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LG display slumps to Q4 loss of $245.7M amid restructuring costs and LCD exit
LG Display (NYSE:LPL) slumped to a fourth-quarter loss, weighed down by the heavy costs of a massive workforce restructuring and a strategic retreat from the increasingly commoditized LCD market.
Woodside Energy delivers record 2025 production of 198.8 MMboe
Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) delivered a record-breaking production performance for 2025, outstripping its own guidance even as the company navigates a sudden leadership transition following the exit of longtime CEO Meg O’Neill.
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ASML delivers Q4 net sales of €9.7B, full-year reaches €32.7B
ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, reflecting continued demand for advanced lithography systems amid a recovering semiconductor market.
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What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge
Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers.
Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.
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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla
The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk.
This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers.
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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
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Japan’s bond selloff is gathering pace
Japan’s bond market has been sliding all week, with the 10-year yield now near 2.37% and the 40-year pushing above 4.2%, both multi-decade highs.
Trump threatens 'crushing' champagne tariffs as Macron snubs peace board
U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his confrontation with European leaders on the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos, threatening to impose a 200% tariff on French wine and champagne.
The F1 in Abu Dhabi’s billion dollar secret
If you think the Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi is just about who gets to spray the rose water, you aren’t looking at the balance sheet.
As the sun sets over the Yas Marina Circuit this weekend, we aren’t just witnessing a sporting event; we are watching the closing bell of one of the most efficient capital-generating machines in modern sports.
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