Flutter, the Dublin-based parent of FanDuel, bought Italian gambling service Snaitech last month for $2.6 billion, hard on the heels of its purchase of a majority stake in NSX Group, one of Brazil’s biggest gambling operators. The sports betting giant spent roughly $3 billion in total; both acquisitions are expected to close in the second … Read more
India last month extended the fiscally precarious Maldives a $50 million interest-free loan, helping stave off a potential default on $500 million in Sukuk bonds. The loan will support coupon payments due this month. The bonds, issued in 2021, were subscribed by countries including Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa and the UK. Sukuk bonds comply with … Read more
OpenAI continues to attract tons of venture capital, its accumulated take reportedly hovering at $6.5 billion most recently. And a valuation that now exceeds $150 billion might appear to give the Microsoft and Softbank-backed startup an insurmountable advantage in the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) space. But emerging players like Paris-based Mistral AI and Tokyo-based Sakana … Read more
Apollo Global Management has expressed interest in buying Intel; industry heavyweight Qualcomm was earlier reported to be considering a takeover of the Santa Clara, California-based semiconductor behemoth. Benchmark tech analyst Cody Acree argues that a private equity firm like Apollo is a better fit for struggling Intel. “Who benefits from Intel’s resurgence other than a … Read more
Kenya’s President William Ruto has been adamant about the need to boost the productivity of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that he says are “trapped in bureaucracy.” Last year, his government hurriedly pushed through a vastly criticized privatization law aimed at sidestepping Parliament in the sale of at least 35 entities. Now, a High Court decision declaring … Read more
Home Editor’s Letter A Cascade Effect On Interest rates VOL. 38 NO. 9 At Global Finance, generating the report cards for central bank governors has always been a complex and thorough project. Scoring more than 100 governors from very different economies and with such different mandates for their central banks is a complex task. However, … Read more
In September, the US adopted a 100% tariff on all electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China, along with a 50% tariff on solar cells and a 25% tariff on steel, aluminum, EV batteries and key minerals. The raft of new duties took effect on September 27, and a long-debated 50% tariff on Chinese semiconductors is … Read more
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In a global first, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said last month that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered models in the country. Out of 2.8 million private cars currently registered, 754,303 are fully electric, surpassing the 753,905 running on petrol. The news came on the heels of another record; EV sales in Norway took … Read more
The stock market is having a great year overall, but the same can’t be said for the shares of many individual companies. The S&P 500, a benchmark index commonly used to measure the performance of the broad U.S. stock market, has hit record high after record high this year as companies posted record earnings and … Read more