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Plus: Stripe to hit US$65b valuation in share sale; Disney and Reliance form JV for India growth; Creditor of Chinese developer Country Garden files winding up petition.
Plus: Shein considers UK float to avoid US regulators; Klarna in talks for a US listing in Q3 this year; Australian banks have some of the largest gender pay gaps.
Plus: Goldman secures US$1b for APAC private credit investment; Microsoft partners with Mistral to expand AI offering; Palestinian PM and his government resign.
Plus: Trump defeats Haley in South Carolina primary; Zelenskiy says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed during war; Big four lose government contracts amid PwC scandal.
Plus: Equities surge after Nvidia ignites tech rally; Putin sends signals with flight on nuclear bomber; Google and Reddit agree deal on content for AI training.
Plus: China issues trading bans at market open and close; HSBC's profit takes an 80% hit; Amazon gains blue chip status with Dow Jones entry.
Plus: Microsoft builds replacement Nvidia server gear to reduce its dependence; Barclays vows to return £10b to shareholders in new strategy; Nvidia eclipses Tesla as the most traded stock.
Plus: Israel suffers 20% GDP tumble since outbreak of war; Capital One is mulling a Discover Financial takeover; Turkish-Russian trade falters after US sanctions.
Plus: Russia takes control of Avdiivka in major gain; Lunar New Year spending tops pre-pandemic levels; Alexei Navalny’s body located in nearby morgue.
Plus: US retail sales fall by most in a year; Renesas acquires Altium for $9.1b; Putin believes Biden presidency will be better for Russia than a Trump one.
Plus: UK inflation remains unchanged at 4%; Uber reveals US$7b stock buyback after profits; Canva’s CFO steps down amid internal investigation.
Plus: US inflation came in higher than expected; Bolt slashes share price by 97% in buyback; Andrew Forrest calls carbon capture a ‘complete falsehood.’
Plus: More US oil majors announce merger; Aramco chief says oil demand is ‘robust’; WA GST deal could blowout to $50b.
Plus: Imran Khan’s PTI wins Pakistan election; US banking profits tumble in 2023; OpenAI on track to hit US$2b revenue target.
Plus: Arm shares soar 60% on AI chip strength; TikTok and Meta take issue with EU data fees; Zyn drives up Philip Morris’ profits.
Plus: Beijing engineering pushes stocks to 5-month high; Uber posts its first operating profit; Pakistan blasts rock country on eve of election.
Plus: WeWork founder wants it back; RBA is alert to Chinese market risks; China skirts US sanctions to make more chips.