Preparing for a "tense year"? Meta announces a new round of layoffs affecting about 3,600 people.
①Meta announced on Tuesday that it plans to lay off about 5% of its workforce, targeting the lowest-performing employees; ②This move aims to prepare for what the company's CEO, Zuckerberg, has described as a "challenging year"; ③Zuckerberg told employees that the vacant positions will be filled by new employees later this year.
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Rising interest rates have led to soaring deficits. Is the USA the first to "struggle"?
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, the federal government budget deficit of the USA reached 711 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 40%, and government spending also hit a record 1.8 trillion USD, up 11% year-on-year.
Today's CPI is very significant for the U.S. stock market.
Citigroup expects that the S&P 500 Index will experience a 1% fluctuation after the CPI data is released, and this implied volatility is comparable to the upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate decision day (January 29), already surpassing the next non-farm day (February 7).
Musk has been sued! The USA SEC accuses him of violating regulations in the Twitter acquisition case.
① The USA Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Elon Musk for not timely disclosing that he held more than 5% of shares when acquiring Twitter in 2022. ② The SEC claims Musk delayed the disclosure by 11 days to artificially push down the price to buy Twitter Stocks, spending at least $0.15 billion less; ③ The lawsuit against Musk may be one of the most controversial final actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the soon-to-be-retiring chairman Gary Gensler.
Breaking! On the eve of taking office, the SEC sues Musk.
Musk's lawyer claims that he did nothing wrong and that the lawsuit is completely a farce.
Futu Morning Report | USA's December PPI unexpectedly cools down! Wall Street nervously prepares for CPI release day; quantum computing stocks rebound strongly, RGTI surges 48%.
In December, the USA's PPI unexpectedly cooled, growing by 0.2% month-on-month. The year-on-year growth of the December PPI and core PPI were 3.3% and 3.5% respectively, both the highest growth rates since February 2023; Biden has signed another executive order to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure.
Will the new regulations imposed by the USA terminate the AI market?
The soon-to-be-inaugurated Trump administration may take a different approach to AI regulation, so the sell-off of chip stocks may be a temporary phenomenon.
Biden is taking significant actions! He has signed an executive order to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure.
① The President of the USA, Biden, signed an executive order to advance AI infrastructure development, focusing on the Energy demands of Datacenters; ② The order requires the USA Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal land for the private sector to build AI Datacenters and clean Energy facilities; ③ The policy aims to accelerate the construction of the next generation of AI infrastructure in the USA, enhancing economic competitiveness, National Security, and the use of clean Energy.
US stocks closed with mixed results | The three major Indexes had varied performances, Quantum Computing stocks rebounded sharply, with RGTI surging 48%; China Concept Stocks saw a general increase, with Xiaopeng Autos rising nearly 7%.
① The seven tech giants all fell, with Meta down more than 5%; ② China Concept Stocks collectively rose, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index up 2.10%; ③ Eli Lilly and Co fell 6.6%, marking its worst single-day performance since March 2021.
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