It pushes the companys valuation to 10 billion. We will hear from the ceo of aurora. With dizzying market rallies, ipos, couldnt we all use some calm . Of all talk to the coceo , valuation has doubled. U. S. Stocks climbing twoway record amid stimulus discussions. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york to break it all down. Walk us through the day. Abigail it turned out to be a bullish reversal at the end of the day. There were pretty steep declines for the major averages. Today, the vaccine was launched. Pfizers vaccine started distribution in the u. K. There were record highs by the afternoon, and nasdaq at another record high. Chewy. Com and gamestop. They put up a pretty strong quarter, they beat estimates. The sixth sales beat in a row. I am not sure what is weighing on them as of this moment. Active customers increased, including myself. The website allows you to order for your pets. The results certainly proved it. Gamestop put up a disappointing quarter, missing sales. The s
Worked so much in the first couple of quarters. We are also expecting our investment ipo tomorrow. It is a very, very busy year for us, all in all. You are looking at health care opportunities. Everybody else seems to be doing that. That is why valuations have skyrocketed. What are you finding and what are you concentrating on within that space in particular . Nisa it is interesting. Board. St across the is, is really interesting when we invested in the first company, the first Vaccine Company to list in hong kong. One of our Companies Went out in hong kong, the first device company. Venus, thepo of whole medical device sector has become hot this year. Seen 25 areas we have Companies Getting funded in china alone. I am not sure about the competition. On the discovery side there is also excitement. Because valuation has grown so much, we would still stay away from very expensive deals. Historically, we have been investing 75 at least. Systematically we have been doing the same thing as
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We start with an Epic Battle Raging On Wall Street that has seen small time Amateur Investors take on the titans of the hedge fund industry. Its all centred around this company the struggling us computer Game Retailer gamestop. It shares have soared at much as 1700 after a group of private investors used online forums to drive up their price. And that has raised serious questions about how Financial Markets operate in the era of social media, as paul hawkins reports. This is a story of david versus goliath, of the amateur online investor beating the Big Traditional Wall Street traders. At the centre of it, gamestop, a struggling American Retailer Selling dvds and video games. A number of the Wall Street Traders picked up on its problems and bet money that its share price would fall, known in the business as shorting a stock. Only for this particular stock, Amateur Investors swapping tips on the social media site reddit saw it as an opportunity. They bought shares, which actually drove
We will hear from the head of west coast listings jeff thompson. Lucids desert oasis just finished a listing in san francisco. We will get a picture of supply and demand with first, u. S. Stocks started the month off by hitting records on stimulus talks and covert progress. Salesforce says it will proceed with plans to buy lack for 7. 7 billion to buy slack for 7. 7 billion. Slack prices up, salesforce had dropped. What do we see after hours . Abigail both shares are down. The idea that salesforce. Com would buy slack, now lo and behold, that is happening. As you mentioned, 27 point 7 billion in cash and stock. Some are wondering about the cash piece. Salesforce. Com does have a lot of cash, so using it here for this deal, and i think the bigger thing to take a look at is the fact that salesforce. Coms Ceo Marc Benioff has made more than 60 acquisitions, as you know, in his 21 years, making salesforce. Com the conglomerate of all these different pieces. Now they have this Communication