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© Reuters Investing.com — Traders look ahead to the start of the final month of trading in 2023 following a positive November for stocks on Wall Street. Elsewhere, Tesla (NASDAQ:) reveals a price tag for the cheapest model of its futuristic-looking Cybertruck that is well above boss Elon Musk’s initial estimates, and a private survey shows Chinese manufacturing activity unexpectedly expanded last month. 1. Futures inch mostly higher; Powell appearances ahead U.S. stock futures edged broadly higher on Friday after equities on Wall Street finished off their best month since 2022 in the previous session (more below). By 04:59 ET (09:59…

© Reuters. Alibaba (BABA) stock slips as Morgan Stanley downgrades after ‘negative developments’ Alibaba (NYSE:) shares fell more than 1.3% in pre-market Friday trade after Morgan Stanley analysts downgraded shares to Equal Weight from Overweight with a price target cut by $20 to $90 per share. The downgrade is attributed to negative developments impacting the previous bullish thesis. These include a slower turnaround in Customer Management Revenue and cloud services, the withdrawal of the cloud spin-off introducing uncertainty in value unlocking from reorganization, and a perceived lack of capital management catalyst without cloud distribution. “Our previous OW thesis on Alibaba…

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© Reuters Investing.com – The U.S. dollar retreated in early European trade Friday, as a key inflation release added to expectations that U.S. interest rates have peaked. At 04:40 ET (09:40 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.2% lower to 103.212, after clocking its weakest monthly performance in a year in November. Dollar falls after PCE release The eagerly awaited rose 3% in October from a year ago, according to data released on Thursday, falling from 3.4% the previous month. This index is widely seen as the Federal Reserve’s preferred…

In page after page of fly-on-the-wall detail, the indictment unsealed in New York this week describes a chilling plot: A criminal operative, on orders from a government official in India, tried to arrange the killing of a Sikh American on U.S. soil.As the scheme unfolded, court documents said, it grew only more brazen. When a prominent Sikh was gunned down in Canada in June in what prosecutors call a related assassination, the operative was told to speed up in New York, not slow down, the indictment says. And he was ordered to proceed even as India’s prime minister was on…

Andrew Neely is a freelance writer who lost a job when one of his clients started using AI.His work for this content-marketing firm used to bring in between $500 and $2,000 a month.He’s still writing but also went back to school to pursue a degree in environmental studies. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Neely, a 30-year-old freelance writer from Denver. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I graduated with an…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Stories about looming maturity walls are pretty common in financial journalism. There’s usually a chart that looks like this: Chart source unnamed and formatting altered to protect the innocent (with a very nice analysis of upcoming maturity walls) Along with a warning that two to three years from now, there’s a lot of debt that will need to be refinanced. A coming wave of refinancings in a market is certainly important to investors and bankers, of course. But the worst fears about…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – Market capitalisations of global mega-cap companies, led by prominent technology firms, surged in November, buoyed by a decline in U.S. yields and growing anticipation of potential rate cuts by global central banks amid diminishing worries about inflation. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:)’s market value jumped 11.2% to $2.95 trillion over the past month, while Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:.O) saw a 12.1% increase in its market cap, reaching $2.8 trillion.…

© Reuters. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has implemented a mandatory three-day timeline for post-IPO listings starting today, marking a significant shift in the country’s IPO processing. This move follows a series of progressive steps aimed at enhancing the efficiency of India’s capital markets and is expected to benefit both issuers and investors alike. In June, SEBI approved a faster timeline for IPO processing, which was initially an elective option for companies. By August, details of the accelerated IPO schedule were circulated, allowing companies to opt for a shorter listing period. This optional early adoption period started…

© Reuters. INDIA – In a recent update reflecting the global oil market trends and Saudi Contract Price (CP), Indian oil companies have announced a cut in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices by 4.6%, now standing at ₹106,155.67 per kilolitre. This price adjustment, effective today, was accompanied by a hike in commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by ₹21, bringing the price to ₹1,796.50 for a 19kg cylinder in Delhi. However, domestic LPG prices remain unchanged at ₹903 for a 14.2kg cylinder. The monthly pricing update, a practice by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum…