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This telltale bear market indicator once again sounds a warning |  The motley fool

This telltale bear market indicator once again sounds a warning | The motley fool

From time to time, Wall Street reminds the investing community that stocks can go down. Since hitting their all-time closing highs between mid-November 2021 and the first week of January 2022, Ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^ DJI 0.59%)widely followed S&P500 (^GSPC 0.48%)and equity-driven growth Nasdaq Compound (^IXIC 0.01%) dropped by 22%, 28% and 38% …

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Xiaohongshu loses up to half of its implied value in private markets

Xiaohongshu loses up to half of its implied value in private markets

Xiaohongshu, the hugely popular social media platform seen as China’s answer to Instagram, hit a fever pitch last year. With a loyal following of millennial women and an audience of 200 million active users, the company earned a $20 billion valuation in a fundraising round and was heading for a successful initial public offering. Then …

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Companies are racing to market home STD tests.  But are they reliable?

Companies are racing to market home STD tests. But are they reliable?

Among the most remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make home testing a reliable tool for managing a crisis. public health. But that fast-track approach is missing from another less publicized epidemic: an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases that can cause chronic …

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M&A boom may not lead to US shale drilling frenzy

M&A boom may not lead to US shale drilling frenzy

The last two energy crises that have threatened hundreds of energy companies with bankruptcy have rewritten the playbook of oil and gas mergers and acquisitions. Previously, oil and gas companies made many aggressive tactical or cyclical acquisitions following a price crash after many distressed assets became available on the cheap. However, the 2020 oil price …

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Analysis |  Sunak wins the markets.  Voters are another story

Analysis | Sunak wins the markets. Voters are another story

Comment this story Comment Two short letters have become notorious in UK political history for their frankness about dire public finances. Reginald Maudling, outgoing Conservative chancellor in 1964, told his Labor successor and friend, Jim Callaghan, “Sorry old rooster, leaving him in this condition.” In 2010, Liam Byrne, Labour’s chief secretary to the Treasury, also …

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