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None of the three reports provides a breakdown showing how the €2.4 billion will be divided between the two programs.\\n\\n## Demand and pricing\\n\\nElvara chief financial officer Marta Ruane said the order book included 214 institutional accounts. The disclosed account count gives a specific measure of participation alongside the total order volume of more than €7 billion. Orders therefore exceeded the €2.4 billion issue size reported by Wire Alpha and Agence Gamma. The 12-year bond's final spread of 98 basis points was tighter than Wire Alpha's reported initial guidance of 115 basis points. MarketPulse said the deal priced inside guidance, without providing either spread figure.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Conflicting issue-size report\\n\\nOne source gives a substantially different figure for the size of the transaction. MarketPulse Daily reports that Elvara issued a €24 billion green bond, while Wire Alpha and Agence Gamma each report €2.4 billion. 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The main peloton finished some 13 minutes later, reshaping the overall standings.", "summary": "## Breakaway decides stage four\n\nMads Pedersen won stage four of the Tour de France on Tuesday, beating his breakaway rivals in a sprint at Foix after 181.9 km and four classified climbs. A group of 34 riders escaped early and built an advantage that the general classification contenders chose not to close. The front group was reduced on the Category Two Col de Montségur, where Pedersen, Quinn Simmons and Torstein Træen joined the leading riders. Lidl-Trek placed Pedersen, Simmons and Mathias Vacek in the final group of 10, allowing Vacek to control the approach to the finish. Kévin Vauquelin led through the final corner, but Pedersen passed him to win ahead of Simmons, with Raul Garcia Pierna third. It was Pedersen's third Tour stage victory and 12th Grand Tour win, and he also took the green points jersey from Tadej Pogacar.\n\nPedersen credited his teammates for delivering the result.\n\nThis was I would say a masterpiece of teamwork.\n\n\n\n## Træen moves into yellow\n\nTræen finished eighth and took the yellow jersey after the peloton crossed the line some 13 minutes behind the breakaway. He had started the day five minutes behind Pogacar, while Sean Quinn was his closest rival for the race lead. Træen ended the stage 28 seconds ahead of Quinn and 7 minutes 53 seconds ahead of Pogacar. The 30-year-old Norwegian was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2022 after abnormalities appeared in a routine anti-doping test, underwent surgery and returned to racing four months later. He became the third Norwegian to wear yellow after Thor Hushovd and Alexander Kristoff.\n\nTræen described the result as a childhood ambition fulfilled.\n\nIt is, of course, a bit of a boyhood dream coming true. A good day at work, as one would say.\n\n\n\n## Organisers respond to extreme heat\n\nTemperatures reached above 40°C as riders crossed the Aude and Ariege regions, repeatedly pouring water over themselves and using ice to stay cool. The UCI and Tour organiser ASO relaxed rider-feeding provisions because extreme heat was also forecast for the following stages. Extra water bottles were supplied, and more drinks motorcycles than usual operated on a trial basis. Pogacar said he began the stage with a terrible headache, but his condition improved after riders repeatedly sprayed one another with water. Pascal Chanteur of the professional riders union said the additional provisions did not resolve the underlying problem.\n\nIt's not fixing the problem.\n\n## Pogacar accepts reduced duties\n\nPogacar had taken yellow on Monday but said losing it would reduce his post-stage podium and media commitments. He estimated that avoiding those duties would give him an additional hour and a half for recovery. The Slovenian remained level on time with Jonas Vingegaard, while Træen held nearly eight minutes over both riders. Pogacar said reclaiming yellow remained a goal, but acknowledged that Uno-X Mobility had gained a substantial advantage and that Træen was a capable climber. 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Compared with Pulse's May 27-31 measurement, New Democracy rose from 25.5% and ELAS from 13.5%, reducing the gap to 11 percentage points. After undecided respondents were allocated, New Democracy reached 30%, ELAS 17% and PASOK 11.5%, leaving the governing party with a 13-point lead. Most accounts put Hope for Democracy at 8.5% in the estimate, although one article reported 8%, followed by Greek Solution on 8% and the Communist Party of Greece on 7%. The voting-intention results also placed PASOK at 10%, Hope for Democracy at 7.5%, Greek Solution at 7%, the Communist Party at 6% and Course of Freedom at 4.5%.