JUST IN:

The US 🇺🇸 unemployment rate for November came in at 3.7% below expectations of 3.9%

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Dec 8, 2023

APPLE AIMS TO MAKE A QUARTER OF THE WORLD’S IPHONES IN INDIA

Apple $AAPL and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 Million iPhones in India 🇮🇳 annually within the next 2-3 years, with additional tens of millions of units planned after that - WSJ

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Dec 8, 2023

AMAZON TESTS GROCERY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR PRIME MEMBERS

Amazon $AMZN is piloting a new grocery subscription for members of its Prime program which will give the option to pay $9.99 per month to get unlimited grocery delivery from Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh on orders more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dec 7, 2023

TESLA’S CHINA SALES RISE AS ORDERS FLOW IN TO BEAT PRICE RISES

Tesla’s $TSLA Chinese deliveries rose in November to 65,504 EVs up 5% YoY according to data from the country’s Passenger Car Association - Bloomberg

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Dec 8, 2023

Amazon $AMZN notified users late last night it will soon stop accepting Venmo $PYPL as a payment method - CNBC

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Dec 7, 2023

THE 🇺🇸 JUST APPROVED THE FIRST GENE EDITING TREATMENT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for use in patients with sickle cell disease.

Casgevy uses CRISPR $CRSP technology to treat sickle cell disease, a blood… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dec 8, 2023

Microsoft $MSFT just announced it will have the $AMD MI300X VMs in preview available today

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Dec 6, 2023

Facebook $META just announced it's expanding its partnership with $AMD to include MI300X GPUs in Meta's data centers for AI workloads

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Dec 6, 2023

JUST IN:

Google $GOOGL just launched Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down OpenAI's GPT-4

Google says Gemini beats GPT-4 in 30 out of 32 benchmarks

Developers and enterprise customers will be able to access Gemini Pro through Google Generative AI Studio or Vertex AI… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dec 6, 2023

MCDONALD’S $MCD AIMS TO OPEN NEARLY 9,000 RESTAURANTS, ADD 100 MILLION LOYALTY MEMBERS BY 2027

McDonald’s just announced its new goals ahead of its investor day to open more than 8,800 locations and add 100 million members to its loyalty program by 2027.

For 2024, McDonald’s is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dec 6, 2023

Tesla $TSLA has started offering fully-loaded Cybertruck ‘Foundation Series’ for $120,000 to customers in the 🇺🇸 - Electrek

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Dec 6, 2023

MASTERCARD $MA JUST INCREASED ITS DIVIDEND AND ANNOUNCED A NEW SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAM

Mastercard just declared a quarterly dividend of $0.66 per share up 16% from its previous dividend of $0.57 per share

Mastercard also just announced a new $11B share buyback program

— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
Dec 5, 2023

Spotify $SPOT is preparing to lay off 17% of its workforce or about 1,500 employees - WSJ

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Dec 4, 2023

Alaska Airlines $ALK just announced it has agreed to acquire Hawaiian Airlines $HA for $18 per share in cash

Hawaiian Airlines closed trading on Friday at $4.85 per share

— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
Dec 3, 2023

ROBINHOOD $HOOD - NOVEMBER CRYPTO NOTIONAL TRADING VOLUMES WERE ~75% ABOVE OCTOBER 2023 LEVELS

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Dec 4, 2023

ELI LILLY'S OBESITY DRUG NOW AVAILABLE IN 🇺🇸 PHARMACIES

Eli Lilly's $LLY recently approved obesity treatment Zepbound is now available in US pharmacies and could cost customers whose health insurance does not cover the drug $550 a month - Reuters

— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
Dec 5, 2023