Individual Stock News:
1. Boeing (BA.N) wins $8.6 billion contract for F-15 fighter jets from Israel.
2. Alibaba (BABA.N), Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and others are reportedly participating in MiniMax's $600 million IPO.
3. Novo Nordisk (NVO.N) and Eli Lilly (LLY.N) have significantly reduced the prices of their weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro in China, respectively.
4. Reports indicate that TSMC (TSM.N)'s Arizona plant will begin 3nm mass production ahead of schedule in 2027, a year earlier than originally planned.
5. Samsung Electronics plans to achieve a monthly HBM wafer capacity of 250,000 wafers by the end of 2026, a 47% increase from the current 170,000 wafers per month.
6. Meta Platforms (META.O) is about to complete its acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus in a deal exceeding $2 billion. 7. Strategy (MSTR.O) disclosed on Monday that it purchased 1,229 bitcoins for a total of $108.8 million between December 22nd and 28th.
8. Tesla (TSLA.O) released analyst delivery forecasts on its website: analysts on average expect the company to deliver 422,850 vehicles in the fourth quarter, a 15% decrease compared to the same period last year.
9. A joint venture between Chilean metals giant Codelco and lithium supplier SQM Chemicals (SQM.N) aims to become the world's largest producer of battery metals.
