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35 Years Since the Beginning of Voucher Privatization in Czechoslovakia

18/10/2023

VW Group, one of the largest investors in Slovakia

The Bratislava plant of Volkswagen Slovakia is the only automobile plant in the world that produces vehicles of four brands under one roof. Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7, Audi Q8, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Cayenne Coupé, Volkswagen up!, fully electric Volkswagen e-up are produced here. and the compact SUV ŠKODA KAROQ. More than 99% of production is exported worldwide, while large SUVs are produced exclusively in Bratislava. The largest export markets in terms of sales are China, the USA and Germany. Investments in the Slovak plant in 2022 reached 345 million euros, and in total, in more than thirty years of Volkswagen in Slovakia, they have already exceeded the 5 billion euro mark.

12/10/2023

Rheinmetall Stock Up 65% since 2022

European defense stocks are up around 50% since the beginning of 2022 and are trading around 26% higher than one year ago. By comparison, the Stoxx 600 has risen by 9% over the past year. Actually, European defense stocks are doing so well that they are already on par with US tech benchmarks. One of the key actors on the European defense scene is the German defense company Rheinmetall AG.

5/10/2023

Moderna Poised to Make $ 10 Billion on Covid Booster

With the flu season upon us, the makers of Covid vaccines are back in the headlines as the world looks to contain the new virus mutations. Even before Covid, vaccine development is a very competitive game with companies battling it out with pricing and for market share. The same holds true for vaccines that are considered to be the best against Covid and its mutations, like Pfizer and Moderna.

26/9/2023

Amazon invests $4 billion in Antropic

With its investment of up to $4 billion in Antropic, developer of so-called generative A.I., Amazon is seeking a bigger footprint in A.I. development. The move, however, means that Amazon is only playing catch-up with its main rivals like Microsoft and Google. Google has also invested in Anthropic, while Microsoft has poured $13 billion into OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.While Microsoft and Google have also launched their own online chatbots in the months since OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT, Amazon has not followed suit. Instead, it has worked to provide various tools for companies and independent developers looking to build their own chatbots and other A.I. technologies.

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