Daily US Stock Market News Briefing (Tuesday, August 27)
Important News
- The U.S. Department of Energy: will allocate USD 521 million to continue building the national electric vehicle charging network.
Individual Stock News
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Trip.com (TCOM.O) reported Q2 revenue of RMB 12.79 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14%, analysts expected RMB 12.75 billion; net profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 3.833 billion, a year-on-year increase of 507.45%.
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Several investment banks have lowered the target price for Pinduoduo (PDD.O).
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Paramount Global (PARA.O) Special Committee: The transaction with Skydance has completed the "inquiry" stage, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2025, bringing immediate value.
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Eli Lilly (LLY.N) has started selling the "weight loss miracle drug" Zepbound to patients in single-use vials for a minimum of USD 399 per month.
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Sanofi (SNY.O) has decided to temporarily suspend the supply and sales of flu vaccines in China.
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Sony (SONY.N) will raise the selling price of PS5 in Japan by 13,000 yen starting September 2.
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The Biden-Harris administration announced a preliminary agreement with HP Inc. (HPQ.N) to support the development and commercialization of cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
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XPeng Inc. (XPEV.N) is seeking to produce electric vehicles in Europe and plans to build a large data center.
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JD.com (JD.O): will implement a stock repurchase plan of up to USD 5 billion within the next 36 months.
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Google (GOOG.O) has confirmed that it will launch the Android 15 update for Pixel devices in October