SoftBank has bought a stake in UK chip designer Arm at a $64bn valuation, as the Japanese conglomerate takes full control of the Cambridge-based company and tries to set a floor for its stock price ahead of a listing that is expected next month. The deal saw SoftBank buy the 25 per cent of Arm
A technician checks on a stack of wafers at the Applied Materials facility in Santa Clara, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Applied Materials — Applied Materials rose nearly 2% in extended trading after beating analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines in
Topline Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York on Thursday—a blow following years of financial struggle that helped ignite China’s ongoing property crisis. Key Facts The filing will allow Evergrande to protect itself and its assets in the U.S. while it works through a multi-billion dollar restructuring
A residential complex constructed by Evergrande in Huai’an, Jiangsu, China, on July 20, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s heavily indebted property developer Evergrande group on Thursday filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court. In a filing to the Manhattan bankruptcy court, the firm sought recognition of restructuring
Municipals were weaker Thursday as outflows from muni mutual funds returned and U.S. Treasuries saw yields rise out long. Equities sold off. Triple-A benchmarks were cut three to nine basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose up to four basis points out long, pushing the 10- and 30-year to multi-year highs. The
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. On Aug. 11, a Chinese individual known only as Mr. Chen was sentenced to nine months in prison after helping his friend, Mr. Lin, purchase 94,988 Chinese yuan ($13,104) worth of Tether (USDT) and earning a commission of 147.1 Yuan ($20.24).
Aerospace technology firm SpaceX reportedly sold roughly $373 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) it acquired starting in 2021. According to an Aug. 17 report in the Wall Street Journal, SpaceX recorded $373 million worth of Bitcoin holdings on its balance sheet in 2021 and 2022, but has since sold the crypto asset. The news outlet
This week’s episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks welcomes Huf, the founder of Pear Protocol, a new decentralized exchange launching on Arbitrum in 2023. Huf worked as an equity derivatives trader for various investment banks for over a decade before entering the decentralized finance industry in 2019. He is often quoted in various news outlets for his
Parties to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy reached a deal on bondholder claims to PREPA special funds money. The parties were arguing whether bondholders had perfected liens on funds in PREPA’s construction, capital improvement and reserve maintenance funds. The sides reached a deal where PREPA would transfer $3 million to the sinking fund
The number of babies born in England and Wales last year dropped to the lowest in two decades, according to official data that highlights the country’s demographic challenges. Statistics published on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics showed there were 605,479 live births in England and Wales last year, a 3.1 per cent decline
A runner jogs past the Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California, Feb. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Cisco Systems — Shares of the computer networking giant gained about 2.5% after posting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The
Despite persistent predictions that a recession is imminent, the U.S. economy has fared surprisingly well. The first half of 2023 notched two quarters of positive growth, while a strong labor market and resilient consumer spending bodes well for the months to come. Gross domestic product, which tracks the overall health of the economy, rose more
Municipals were mixed Wednesday amid another busy new-issue day led by the University of California Regents in the negotiated space and gilt-edged Tennessee in the competitive market. U.S. Treasuries were weaker again, pushing the 10-year UST to a high not seen since 2008. Equities ended the trading session down. Triple-A benchmarks saw cuts out long,
SpiritSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Fantom, will no longer shut its doors in September after having treasury funds stuck on troubled cross-chain protocol Multichain. In an Aug. 16 community vote, SpiritSwap users passed a resolution to transfer the project to Power, a fellow nonfungible token platform and DEX that is also based on Fantom.
Bitcoin (BTC) price is down today as crypto opens a new week underperforming major risk assets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Binance “FUD” threatens BTC price support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.6% on the day, heading toward $26,500. The largest cryptocurrency spent most of the weekend in a
Oklahoma revised its list of financial firms determined to be boycotting the fossil fuel industry, shrinking the number to six from 13 with three large municipal investment banks remaining on it. Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo were on an initial list released by state Treasurer Todd Russ in May and will
EY has rejected a proposal from US private equity group TPG to break up the Big Four firm and take a stake in its consulting business, according to a statement sent to partners on Wednesday. TPG wrote to EY in late July outlining its plan for a debt-and-equity deal to separate its consulting arm from
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Cava in celebration of its initial public offering, June 15, 2023. NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. H&R Block — The tax preparer rose nearly 5.9% after posting quarterly earnings per share of $2.05 that beat Wall Street’s expectations of $1.88,
The wheels of the United States luxury real estate market keep turning with big-time sales and exceptional new listings popping up every day. While on opposite coasts and consisting of disparate inventory, New York City and Los Angeles share similarly competitive markets and, as such, have some of the most expensive real estate in the
In this article 2007-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage at a residential project developed by Country Garden Holdings Co. in Baoding, Hebei province, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan raised its global emerging markets corporate high-yield default forecast, largely due to rising contagion fears in China’s