Honeywell develops air filter coating and claims to kill 98% novel coronavirus
Darius Adamczyk, chief executive of Honeywell International, said on Wednesday that the company was developing an air filter coating that would kill up to 98 per cent of novel coronavirus and was expected to be ready by the end of September at the earliest. Adamczyk said in an interview that the chemical coating needs to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Honeywell is seeking Texas and North Carolina as partners to help speed up the process. He said the coating could replace heating and air-conditioning filters currently used in schools and commercial buildings.
US NASA Director: Space is not the “wild west” of billionaires
A few weeks until Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is in space aboard the “New Shepard” spacecraft, the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) warned that space is definitely not the “wild west” of billionaires. NASA Director Bill Nelson (Bill Nelson) recently said in an interview: “I've been paying attention, but they also have to undergo the same strict physical and psychological examinations as other professional astronauts.” Nelson added, “We want astronauts already working on the space station to be safe when there are visitors. This must be done.” Currently some of the world's super
Good birds choose trees and live on Wall Street's top talents pursue their dreams of financial technology and investment companies.
To outsiders, Wall Street was a good place last year, and banks still made profits during the collapse of the epidemic. But for insiders, Wall Street is also an ideal place to leave. Tech upstarts and investment firms offer unusually attractive rewards for experienced Wall Street professionals, including doubling their salaries. Coupled with the fact that the banking industry is not generous with bonuses in 2020, the temptation for job-hopping is even greater. With bonuses winding down, the number of Wall Street departures began to surge. The latest two cases are the partners of Goldman Sachs Group Group, one of whom is the founding veteran of consumer banking. They gave up working in Goldman Sachs Group.
Instacart, the second largest unicorn in the United States, raised $265 million and its valuation doubled to $39 billion.
Sina Technology News, Beijing time on the evening of March 2, it is reported that Instacart, an American grocery distribution service, has received an investment of US $265 million in a new round of financing, valuing the company at US $39 billion. This means that the valuation of Instacart has doubled for the second time since COVID-19 's outbreak. Less than five months ago, Instacart raised $200m, valuing the company at $17.7 billion. That's double the $7.9 billion valuation in 2018. After a new round of financing, Instacart has become the second largest unicorn in the United States.
Lidar concept stocks strengthened, Visionary images rose by more than 11%
Lidar concept stocks are stronger, MVIS.O (VLDR.O) is up 11%, Luminar (LAZR.O) is up 7%, and InterPrivate Acquisition (IPV.O) is up 5%.
Moody's Corporation estimates that the chip shortage may reduce GM and Ford's profits by 1/3.
Moody's Corporation Investor Services estimated in a report on Tuesday that global chip shortages will reduce General Motors Co and Ford Motor Company's profits by about 1/3 this year, as supply constraints hamper production and profits. Moody's Corporation said the chip shortage would seriously erode profit margins and could reduce GM's profit before interest and tax (EBIT) by $2 billion and Ford by $2.5 billion. GM's EBITA margin could fall to 3.4 per cent and Ford's to 1.8 per cent. Moody's Corporation said that with the increasing demand for chips for advanced and networked vehicles, it has brought a series of new challenges to the North American automobile industry.
Last year, global corporate dividends plummeted by $220 billion, but US corporate dividends hit a record high.
According to the latest global dividend index released by Janus Henderson, global corporate dividends fell 12.2 per cent to $1.26 trillion in 2020, with 1/5 cutting dividends and 1/8 canceling dividends. From April to December last year, global companies cut and cancelled a total of $220 billion in dividends. But the overall global dividend cut turned out to be less than expected. In August last year, Junli Henderson predicted that the outbreak would cause companies to cut dividends worth $400 billion. From April to December last year
Rent prices in New York fell the most since records began in January.
Rents and house prices in New York fell at the biggest annual rate on record in January, mainly due to overinventories, and it could take years for the city's housing market to return to pre-pandemic levels. Rents in new York city recorded the biggest year-on-year drop on record in January, with Manhattan falling 15.5 per cent and Brooklyn and Queens down 8.6 per cent, according to StreetEasy, an online real estate platform. The median asking rent in Manhattan fell to $2750 in January, the lowest level since March 2010, when the city's economy was emerging from the effects of the financial crisis.
LUCKN COFFEE DRC: the internal investigation did not find the improper behavior of Guo Jinyi, chairman and CEO.
LUCKN COFFEE DRC said the LUCKN COFFEE DRC board task force concluded its internal investigation into JINYI GUO, chairman and CEO, and found no evidence of misconduct. LUCKN COFFEE DRC said the board will continue to fully support Guo Jinyi and the management team. The company said the investigation team interviewed nearly 40 people and reviewed more than 50,000 transaction documents, e-mails and so on. The investigation team found that some members of the former management were involved in the planning of the petition. At the beginning of this month, it was reported that seven vice presidents, all branch general managers and core business executives of LUCKN COFFEE DRC signed a joint letter asking collectively for the dismissal of Ruixingka.
