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Nordstrom to Go Private

Nordstrom, the luxury department store chain, announced on Monday, December 23, that it would become a private company after it agreed to a buyout deal valued at approximately $6.25 billion from Nordstrom’s founding family and Mexican department store El Puerto de Liverpool.

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Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark

Xerox will acquire Lexmark International, a Chinese-owned company specializing in printer-making and printing software development.

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OpenAI to Launch More Advanced Reasoning Model

OpenAI is currently preparing to launch a new model of artificial intelligence, which, according to this startup, is capable of more advanced reasoning, similar to the human paradigm of thinking.

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Southeast Asia Seeks to AI Boom

Southeast Asia is gradually becoming a promising investment hot spot for leaders in the global artificial intelligence industry such as Nvidia and Microsoft, which are making financial injections in cloud services and data centers.

Finance & Economics

Morgan Stanley Reportedly Predicts Favorable Environment for Lenders in 2025

The media published information according to which Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating and price targets for shares of several credit card companies and lenders.

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Accenture Beats Quarterly Revenue

Accenture on Thursday, December 19, released a report on its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which exceeded Wall Street’s preliminary expectations regarding this company’s revenue and profit for the mentioned period.

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US Finalizes $458 Million Award to SK Hynix

The United States Commerce Department on Thursday, December 19, finalized an award for South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix in the form of government grants worth up to $458 million.

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Micron Shares Fall

The value of Micron Technology shares fell by about 12% on premarket trading on Thursday, December 19, as this chip manufacturer published disappointing earnings guidance for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, indicating sluggish consumer demand for personal computers and smartphones, despite strong sales growth of microcircuits used for the operation of artificial intelligence systems.

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Kioxia’s Shares Increase in Debut

Kioxia’s shares soared 14% as part of their market debut on Wednesday, December 18.

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Hong Kong Approves More Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Hong Kong’s securities regulator on Wednesday, December 18, approved the activities of four cryptocurrency exchanges as part of the city’s latest attempt to maintain its competitiveness during a kind of race for the status of a global center for trading digital assets.

Finance & Economics

UK Inflation Demonstrates Growth

In the United Kingdom, inflation showed an increase in November, reaching 2.6%.

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China’s Integrated Circuit Output Slows

In China, integrated circuit (IC) output in November showed an increase of 8.7% year-on-year.

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US Economy Faces Threat of Negative Scenario Amid Donald Trump’s Tariffs

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, the largest financial institution in the structure of the United States banking sector, has repeatedly made some kind of warning statements over the past year that the US economy faces a high level of risk that a negative stagflation scenario will be implemented in its space, repeating […]

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China’s Weak Consumption Puts Pressure on Economy

Last month, industrial output growth accelerated in China, but at the same time, retail sales in this Asian country turned out to be disappointing, amid which calls for Beijing to strengthen measures to stimulate consumer activity increased.

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European Private-Sector Contraction Eases on Services

In December, the private sector of the eurozone shrank in smaller volumes compared to initial expectations, which is the result of contributions from the services sector that exceeded forecasts.

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Moody’s Downgrades France’s Credit Rating

Moody’s Ratings downgraded France’s credit rating after local far-right leader Marine Le Pen toppled the country’s government as part of a dispute over reducing the public’s budget deficit.