\n\n\n\n## MRB records a narrower advantage\n\nA separate MRB poll released on July 9 also put New Democracy first and ELAS second. In voting intention, MRB recorded 23.8% for New Democracy, 14.4% for ELAS and 9.1% for PASOK, while the corresponding vote estimates were 29%, 17.6% and 11.1%. That gave New Democracy an 11.4-point estimated lead over ELAS, compared with Pulse's 13 points. MRB measured Hope for Democracy at 8.8%, Greek Solution at 8.7%, the Communist Party at 7.3%, Course of Freedom at 5%, Voice of Reason at 3.3% and MeRA25 at 3%. Its unallocated vote totaled 18%, comprising 12.7% who were undecided or did not answer and 5.3% choosing a blank ballot, invalid ballot or abstention.\n\n\n\n## Voters prefer an earlier ballot\n\nPulse found that 46% wanted national elections during 2026, while 33% preferred 2027 and 16% had no particular preference. Among New Democracy voters, 72% favored completing the four-year term and holding the election in 2027, while 78% of ELAS voters preferred a 2026 ballot. On the form of the next government, 45% favored single-party rule and 38% preferred a coalition; another 11% saw no difference and 6% offered no opinion. If no party secured a majority, 52% of New Democracy voters preferred PASOK as a partner, while PASOK voters split between New Democracy on 20% and ELAS on 18%; 32% wanted no partner. Among ELAS voters, 45% chose PASOK, 11% selected Maria Karystianou's party and 9% chose Course of Freedom.\n\n\n\n## Living costs dominate concerns\n\nLiving costs were identified by 89% of Pulse respondents as either the most important issue (46%) or one of the most important issues (43%); only 6% gave the subject medium or low importance. Relations between Greece and Turkey worried 56% either greatly or considerably, while 22% reported moderate concern and 17% little or none. Kyriakos Mitsotakis led the preferred-prime-minister measure with 30%, ahead of Alexis Tsipras on 17%; the response \"none/other\" also received 17%. A potential party associated with Antonis Samaras attracted possible support from 13%, up from 11%, including 5% who said they would definitely vote for it, while 79% said they probably or definitely would not. 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Energy costs and limited contract renewals are weighing on purchasing power.\",\n \"summary\": \"## More jobs, but a persistent employment gap\\n\\nThe OECD Employment Outlook 2026 presented a divided picture of Italy's labour market, with employment reaching its highest recorded rate while workers continued to lose purchasing power. The report was presented in Paris by Secretary-General Matthias Cormann and acting director Mark Pearson. Italy's employment rate reached 62.8% in the first quarter of 2026 after particularly strong growth over the previous two years. It nevertheless remained 9.3 percentage points below the OECD average of 72.1%, placing Italy among the lowest-ranked members covered by the report. The OECD said the difference was particularly pronounced among women and young people, while Italian employment growth had slowed substantially over the past year.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Unemployment reaches 5%\\n\\nItaly's unemployment rate fell to 5% in May 2026, its lowest recorded level and close to the OECD average of 4.9%. The national rate declined by 1.5 percentage points over the preceding 12 months. That movement contrasted with the broader OECD area, where unemployment increased in about two-thirds of member countries. Italy was part of a smaller Southern European group, alongside Greece, Portugal and Spain, where unemployment continued to decline. The employment and unemployment figures therefore moved favourably, even as the overall participation gap with the OECD remained wide.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Purchasing power remains below 2021\\n\\nReal wages rose by 1.3% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, mainly because inflation was low early in the year. Average real-wage growth across the OECD was higher at 1.7% over the same period. Despite Italy's quarterly improvement, real wages remained 6.1% below their first-quarter 2021 level, the widest gap in the comparison of large OECD economies. OECD economist Andrea Garnero said that loss was equivalent to roughly 20 days of unpaid work compared with 2021 when measured at equal purchasing power. He linked Italy's vulnerability to nominal wage levels that offer little protection when inflation increases.\\n\\nInflation in Italy is at levels similar to other countries; the point is that nominal wages here are lower, so as soon as the tide of inflation rises, wages end up underwater.\\n\\n## Energy prices cloud the wage outlook\\n\\nThe OECD forecasts that Italian real wages will fall by 0.9% in 2026 before increasing by only 0.2% in 2027. It estimated inflation at 3% in 2026 and 2.2% in 2027, compared with nominal wage growth of about 2.2% and 2.4%, respectively. The forecast assumes that repercussions from the Middle East conflict remain limited to a relatively short period. The organisation cited higher energy prices, persistent labour-market slack and the limited number of collective contract renewals planned for 2027. Nearly one in five private-sector employees is also covered by a non-compete clause, according to the reporting on the OECD findings.