Tencent Music rose 14% before it was reported that it had selected a bank for listing in Hong Kong
Tencent Music rose 14% in pre-market trading in the US, and the bank has selected banks to arrange its planned second listing in Hong Kong. According to people familiar with the matter, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has selected a number of banks to arrange its proposed second listing in Hong Kong; the deal could raise up to 5 billion US dollars. According to the person who requested anonymity because the incident was not disclosed, organizations such as J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley were selected as the lead companies for this distribution deal; this Chinese music streaming service will be launched in Hong Kong as soon as this year. The person mentioned above also said that it is possible that more banks will join them, and details including scale and schedule are still OK
News says AMC is considering raising more capital and may issue shares again
The media quoted people familiar with the matter as reporting that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc is studying raising more capital, including the possibility of issuing shares again. AMC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The increase in AMC Cinemas US stocks fell back to 30% after the market. Earlier, people familiar with the matter said that AMC Cinemas is exploring raising more capital, including through potential stock issuance, to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic.
参议院周六召开会议讨论巴雷特的提名 周一将确认结果
程序性投票将于周日进行,最终确认将于周一进行。 美东时间周六下午,参议院将罕见地举行会议,就巴雷特(Amy Coney Barrett)法官进入最高法院一事进行辩论。几天后,选民将决定共和党人是否将继续控制参议院和白宫。 民主党人强烈反对在如此临近选举的时候确认巴雷特的任命,抵制了司法委员会周四的投票。纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)星期五在参议院的会议上采取了四种拖延战
The stock price of the Japanese version of “New Oriental” soared 11 times last year to become GEM's second bullish stock
Sina US Stock News reported on the 9th, Beijing time. According to foreign media reports, the stock price of a foreign language training school in Japan soared nearly 11 times last year, making it the second-strongest performing stock in the Japanese GEM MOTHERS market. This online English training company called RareJob is headquartered in Tokyo and employs teachers or university students from the Philippines to teach Japanese English. Its stock price rose 1093% last year. The company's founder and CEO Gaku Nakamura (Gaku Nakamura) said in an interview that one of his goals was to raise the company's market value from the current 25 billion yen or so
Cook calls for coding from primary school: this is the global language
Beijing time 12 news, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook said during a visit to Singapore that if children can only learn a language other than their mother tongue, then it should be coding, because "coding is a global language." This is Cook's first visit to Singapore since he took over as Apple Inc CEO in 2011. In addition to calling on Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, he also met with local iOS developers and middle school students. Expanding the ecosystem of Apple Inc developers is a high item on Cook's two-day trip to Singapore. He hopes to reach out to an army of potential programmers while they are still in school.
Deutsche Bank: Tesla, Inc. Model Y is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020
According to Deutsche Bank's research on Tuesday, Tesla, Inc. is expected to start delivering its cross-border SUV Model Y in the first quarter of 2020. If Tesla, Inc. can start delivering Model Y in the first quarter of 2020, that would be a full quarter ahead of the timetable promised by Elon Musk, the company's chief executive. Early production and delivery would be a symbolic victory for the company, which usually fails to meet its own delivery deadlines. Tuesday, Deutsche Bank (Deutsche Ban)
The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps the cash rate unchanged at 0.75%
Sina News Beijing time 3 news, the RBA announced interest rate resolution, keeping the cash rate at a record low of 0.75% in December, with an expected previous value of 0.75%. The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its last policy meeting of the year today after the market said Allianz was on hold. While some economists believe there is already a case for the fourth consecutive rate cut since June, and consumers are happy to see it, it seems that policymakers are inclined to wait for a rate cut in February. In the context of the uncertainty of the international trade situation and the poor performance of Australian economic data, the outside world is concerned about the RBA.
The opening of Meituan Dianping surged 10.23% and its market capitalization reached HK$588.062 billion
Related news: Meituan Dianping's new business revenue of 5.7 billion yuan in the third quarter increased 65.4% year-on-year, Meituan Dianping executives interpreted the financial report: Continuing to enhance the local service ecosystem Meituan's limited boundaries and unlimited competition Sina Technology News on the morning of November 22, November 21, Meituan Dianping released its third quarter financial report. Revenue for the third quarter was RMB 27.494 billion, an increase of 44.1% over the previous year, exceeding market expectations. In response to this favorable news, Meituan Dianping surged 10.23% to HK$101.3, with a market value of HK$588.062 billion (approximately US$75.198 billion) at current prices
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