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23/2/2024

Nike faces weak demand, retailers cut prices

Nike is one of the world's leading sellers of sports shoes, accounting for 68% of the company's total sales in 2023 [1]. For years, the brand maintained high popularity among customers, which it achieved thanks to marketing in cooperation with various top athletes or celebrities. But the latest data found that this year, almost half of Nike products are discounted at several major retailers.

13/2/2024

ASML: An inconspicuous but important Dutch company experiences its historic growth

Almost every electronic device we use every day has a microchip embedded in it. Highly specialised machines are needed to manufacture these components and one of the main suppliers is ASML in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. This is one of the most important companies in the production of process equipment for the semiconductor industry. In 2023, this company exceeded analysts' expectations not only in terms of sales but also in terms of profit, and in February 2024 its market value reached USD 372.52 billion.[1][2]

9/2/2024

MiCA: A new era of cryptocurrencies in Europe

MiCA (Markets in Crypto Assets) regulation is a revolutionary step for European cryptoassets markets, bringing new opportunities and better security to this dynamic and fast-growing sector. For the European Union, it is a ticket to a new era in the digital financial world. This 150-page legal framework builds on similar EU rules for securities trading. Any company wishing to offer cryptocurrency asset services in the EU will have to obtain authorisation from one of the 27 national EU financial regulators.1

31/1/2024

Samsung has traded Google for its competition. Galaxy S24 will have Baidu's AI under the casing

Chinese tech giant Baidu will partner with Samsung to integrate the functionality of its chatbot Ernie into Galaxy S24 smartphones in China. This report comes as a big surprise as most of Samsung's smartphones in other countries use technology from the rival company Google, which is under Alphabet's umbrella.

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