\\n\\n\\n\\nRegional differences remain substantial. Unemployment in the weakest fifth of Italian provinces is more than four times the rate in the strongest fifth, compared with an OECD average ratio of about two. 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The OECD said the difference was particularly pronounced among women and young people, while Italian employment growth had slowed substantially over the past year.\n\n\n\n## Unemployment reaches 5%\n\nItaly's unemployment rate fell to 5% in May 2026, its lowest recorded level and close to the OECD average of 4.9%. The national rate declined by 1.5 percentage points over the preceding 12 months. That movement contrasted with the broader OECD area, where unemployment increased in about two-thirds of member countries. Italy was part of a smaller Southern European group, alongside Greece, Portugal and Spain, where unemployment continued to decline. The employment and unemployment figures therefore moved favourably, even as the overall participation gap with the OECD remained wide.\n\n\n\n## Purchasing power remains below 2021\n\nReal wages rose by 1.3% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, mainly because inflation was low early in the year. 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The forecast assumes that repercussions from the Middle East conflict remain limited to a relatively short period. The organisation cited higher energy prices, persistent labour-market slack and the limited number of collective contract renewals planned for 2027. Nearly one in five private-sector employees is also covered by a non-compete clause, according to the reporting on the OECD findings.\n\n\n\nRegional differences remain substantial. Unemployment in the weakest fifth of Italian provinces is more than four times the rate in the strongest fifth, compared with an OECD average ratio of about two. 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Since Monday, Iran has attacked three ships in Omani coastal waters, including a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker and a Saudi oil tanker. The ships were using a route along Oman's coast that the US military had sought to establish independently, while Tehran insists that vessels coordinate passage with Iranian authorities and travel along Iran's coast. Washington called the tanker attacks a truce violation, restored sanctions on Iranian oil and began another series of strikes before Donald Trump declared the preliminary agreement \\\"over\\\" on Wednesday.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Strikes and retaliation\\n\\nUS Central Command said an initial wave hit more than 80 targets, including air-defence systems, command networks, coastal radar positions, anti-ship missile capabilities and more than 60 small Revolutionary Guard boats. Trump said the Pentagon also attacked Iran's principal oil terminal on Kharg Island, while Tehran reported that eight Iranian military personnel were killed. Iran said it targeted 85 US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait with missiles and drones, and later reported attacks on US sites in Qatar and Jordan. The Revolutionary Guards said they fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Azraq airbase; Jordan reported intercepting eight projectiles, with no deaths or extensive damage, while a US official reported no US casualties or significant base damage.\\n\\nIranian deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian said a military facility near Bushehr was struck, although a US defence official denied that American forces had conducted a new attack in Iran during the preceding hours. Iran's Health Ministry said at least 14 people were killed and 78 injured in US attacks over two days. The United States and Israel began the war with joint attacks on Iran at the end of February, according to Berliner Zeitung.\\n\\n## Shipping retreats from the strait\\n\\nBy 16:30 CEST on Thursday, six cargo ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, compared with 21 on Wednesday. Reuters initially recorded only two tankers making the passage on Thursday: the sanctioned Iranian supertanker Berg 1 and the Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker Well Sail. Traffic had recovered to an average of 40 ships per day during the preceding two weeks, still below the prewar level of 125 to 140 daily vessels. Before the open conflict, about one-fifth of global oil supplies travelled through the strait.