepbound, an obesity treatment developed by Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), and Leqembi, an Alzheimer's drug from Eisai (ESAYI) and Biogen Inc. (BIIB). On top of the 55 novel drug green lights, the FDA also put its stamp of approval on five gene therapies.…
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According to data from Bloomberg, experts predict the report will show the addition of 168,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in December 2023, when compared to the 199,000 jobs added in November. Other predictions include an unemployment figure to sit at 3.8%, 0.1% higher than that of November’s. The positive investor sentiment that grew in December has…
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The British lending company acquired Crédit Commercial de France, a financial services provider and subsidiary of the My Money Group, more than two decades ago in April 2000. Reportedly, this acquisition amounted to a minimum of €11.08bn. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Reuters indicated that after the sale, My Money…
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Bloomberg reported that Hong Kong’s yardstick for shares dropped by approximately 1.5%. Experts noted the same slide in Taiwan and China. These markets took a further knock when ASML Holdings (ASML), a manufacturer of semiconductors, cancelled several shipments following an alleged request by the Biden Administration. Records show that China’s factory operations dipped to a…
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Cocoa and iron ore performed positively for investors, however, with the former rising to a multi-decade high of 72% following difficulties along the supply chain. Iron also rose approximately 55% as China continued to create more houses for its in-demand property sector. Cocoa on the New York Stock Exchange hit a 46-year high and are…
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Nvidia’s AI chips contributed to the company’s revenue growth, which sits at 85% higher than the same period year-over-year, most significantly in Q3 of 2023. Although the company’s net income is 13 times higher than in December 2022, it made the most instrumental gains in Q1, 2 and 3 of this year, and experienced a…
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