Tencent Returns to the Dollar Bond Market
Tencent Holdings has hired a group of investment banks to sell dollar-denominated benchmark bonds and offshore renminbi bonds, its first return to the dollar market since 2021, according to people…
Uber, Wayve and Waymo Square Off in London
Uber riders in Britain can now sign up for a waitlist to hail robotaxis made by Wayve, the London-born autonomous driving company, according to TechCrunch, and the opening of that…
Damodaran Declines SpaceX IPO, Calling Price Too High
The most famous valuation professor in America was asked on live television whether he would buy SpaceX at its initial public offering price, and he did not hesitate. “No,” Aswath…
Browser Makers Demand Microsoft End Its Edge Push, Reviving a Decades-Old Fight
The letter is addressed to Satya Nadella, and its title leaves little room for interpretation: “Dear Microsoft, Enough is Enough.” Published June 3 by the Browser Choice Alliance, a coalition…
Supabase Doubles Valuation to $10 Billion in Eight Months
Paul Copplestone pitched the idea in 2014 and was turned down. He tried again in 2020, after hitting scaling limits with the databases at another startup, and built the tooling…
SpaceX Draws $250 Billion in Orders Ahead of Record IPO
The order book kept swelling through the week, and by Tuesday it had passed $250 billion. SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company founded by Elon Musk, plans to raise about…
Apple Puts a $1.4 Trillion Number on Its App Economy
Tim Cook let the numbers do the talking, and the figure he wants the world to remember is $1.4 trillion. In a statement released on Apple’s website, the company said…
Lululemon Cuts Its Outlook as Brand Noise Bites
The apology was not quite an apology, but it was close. “We experienced spikes of negative commentary in the media and on social channels with regard to our brand, which…
Tencent Keeps Buying as Southbound Funds Back SMIC
The filing landed with the routine precision of a machine that never stops. On June 5, Tencent Holdings reported to the Hong Kong exchange that it had bought back 1,092,000…
Jamie Dimon Takes SpaceX’s IPO Pitch to JPMorgan’s Richest Clients
Jamie Dimon will personally pitch SpaceX’s initial public offering to the bank’s wealthiest clients this month, a roadshow built around the lender’s branch network rather than the usual circuit of…