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Shein IPO Flops As Fast-Fashion Empire Sees Growth Slowdown
Shein IPO Flops As Fast-Fashion Empire Sees Growth Slowdown
Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein made its long-awaited Hong Kong market debut Tuesday, only to fall flat in what can only be viewed as a disappointing IPO plagued by investor concerns about slowing growth, rising costs and an increasingly challenged international business model.
"Shein's many challenges are well known to investors and likely behind the sharp share-price fall on IPO day," Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privée, wrote in a note. "Growth is slowing and losses rising amid stiff competition...
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Jun 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Hormuz Normalization Begins As Saudi Supertankers Exit And A Flood Of Persian Gulf Oil Heads For Asia
Hormuz Normalization Begins As Saudi Supertankers Exit And A Flood Of Persian Gulf Oil Heads For Asia
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Kuwait Petroleum CEO says Energy Production to Ramp in a Week
Iran Media says Southern Ports Traffic Begins Normalizing
Hormuz Normalization Begins As Saudi Supertankers Exit And A Flood Of Persian Gulf Oil Heads For Asia
Searching For Hormuz Normalization Signals
Attention on institutional desks is shifting toward normalization signals at the Strait of Hormuz maritime chokepoint.
At the time of writing at least 14 transits through the Strait of Hormuz were recorded on Thursday June 18 -...
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May 29, 2026 / Tyler Durden
SpaceX Reportedly Lowers IPO Valuation Target
SpaceX Reportedly Lowers IPO Valuation Target
SpaceX is targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion in its upcoming initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. This is below an earlier goal of more than $2 trillion.
In practice, the initial IPO valuation target is a marketing range, not a final number. Therefore, any valuation shifts ahead of the trading day would not be unusual. This suggests advisers are calibrating the deal to what investors are willing to absorb, especially given the massive proposed raise of...
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Aug 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Why On Earth Are They Doing This?
Why On Earth Are They Doing This?
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
The Spanish Red Cross is treating the military-age men who swam around the border fence and stormed Ceuta like victims of an earthquake.
Volunteers in red vests are lining up on the sand at Playa del Trampolín, handing out bread, milk, biscuits, water, cans of tuna and pastries to the thousands who remain after last week's deliberate mass invasion from Morocco. Police stand by to keep the queues orderly while the same people who refused to go home...
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