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(Bloomberg) — China has unveiled sweeping regulations governing overseas share sales by the country’s firms, taking one of its biggest steps to tighten scrutiny on international debuts in the wake of Didi Global Inc.’s controversial listing. Most Read from Bloomberg The regulations, issued by the country’s securities watchdog, commerce ministry and top economic planning agency over the past week, cast more uncertainty over the prospects for overseas initial public offerings that had… Source link

As traders return from the holiday-shortened week, the price action heading into the new year will be closely monitored — especially given the relatively light economic data and earnings calendar for the coming days.  The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is entering the period known for ushering in the so-called Santa Claus Rally, or seasonally strong timeframe for stocks at the end of each year. The term, coined by Stock Trader’s Almanac in the 1970s, encompasses the final five trading days of the year and… Source link

CEO Gerald Commissiong is also scheduled to appear on BNC at 1:50PM EST to discuss the authorization of Pfizer’s COVID antiviral drug & Tollovir™ Phase 2 for hospitalized COVID New York, NY, and Tel Aviv, ISRAEL, Dec. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Todos Medical, Ltd. (OTCQB: TOMDF), a comprehensive medical diagnostics and related solutions company, today announced that Gerald Commissiong, CEO of Todos Medical, is scheduled to appear on Yahoo Finance Live with Akiko… Source link

Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz is sticking with his long-time peers in the airline industry that safety is a top priority during the pandemic, even if that means you have to wear a mask on a plane or employees must be vaccinated.  Shared Munoz on Yahoo Finance Live, “This is an industry where no good deed goes unpunished. There are so many viewpoints that it is hard to sort of measure everything. At United — which is all I can speak of with my successor and all those folks — the… Source link

A major cybersecurity vulnerability is impacting nearly all of the internet, sending everything from financial institutions to government entities scrambling to patch their systems, before cybercriminals and nation states can launch cyberattacks. Known as the Log4j vulnerability, the flaw impacts a piece of open-source logging software that allows developers to understand how their programs function. The idea is to help companies understand potential bugs or performance issues in their own… Source link

Every December, Yahoo Finance selects a Company of the Year, based on its market performance and its achievements that particular year. In 2021, Microsoft (MSFT) took home the crown, smashing through the $2 trillion market capitalization mark and seeing a 53% surge in its stock price as of Dec. 16, year-to-date. However, the spirit of Festivus has taught us we can learn just as much from the bad as the good by airing our grievances. That’s why Yahoo Finance also selects a Worst Company of… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening after a technology-led rally during the regular trading day, as investors looked through concerns over the Omicron variant and a potential policy pivot by the Federal Reserve.  Contracts on the Nasdaq Composite opened in the green. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 3%, posting its best day since March. The S&P 500 and Dow also advanced solidly, rising more than 2% and 1.4% during the session, respectively. Treasury yields climbed, and… Source link

An electric car is charged at a roadside EV charge point, London, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville Just when it looked like it was smooth sailing for stocks, fears of inflation and the new Omicron variant took hold. A handful of stocks continued to drive the major North American stock benchmarks; banks and energy in Canada and big tech in the United States. But Yahoo Finance Canada readers were less interested in the stalwarts and more interested in emerging technology. Here are the top… Source link

It’s hard to believe that decentralised finance – now central to the world of blockchain – only emerged two years ago. At the beginning of 2019, the TVL of lending platforms (mainly MakerDAO) was $270 million. This momentum continued in 2020 as well, to the point where Compound launched its governance token, COMP which kicked off the craze and initiated the first call for liquidity mining. By November 2021, the TVL of DeFi jumped 990x, reaching $269 billion. Some of the most significant… Source link

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss the Fed’s process of slowing its monetary accommodation to the U.S. economy. Below is a transcript of her appearance, taped on Nov. 23 and aired on Nov. 24. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Welcome to Yahoo Finance Presents. I’m Brian Cheung, thrilled to be joined today by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly. President Daly. How are you? MARY DALY: I’m terrific. Thank you for having me. And… Source link