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11 Sep

Chinese Traders Pour Into Alibaba Shares as Trading Links Start

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Mainland Chinese investors flocked to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as its Hong Kong-listed stock was made directly available to them for the first time.Investors bought HK$8.5 billion ($1.1 billion) worth of Alibaba shares through the Stock Connect program on the first day, on a net basis, according to stock exchange data released late Tuesday. Purchases via the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses accounted for about half of the day’s turnover in the stock. Source link lol

18 Aug

Political Turmoil Threatens Baht Resurgence as Traders Await BOT

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The Thai baht’s recent rally is under threat as markets digest the nation’s latest political drama ahead of this week’s central bank policy meeting.The baht has been one of the region’s top performing currencies since the start of July - aided partly by a reboundBloomberg Terminal in tourism - after hitting a near two-year low against the dollar in May. The resurgence may be derailed however, following a tumultuous period that included Paetongtarn Shinawatra winning a parliamentary vote to become the new prime minister, while a court ousted her predecessor. Source link lol

16 Aug

Tech Rally Propels Emerging Stocks To Best Week in Four Months

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Emerging-market stocks rallied on Friday, driven by tech companies in Asia, following US data which boosted investor optimism that the world’s biggest economy will avoid a recession. The MSCI gauge for developing world stocks climbed as much as 1.6%, extending their weekly gains to 2.8%, on track for the biggest since April. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Samsung Electronics Co and Alibaba Group Holding are the biggest contributors to the rally. Source link lol

14 Aug

Byju’s at Risk of Insolvency Again as Top Court Halts Settlement

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Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly.Troubled education-technology startup Byju’s is back facing a potential insolvency after India’s top court ordered a stay on a ruling that allowed it to avert bankruptcy. Source link lol

14 Aug

Hon Hai Shipments of Next-Gen Nvidia Chips to Be Limited in 2024

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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will only start shipping a small volume of servers containing Nvidia Corp.’s next-generation chips in the fourth quarter, signaling the challenges the US AI accelerator designer faces in speeding up its innovation.Hon Hai’s shipments of servers containing GB200, or a Grace processor bundled with an upcoming Blackwell graphic processing unit, will grow significantly only in the first quarter of 2025, company spokesman James Wu told analysts in a conference call on Wednesday. The Taiwanese manufacturer will be one of the first server makers to ship gear containing GB200 chips, Wu added. Source link lol

13 Aug

Nubank Posts Record Revenue, Profit While Boosting Credit

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Nu Holdings Ltd., one of the world’s largest digital banks, beat analyst estimates in the second-quarter while posting record revenue and profit despite headwinds from weaker local currencies in Latin America.Nubank, as the company is known, recorded $2.8 billion in revenue in the quarter through June 30 compared with a median estimate of $2.66 billion in a Bloomberg survey. Net income more than doubled from a year earlier to $487 million, surpassing analyst expectations of $418 million. Source link lol

13 Aug

MTN, IHS Reopen Talks to Resolve Stand-Off on Governance Issues

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MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest wireless carrier by footprint, agreed to reopen talks with top continental tower operator IHS Holdings Ltd. in a bid to resolve governance issues that have placed a wedge between the companies for more than a year. MTN, which is IHS’s biggest shareholder, has sought voting rights in line with the 26% economic interest it owns in the tower company and wants more power to nominate board members, which IHS has pushed back on. Following a breakthrough in commercial talks that saw MTN and IHS renew tower leases of 26,000 sites across six African markets, negotiations…

09 Aug

Samsung Recalls Million-Plus Electric Stoves After Fire Reports

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Samsung Electronics Co. is recalling more than 1.1 million electric stoves sold in the US since 2013, following reports of 250 fires that damaged property, killed pets and injured about 40 people.South Korea’s largest company is offering free locks and covers to buyers of more than a dozen stove models, which help ensure their front-mounted range knobs stay in the “off” position, according to a notice posted on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website. Samsung sold the stoves through retailers from Best Buy to Costco nationwide for between $1,250 and $3,050, the notice read. Source link lol

08 Aug

Anglo Revamp, Unity Government Seen Igniting South Africa Stocks

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A business-friendly coalition government and plans by Anglo American Plc to spin off one large subsidiary and possibly list another may trigger a sustained rally in South African stocks, the head of the main local bourse said. Even with the turmoil currently running through global stock markets, these developments are poised to snap South African equities out of more than a decade of torpor caused by economic stagnation and collapsing power and logistics services, said Leila Fourie, the chief executive officer of JSE Ltd., which runs the exchange. Source link lol

08 Aug

Turkey Blocks Roblox Over Child Abuse Risk, Minister Says

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Turkey blocked access to kids gaming platform Roblox due to content that a top official said could lead to child abuse.The legal ruling was based on a law that regulates broadcasting over the internet, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a statement on X. Source link lol