Friday 13 May 2022

Reuters Business: Musk shelves $44-billion Twitter deal 'temporarily', shares slump

Musk shelves $44-billion Twitter deal 'temporarily', shares slump

Elon Musk put his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc "temporarily on hold" on Friday while he awaits data on the proportion of its fake accounts, sending the shares in the social media platform plunging.

Take Five: Recession talk justified? Follow the data

A deluge of data from across major economies comes at a pivotal moment in the debate over whether central banks are jacking up interest rates into a potentially sharp global growth slowdown.

Twitter estimates spam, fake accounts comprise less than 5% of users -filing

Twitter Incestimated in a filing on Monday that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter.

Exclusive: Shanghai's lockdown delays dollar buying, gives falling yuan reprieve

Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown is wreaking havoc on companies' dividend-payment paperwork and bankers say it is delaying summertime dollar buying as some firms are unable to collect the signatures and company seals needed to process FX contracts.

JPMorgan's Dimon faces shareholder advisory vote on $52.6 million retention award

Long-time JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon will find out on Tuesday how shareholders feel about a special $52.6 million stock option award he received to stay on for five more years, which is opposed by two key investor advisory firms.

EQT pushes back Galderma IPO plans amid market turmoil

EQT is delaying listing plans for its $22 billion skincare firm Galderma as market volatility and recession fears in Europe cool investor appetite for what is set to be Switzerland's biggest flotation in almost two decades, two sources told Reuters.

U.S. bond funds see biggest weekly outflow in four weeks

U.S. bond funds saw a surge in outflows in the week to May 11 on concerns over higher inflation readings, which cemented expectations of aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

Futures climb, Twitter slumps as Musk puts deal on hold

U.S. stock index futures rebounded on Friday at the end of a bumpy week marked by rising concerns over tighter monetary policy and slowing economic growth, while Twitter plunged after Elon Musk put his deal for the social media company on hold.

EXCLUSIVE Tesla puts India entry plan on hold after deadlock on tariffs-sources

Tesla Inc has put on hold plans to sell electric cars in India, abandoned a search for showroom space and reassigned some of its domestic team after failing to secure lower import taxes, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

ECB's Centeno sees rate hike in early July

European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Mario Centeno said on Friday that the ECB should begin an interest rate hike cycle in early July, and he called for any withdrawal of stimulus to be done gradually.

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