\\n\\n\\n\\nSome vessels switched off their AIS transponders, abandoned voyages or waited outside the danger area, while several war-risk insurers advised shipping companies to reconsider planned passages. The Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat remained disabled off Oman after being struck on Tuesday evening; its engine-room fire was extinguished and its cargo was reported safe. Rystad Energy's Jorge Leon described how operators were responding.\\n\\nTanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has essentially come to a standstill, which at the moment says more about the perception of risk than any statement from Washington or Tehran.\\n\\n## Oil prices and political pressure\\n\\nGlobal oil prices rose about 7% as the attacks resumed on Wednesday. Brent and WTI had gained about 8% since Tuesday, but both fell 0.5% on Thursday to $77.53 and $73.15 per barrel respectively. The renewed fighting overshadowed the NATO summit Trump attended in Ankara, where he said he did not expect the full war to resume and predicted that the latest exchange would end quickly.\\n\\n\\n\\nA June 23 Reuters/Ipsos poll put Trump's approval rating at 34%, the lowest level of his second term, ahead of the November US midterm elections. Reuters reported that the war had killed thousands and caused economic pain at home. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu viewed Trump's halt to negotiations as an opportunity as Israel prepared further attacks on Iran, according to Süddeutsche Zeitung.\\n\\nFormer Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller said Trump's available choices remained limited.\\n\\nTrump has put himself in a box. 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Since Monday, Iran has attacked three ships in Omani coastal waters, including a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker and a Saudi oil tanker. The ships were using a route along Oman's coast that the US military had sought to establish independently, while Tehran insists that vessels coordinate passage with Iranian authorities and travel along Iran's coast. Washington called the tanker attacks a truce violation, restored sanctions on Iranian oil and began another series of strikes before Donald Trump declared the preliminary agreement \"over\" on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n## Strikes and retaliation\n\nUS Central Command said an initial wave hit more than 80 targets, including air-defence systems, command networks, coastal radar positions, anti-ship missile capabilities and more than 60 small Revolutionary Guard boats. Trump said the Pentagon also attacked Iran's principal oil terminal on Kharg Island, while Tehran reported that eight Iranian military personnel were killed. Iran said it targeted 85 US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait with missiles and drones, and later reported attacks on US sites in Qatar and Jordan. The Revolutionary Guards said they fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Azraq airbase; Jordan reported intercepting eight projectiles, with no deaths or extensive damage, while a US official reported no US casualties or significant base damage.\n\nIranian deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian said a military facility near Bushehr was struck, although a US defence official denied that American forces had conducted a new attack in Iran during the preceding hours. Iran's Health Ministry said at least 14 people were killed and 78 injured in US attacks over two days. The United States and Israel began the war with joint attacks on Iran at the end of February, according to Berliner Zeitung.\n\n## Shipping retreats from the strait\n\nBy 16:30 CEST on Thursday, six cargo ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, compared with 21 on Wednesday. Reuters initially recorded only two tankers making the passage on Thursday: the sanctioned Iranian supertanker Berg 1 and the Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker Well Sail. Traffic had recovered to an average of 40 ships per day during the preceding two weeks, still below the prewar level of 125 to 140 daily vessels. Before the open conflict, about one-fifth of global oil supplies travelled through the strait.\n\n\n\nSome vessels switched off their AIS transponders, abandoned voyages or waited outside the danger area, while several war-risk insurers advised shipping companies to reconsider planned passages. The Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat remained disabled off Oman after being struck on Tuesday evening; its engine-room fire was extinguished and its cargo was reported safe. Rystad Energy's Jorge Leon described how operators were responding.\n\nTanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has essentially come to a standstill, which at the moment says more about the perception of risk than any statement from Washington or Tehran.\n\n## Oil prices and political pressure\n\nGlobal oil prices rose about 7% as the attacks resumed on Wednesday. Brent and WTI had gained about 8% since Tuesday, but both fell 0.5% on Thursday to $77.53 and $73.15 per barrel respectively. The renewed fighting overshadowed the NATO summit Trump attended in Ankara, where he said he did not expect the full war to resume and predicted that the latest exchange would end quickly.