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Amazon's Year-Long Climb Back To A $3 Trillion Valuation; Nigeria Rolls Out First Crypto Tax Framework; Dangote And Sinoma Seal $800 Million Cement Deal; U.S. And Japan Unite To Defend The Yen
The race to shape the future of technology, industry, and global finance is accelerating. Amazon has reclaimed a $3 trillion market valuation as its AI-fuelled cloud business powers another post-earnings rally, while Nigeria has introduced its first tax framework for cryptocurrencies and virtual assets, bringing greater regulatory clarity to one of the world's largest crypto markets. Elsewhere, Dangote Cement has partnered with China's Sinoma International on an $800 million
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AI Wonder-kid Ignored The Signs And Is Now Seeing Wonders; Oando Plc Still Makes A Loss But At A Slower Pace; The Slopfest Is Over As LinkedIn Cracks Down On AI Posts; And Sainsbury's Sells Off Argos
The AI investment frenzy is showing both its rewards and its risks. Prominent AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has reportedly been forced to exit his public stock portfolio after heavy losses, while Oando is staging a strong turnaround by cutting its first-half losses by 77% and returning to quarterly profitability. Elsewhere, LinkedIn is cracking down on low-quality AI-generated content with a new reporting tool, and Sainsbury's is offloading Argos for £120 million as it sh
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M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A) $15B-listed GFL Environmental received takeover approaches at valuations “materially higher” than the current share price Bloomberg NYSE-parent ICE will buy credit electronic trading platform MarketAxess in a $5.7B deal Yahoo.Finance Dutch engineering consultancy group Arcadis rejected an improved $5.7B takeover bid from Canada's WSP Global Reuters Johnson & Johnson acquired the option to buy immunology-focused biotech Sai
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The Economics of Snowfall
A Deep Dive Into Who the Economic Winners and Losers are during Snowfall "The weather outside is frightful.” Frank Sinatra I was working from home on a random weekday when I took a break to look at the view from my apartment and let my mind wander. Whilst I watched people penguin walk and cars all but crawl, I settled on an interesting thought: who benefits and suffers the most financially when it snows? That question led me down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole, t
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Your "Investment" Is Probably a Gamble. Here's How to Know for Sure.
The Differences between Dice, Deals & Dividends; "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” John Maynard Keynes I commonly get consulted for investment proposals, whereby people are asking of me where I believe is best for them to deploy their capital in order to get a financial return, and the first thing that I ask [after strongly indicating that I am not a financial advisor, and the entire conversation isn’t financial advice] what their time
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From Manger to Markets: An analysis of Christmas’ Commercial Takeover
Has Capitalism Devoured Christmas? Underneath the bustle of the German Christmas markets, the pouring of mulled wine and hot chocolate, the wrapping of selected trinkets, and the voices of the choir singing Christmas carols, is the faint, almost imperceptible, constant pinging of successful transactions, whether it be Apple Pay, Google Pay, cash, or a physical card. That sound is the evidence of the “Golden Quarter” in full swing, and the silent prevalence of the second r
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Amazon's Year-Long Climb Back To A $3 Trillion Valuation; Nigeria Rolls Out First Crypto Tax Framework; Dangote And Sinoma Seal $800 Million Cement Deal; U.S. And Japan Unite To Defend The Yen
The race to shape the future of technology, industry, and global finance is accelerating. Amazon has reclaimed a $3 trillion market valuation as its AI-fuelled cloud business powers another post-earnings rally, while Nigeria has introduced its first tax framework for cryptocurrencies and virtual assets, bringing greater regulatory clarity to one of the world's largest crypto markets. Elsewhere, Dangote Cement has partnered with China's Sinoma International on an $800 million
4 min read
AI Wonder-kid Ignored The Signs And Is Now Seeing Wonders; Oando Plc Still Makes A Loss But At A Slower Pace; The Slopfest Is Over As LinkedIn Cracks Down On AI Posts; And Sainsbury's Sells Off Argos
The AI investment frenzy is showing both its rewards and its risks. Prominent AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has reportedly been forced to exit his public stock portfolio after heavy losses, while Oando is staging a strong turnaround by cutting its first-half losses by 77% and returning to quarterly profitability. Elsewhere, LinkedIn is cracking down on low-quality AI-generated content with a new reporting tool, and Sainsbury's is offloading Argos for £120 million as it sh
4 min read
M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A) $15B-listed GFL Environmental received takeover approaches at valuations “materially higher” than the current share price Bloomberg NYSE-parent ICE will buy credit electronic trading platform MarketAxess in a $5.7B deal Yahoo.Finance Dutch engineering consultancy group Arcadis rejected an improved $5.7B takeover bid from Canada's WSP Global Reuters Johnson & Johnson acquired the option to buy immunology-focused biotech Sai
1 min read
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