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Investing.com — Aquis Exchange PLC’s stock more than doubled after the takeover announcement by SIX Swiss Exchange.  The deal places Aquis’ valuation at £194 million, marking a significant premium over recent trading values.  This move comes as SIX seeks to expand its reach in the European market, broadening its service offerings across asset trading, market data, and technology solutions. In a joint statement, SIX said that integrating Aquis will boost SIX’s strategy to address “liquidity fragmentation” within European exchanges.  “We believe that combining Aquis with SIX’s platform is a compelling opportunity to bring together two businesses with a shared commitment…

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The way we access healthcare is undergoing a profound transformation in part because technology has opened up new pathways, affording us access to healthcare services at the click of a button. Trend-riding investors and founders alike are at risk of making seriously bad bets in the new “click” healthcare universe. It’s instantly more exciting and easier to pitch — after all, building the “Uber of Healthcare” does have a great ring to it, doesn’t it? Those with deep and real experience in the trillion dollar healthcare sector will tell you that the future of consumer healthcare lies in a hybrid…

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s semiconductor index leapt close to a three-year high on Monday on bets a U.S. order halting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers could accelerate Beijing’s self-reliance efforts. TSMC will from Monday suspend shipments of certain sophisticated chips to some Chinese clients after receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Commerce imposing export restrictions on those products, Reuters reported on Sunday. Analysts said that while the move might lead to some short-term pain for Chinese firms involved in designing chips for artificial intelligence accelerators and graphics processing units, it could benefit…

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Image source: Olaf Kraak via Shell plc The Shell (LSE:SHEL) share price has been on a bit of a downward trajectory over the last six months, falling by over 10%. It seems investors are becoming increasingly worried about falling oil prices as well as announcements from other industry titans like BP of weaker profits. In fact, BP recently announced a potential cut to its planned share buyback programme to reallocate capital towards debt reduction. With that in mind, an investment in Shell doesn’t sound like a sensible idea right now. Yet digging into its latest results, it seems a very…

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(Repeats story to fix formatting issues.) SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Stellantis and its Chinese partner Leapmotor (HK:) have scrapped a plan to make a second electric vehicle model at the European automaker’s plant in Poland, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The joint venture is instead considering using a Stellantis (NYSE:) factory in Eisenach, Germany that produces Opel models and its Trnava plant in Slovakia as alternative production sites for the B10 electric crossover, said one of the people. Stellantis and Leapmotor declined to comment. The two people with knowledge of the decision declined to be identified because the…

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A viewer on our YouTube channel wants to know,  “What are the “must have” mutual fund categories in a portfolio?”This is personal finance and it is deeply personal (for those who realise it is and act on it). So, there are no “must have” products or product categories (MF or non-MF). As long as our investment choices are suitable for our needs, we can invest anywhere we like, even without using mutual funds. See: How to invest without using mutual funds. Investing in mutual funds does not make a person “financially literate”.With that out of the way, it is easier to…

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The Tesco (LSE:TSCO) share price has been on fire these past 12 months. The UK’s leading retailer has continued to expand sales volumes, resulting in market share gains that saw the stock price grow by almost 30%! This success largely stems from two primary factors. Firstly, its price-matching and Clubcard membership scheme has enabled Tesco to remain competitive against budget retailers like Aldi and Lidl. But more importantly, as household budgets were constrained by inflation, management’s expansion of its premium Finest product range provided a new home for Marks and Spencer and Waitrose shoppers. In fact, volume growth in this…

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni inspected the Indonesian Pavilion at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan ahead of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29). The Minister coordinated with other relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to finalize the Indonesian delegation’s agenda for the conference.“We have had a detailed discussion on the agenda, which will run from tomorrow until the 14th,” Raja Juli said, as quoted from a press release on Monday, November 11, 2024.He explained that the Indonesian Pavilion will serve as a platform for…

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Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:), Inc. has been notified by Nasdaq that it is not in compliance with the exchange’s voting rights rule due to amendments increasing the voting power of its Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. The company has until February 28, 2025, to regain compliance. On Monday (NASDAQ:), Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLPN), a Florida-based personal services company, received a notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating a violation of the exchange’s voting rights rule. The issue stems from amendments made to Dolphin’s articles of incorporation that modified the voting power of its Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, increasing it from…

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