\n\n\n\nA June 23 Reuters/Ipsos poll put Trump's approval rating at 34%, the lowest level of his second term, ahead of the November US midterm elections. Reuters reported that the war had killed thousands and caused economic pain at home. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu viewed Trump's halt to negotiations as an opportunity as Israel prepared further attacks on Iran, according to Süddeutsche Zeitung.\n\nFormer Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller said Trump's available choices remained limited.\n\nTrump has put himself in a box. 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Production was suspended, while officials began safety and criminal reviews.\",\n \"summary\": \"## Collapse and rescue\\n\\nA ventilation tunnel at the Kirovska copper mine collapsed early on Wednesday, July 8, while 34 workers were underground, according to operator Norgran and regional authorities. Norgran said 12 miners were killed and eight injured in the collapse. Rescue teams recovered the last of the bodies by mid-afternoon on Wednesday, the company said. Agence Gamma also reported at least 12 deaths, citing Norgran, and said several injured workers were in serious condition. Regional authorities warned at that stage that the death toll could increase. Operations across the site were suspended pending an investigation.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Toll rises overnight\\n\\nOn Thursday morning, July 9, regional governor Anders Velmi said the death toll had risen to 15. Velmi told reporters that three of the injured miners had died in hospital overnight, after recovery teams completed their work on Wednesday. Norgran had not confirmed the higher total when Regional Courier published its report. The available accounts therefore gave two attributed figures: 12 deaths in the operator's statement and 15 in the governor's later update. Both accounts said 34 miners had been underground when the ventilation tunnel failed. Families of the victims gathered at the mine on Thursday as the official response moved toward safety and criminal investigations.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Certification and inquiries\\n\\nThe state mining inspectorate said the section of tunnel that collapsed had passed a safety review in March. Velmi said an independent commission would examine the mine's safety certification following the accident. The regional prosecutor's office separately opened a criminal negligence inquiry, according to Regional Courier and Agence Gamma. The reports did not identify a suspected cause for the tunnel failure or name any person as a suspect. They also did not report that charges had been filed against an individual or the operator. Norgran said the site's operations would remain suspended pending an investigation, but no timetable for completing that work was provided.\\n\\n## Production halted and shares fall\\n\\nThe Kirovska site produces about 60,000 tonnes of copper concentrate annually, according to Wire Alpha and Agence Gamma. Production stopped after the collapse, although the reports did not provide an estimate of lost output or say how long the suspension could last. Norgran shares closed 4.2% lower, Wire Alpha reported. None of the other sources in the cluster provided a share-price movement, closing price or estimate of the accident's financial cost. The mine operator's investigation will proceed alongside the independent review of safety certification and the prosecutor's criminal negligence inquiry. 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Velmi told reporters that three of the injured miners had died in hospital overnight, after recovery teams completed their work on Wednesday. Norgran had not confirmed the higher total when Regional Courier published its report. The available accounts therefore gave two attributed figures: 12 deaths in the operator's statement and 15 in the governor's later update. Both accounts said 34 miners had been underground when the ventilation tunnel failed. Families of the victims gathered at the mine on Thursday as the official response moved toward safety and criminal investigations.\n\n\n\n## Certification and inquiries\n\nThe state mining inspectorate said the section of tunnel that collapsed had passed a safety review in March. Velmi said an independent commission would examine the mine's safety certification following the accident. The regional prosecutor's office separately opened a criminal negligence inquiry, according to Regional Courier and Agence Gamma. 