Companies & CEOs
Cheniere Energy agree LNG supplies with German BASF - 08/23/2023
The gas business stated that the annual delivery might reach 800,000 tons. US gas giant Cheniere Energy signed a long-term deal to supply Germany's BASF with up to 800,000 tons of LNG per year starting in 2026. Cheniere Energy, Inc. stated that Cheniere's subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing, LLC, has signed a long-term sales and purchase deal with BASF for liquefied natural gas. The German company...
Arm files for IPO on Nasdaq - 08/23/2023
UK-based chip maker Arm has submitted a registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq exchange. In a press release, Arm Holdings Limited ("Arm") stated that it has submitted a Form F-1 registration statement to the SEC regarding a planned initial public offering (IPO) of American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), which represent its common stock. Arm has submitted an...
International investors are turning away from gold - 08/21/2023
The assets of gold exchange-traded funds have increased by at least 2.8 thousand tons since March 2020. Due to growing anticipation of further hikes in the Federal Reserve System's benchmark rate, interest in metals is dropping as US Treasury bond yields rise to multi-year highs. As a result, the price of gold decreased to a five-month low and stabilized around $1900 for a troy ounce. The...
APA Corporation to invest $1.4B in Egypt's oil sector in 2024 - 08/21/2023
According to APA Corporation's CEO John Christman, the company "looks forward to government support to continue expanding its presence in the Egyptian market." In 2024, the US company APA Corporation plans to invest over $1.4 billion to construct projects in Egypt's oil industry, said by the Arab republic's Cabinet of Ministers following the outcomes of discussions held in Cairo between the...
FT: Tesla cut its prices in China to increase competitiveness - 08/17/2023
6.9% price reductions were introduced in the premium S and X model categories, the newspaper claims. Tesla has reduced the price of models made for the Chinese market in an effort to take up more market share and unseat regional rivals, writes The Financial Times. On Monday, the business "reduced the prices of various models of electric cars," including by 6.9% in the area of premium models S...
UBS agrees to pay fine to settle US charges - 08/15/2023
UBS has agreed to pay $1.435 billion to resolve claims from the United States that it deceived investors into purchasing problematic mortgage-backed securities. The Justice Department announced that it has received more than 36 billion in administrative fines from 19 banks, mortgage originators, and rating agencies for packaging residential mortgage-backed securities before the crisis, selling...
Sega to buy 96.3% of Angry Birds game developer - 08/11/2023
Sega is one of Japan's top producers of video games and associated technology. The maker of the well-known smartphone game Angry Birds, the Finnish firm Rovio, will sell 96.3% of its shares to the Japanese conglomerate Sega. "We are notifying that our group company Sega Europe Limited will acquire approximately 96.3% of Rovio's shares, making it a company within our group," Sega’s...
Amazon offered to invest in chip developer Arm ahead of IPO - 08/10/2023
According to Reuters, Japan's SoftBank Group is in discussions with Amazon about becoming an anchor investor in the Arm semiconductor company. Reuters reports, citing sources, that Amazon is in discussions with Japan's SoftBank Group on the initial public offering of British chip company Arm and may end up being its anchor investor. The Japanese holding company has increased efforts in the past...
FT: Chinese companies rush to buy chips amid US policies - 08/10/2023
According to sources cited by the Financial Times newspaper, major Chinese companies are rushing to purchase chips from US manufacturer Nvidia, having already placed orders for $5 billion in total. The US may soon impose restrictions on the export of chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to China. The newspaper reports, citing anonymous sources, that "Chinese internet giants are...
Taiwanese TSMC to open semiconductor production facility in Dresden - 08/08/2023
According to Handelsblatt, the German government anticipates contributing €5 billion to help with the plant's construction. Dresden will become a manufacturing hub for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reports the Handelsblatt daily referring to sources within the Federal Republic of Germany's government. The final choice is anticipated to be decided during the TSMC Board of...