Category: Market News

June 07, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Expected ECB Rate Cuts Drive Global Stocks And Euro Uptick

Reuters indicated that the pan-European STOXX 600 climbed by 0.8% and the MSCI All World Country Index steadily approached a high during Thursday’s trading. This comes after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both achieved new records in the wake of Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) overtaking Apple Inc. (AAPL) as the second most valuable tech giant worldwide.…

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June 07, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Aramco’s $12bn Stock Sale Attracts Global Investor Attention

Based on a Bloomberg report, this would be the “biggest such deal globally in three years”. Unnamed sources indicated that the Saudi government is aiming to sell approximately 1.55 billion Aramco shares at roughly $7.27 (27.25 SR) each – constituting a 6% discount based on the stock’s closing price prior to this announcement. Hours after…

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June 07, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Amazon Facing UK Court Action

The claim they’re making is for damages reaching £1.1bn. The group is being represented in the court action by the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), which states that this is the biggest example in the history of collective legal action involving British retailers. The claim is to be filed on Friday at a tribunal in…

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June 06, 2024 BY Robert Bell

McDonald’s Loses Court Battle Over Big Mac Name

The story began in 2015, when Supermac executives made their first move to register the chain’s name in the EU, with the idea of expanding from Ireland into mainland Europe. The American fast-food chain opposed this idea, claiming it would confuse consumers as the name is too similar to Big Macs. While MCD had the…

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June 06, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

BlackRock and Citadel To Support Local Texas Stock Exchange

This proposed exchange will offer a platform for the listing and trading of US equities and exchange-traded assets. TXSE’s founder and CEO, James Lee, indicated the Dallas-based group raised $120m through more than 24 investors, which included Blackrock, Citadel, and other noted business individuals. In a LinkedIn statement, he wrote: Texas’s booming economy and the…

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June 06, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Australian Super Fund Found Guilty Of Greenwashing

Active Super professed that it does not invest in organisations that notably threaten the environment. Based on the ASIC’s press release, Active Super had investments in gambling, oil tar sands, and coal mining companies at the time it made such marketing statements. The firms included SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd (SKC.AX) and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd, ConocoPhillips…

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June 05, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Standard Chartered Hit by Fresh Court Allegations

The share price issues came after new allegations that STAN carried out transactions that violated international sanctions. This twist in the case came to light when new court documents were filed in the US alleging the bank allowed transactions worth billions of dollars for known terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and the Taliban, as well…

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June 05, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Intel Unveils New Xeon 6 Processor To Compete In AI Arena

The Xeon 6 processor is reportedly faster and more power efficient than its forerunner, which enables it to effectively manage demanding data centres. To date, Intel has mostly hovered on the fringe of the global AI frenzy. This new chip is the firm’s attempt to compete with AI trailblazers such as Nvidia and AMD and…

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June 04, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Monzo Planning Expansion After First Profit

Monzo was launched in 2015 and has become the seventh-largest bank in the UK in recent years. With almost 10 million customers, Monzo has benefited from more customers depositing more funds with it, giving a pre-tax profit of £15.4m in the financial year ending in March, which was a huge improvement on last year’s pre-tax…

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June 04, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

GameStop Stock Jumps After $116m Stake Posted On Reddit

This reportedly renewed the meme-stock fixation of 2021, which happens when a company’s shares peak in the wake of viral social media exposure. Gill’s post, which appeared on Sunday 2 June 2024, indicated that he had bought 5 million GameStop shares at $21.27 each. Should this be the case, Gill will be one of the…

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