Category: Forex

May 10, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Stock Market Lifts Its Head After Dry Spell

Recent labour statistics pegged unemployment at 3.9%. Bloomberg indicated that equities gained traction after a $25bn sale of 30-year bonds and the S&P 500 crested 5,200. Analysts believe that the advance in stocks can be attributed to commodity trading advisors being modelled to buy shares this week. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to…

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May 10, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Duolingo Price Drops Over Future Growth Concerns

Q1 results for the language learning company saw revenue climb by 44.9% on a year-by-year basis to over $167m. This is roughly in line with its growth rate for the last three years, which has averaged 45.7%. Its net earnings per share was reported at $0.57, marking a significant increase from last year’s $0.06 loss.…

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May 09, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Starbucks Under Pressure Following Earnings Miss

Now, Howard Schultz, the former CEO of the multinational coffeehouse chain, has added his thoughts in the debate around what the company should do next. Schultz was replaced by Laxman Narasimhan in 2023. The current CEO plans to boost the company’s profits through new offerings such as energy drinks and boba tea, as well as…

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May 09, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Shell To Sell Energy And Chemicals Park In Singapore

In the terms of this deal, all of Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore assets will go to CAPGC. According to Bloomberg, this confirms the earlier rumours, but to date, no financial details about the agreement have been divulged. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Based on the opinion of those…

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May 09, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

FCA Fines and Bans Former Shard Capital CEO

Lewis is the founder and ex-managing partner of Shard Capital, a wealth and asset manager. He was at the helm of this brokerage from 2010 to January 2022, according to the Financial Times (FT). The financial watchdog found that Lewis provided inaccurate information on two occasions regarding clients’ cash held by Shard. The former Shard…

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May 08, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

FIS Launches New Fintech Platform Atelio

This is a new fintech platform that enables financial institutions, businesses and software developers to incorporate financial services into their solutions. It unlocks the company’s existing financial technology through user-friendly elements. According to the FIS press statement, Atelio can be used across all industries to execute financial actions, such as collecting deposits, moving money between…

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May 08, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Disney Stock Falls Despite Streaming Profits

Despite this upturn and the streaming part of the business reaching a profit for the first time, Disney expects the results in the current quarter to be weaker. Part of this stems from the losses incurred by Disney+ Hotstar in India. This news led to DIS shares dropping by up to 10% in Tuesday’s trading.…

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May 07, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Ant Group Uses Alipay+ To Broaden Global Footprint

This digital functionality enables clients to use their local payment apps to make mobile payments in other countries. This allows them to avoid switching to other apps and adding financial details to unknown apps. CNBC quoted the senior vice president of Ant Group and president of Ant International, Douglas Feagin, who said: What we found…

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May 07, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Indonesia’s Q1 Economic Growth Tops Expectations

Analysts pointed out that increased spending for the national election in February 2024 and Ramadan, which started in March 2024, bolstered this positive movement. It may, however, be challenging to maintain this momentum in the face of the global economy and domestic monetary pressures. Reuters listed the persistently high US interest rates, the Middle Eastern…

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