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American spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has announced preparation for a highly anticipated milestone as it prepares to launch its first spaceflight in nearly two years. This crucial flight serves as the Virgin Galactic Holdings‘ (NYSE: SPCE) final test before the company begins flying commercial passengers, marking a significant step forward in the realization of its space tourism vision. The mission called ‘Unity 25’ represents the company’s fifth space voyage and is expected to...

Nvidia recently increased its quarterly earnings guidance on the back of solid demand, also sparking a rally in AI stocks.  The latest earnings outlook of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has triggered a substantial rally in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Early Thursday, the chip maker’s stock soared, pulling other AI-exposed companies higher on a better-than-expected sales forecast. Nvidia’s bullish sales forecast originated from surging demand for its AI chips, which has also...

The IPO process would involve offering shares of Banamex to the public, allowing outside investors to purchase those shares and become partial owners of Banamex. American multinational investment banking giant Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) has revealed its plans to pursue an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for its Mexico business, Banamex. The bank intends to separate Banamex from its operations and offer shares of Banamex to the public for the first time. According to the announcement, Banamex,...

China’s Xpeng shares were trading lower in US pre-trade after the EV company forecast significantly lower vehicle deliveries for Q2.  The shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant XPeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV) slid 5% following missed Q1 earnings and a gloomy delivery forecast. Xpeng shares sank in US pre-market trade after the company reported a 50% year-over-year (YoY) decline in Q1 revenue. The company raked in income of 4.03 billion Chinese yuan ($571.6 million) compared to the 5.19...

For Q1 2023, Xiaomi sold far fewer smartphones than in the first quarter of last year due to waning demand.  Xiaomi Corporation recently posted its Q1 2023 earnings report, which saw its revenue plunge 18.9% amid a wane in global smartphone demand. On Wednesday, the Chinese consumer electronics designer and manufacturer reported first-quarter sales of 59.5 billion yuan ($8.61 billion). Xiaomi’s Q1 2023 sales figure was roughly in line with the 59.43 billion yuan analysts expected for the...

Crop commodities, including orange juice, are bullish following several underperforming weeks and could hit record highs May-ending.  Orange Juice futures climbed 29% this year and is fully recovering following the volatility that succeeded its record highs. The world benchmark FCOJ (Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Futures) contract remains firmly rooted among raw materials with double-digit gains for 2023. Amid this development, agriculture-focused financial services provider Rabobank...

British inflation has been stubborn forcing the Bank of England to continue its interest rate hikes to 4.5%, for the 12th consecutive time. Economists are expecting further hikes in the upcoming meetings. As per the latest reports, the UK inflation has taken fresh dive under 10% for the last month of April 2023. This happened as the energy price retreated and the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started to subside on the annual consumer price comparison. Earlier on Wednesday, May...

Alibaba Cloud has emerged as an early IPO candidate and will reportedly pursue a 7% staff layoff amid its ‘streamlined’ restructuring.  The cloud arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NASDAQ: BABA) has begun a layoff set to affect 7% of its total workforce. Sources describe the downsizing as part of broader measures to prepare Alibaba’s cloud division for a spinoff. Furthermore, sources add that the new standalone company would ultimately pursue an initial public offering (IPO)....

Per the IMF outlook, resilient demand in the context of declining energy prices can encourage a positive outlook for the UK economy in several ways. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects the United Kingdom to avoid a recession and maintain positive growth in 2023. According to a CNBC report, the IMF attributes this positive outlook to resilient demand and declining energy prices, which have encouraged economic growth. However, the IMF also characterizes the outlook as...

The report says that macro drivers favor MicroStrategy shares in terms of the de-dollarization of the world economy. The German investment bank Berenberg said that investors seeking exposure to cryptocurrencies are better served if they buy the shares of MicroStrategy than those of Coinbase. A Monday report revealed to the media said that macro factors associated with the shares of MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) give investors a higher possibility of being in profit than if they went for...