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The airline had rejected Castlelake's first four proposals, describing the third as highly opportunistic because easyJet's share price had been temporarily depressed by the situation in the Middle East. On June 25, easyJet opened the door to further talks by granting Castlelake access to limited commercial information in pursuit of a better proposal. Castlelake later received access to easyJet's books after improving its bid to £5.5 billion. Corporate finance professor Peter Roosenboom had told de Volkskrant this week that a relatively low offer could attract another bidder.\n\nIf the offer really is too low, we may also see other bidders being stirred into action.\n\n\n\n## Apollo's plans for easyJet\n\nApollo said it sees growth opportunities in further fleet modernisation and increased fleet capacity. Its plans also cover higher revenue from ancillary services, including paid baggage, seat selection and loyalty programmes, as well as expanding easyJet Holidays. Apollo said it does not intend to split up the airline and wants to retain the current management and other important personnel. It presented access to additional capital and longer-term business planning as ways to accelerate management's operational and commercial ambitions. The fund placed staff retention within that approach.\n\nIdentifying and retaining key figures within the easyJet group will be of the utmost importance.\n\n## Ownership rules and next steps\n\nAs US firms, Apollo and Castlelake cannot obtain full control under the British and European rules described by La Vanguardia, which require majority ownership and control to remain with regional citizens. EasyJet had previously sought more clarity about Castlelake's proposed ownership structure because the airline must remain majority European-owned. The family of founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is currently easyJet's largest shareholder, with a 15.3% stake. 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The Guardian also reported that the France captain sent another opportunity over the bar. Mbappé recovered in the 60th minute, curling a shot from just inside the penalty area into the net for his eighth goal of the tournament, drawing level with Lionel Messi in the 2026 scoring standings. Six minutes later, Dembélé struck a low shot that went in despite Bounou getting a hand to the ball. France 24 also credited Mbappé with providing the pass for his close friend Dembélé.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n## France control the contest\\n\\nBlick described France's performance in terms of authority, crediting the forwards as well as a midfield and defence that stopped Moroccan attacks before they developed. El País wrote that the physical and technical power of Didier Deschamps's team overcame Mohamed Ouahbi's Morocco, with France using greater experience, pace and strength near the penalty area. The BBC observed that France's scoring operation had initially appeared less effective during the first half, particularly after Mbappé's saved penalty. Canada's La Presse called France spectacular and Morocco overwhelmed, saying the North African side was never fully involved in the contest. France nevertheless needed the two second-half finishes to turn that control into a two-goal lead.\\n\\n## Players resist talk of being the best\\n\\nFrance's players welcomed a third consecutive World Cup semi-final appearance while insisting the team had not completed its work. Dembélé said it was his third straight semi-final since joining the national team, while Mbappé called qualification another important step for the group. The captain warned against treating France as the tournament's strongest side before it had won the trophy.\\n\\nI have been world champion and I have been runner-up. This team is neither world champion nor runner-up. 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The Financial Times said the stock had fallen roughly one-quarter over the previous fortnight but had moved by more than 5% in either direction on more than 50 occasions during the year.\\n\\nDilin Wu described what the demand meant for investors seeking direct exposure to memory chips.\\n\\nI think the SK Hynix ADR pricing says one thing very clearly: the AI memory cycle is real, the earnings are real, and global capital has simply never had easy access to the best pure memory play in the space.\\n\\n## AI memory expansion\\n\\nSK Hynix plans to use the proceeds for new factories and equipment serving demand for high-bandwidth memory, a component used with advanced processors in AI systems and data centres. The company is described as the leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory and a key supplier to Nvidia. Its first-quarter 2026 net income reached 40.34 trillion won ($26.6bn), according to Al Jazeera. Its South Korean market value passed $1tn in May, and Bloomberg described it as the country's second-most valuable listed company behind Samsung Electronics. SK Hynix and Samsung also pledged to invest $518bn with suppliers in two chipmaking facilities under a $1tn AI investment initiative announced by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in late June.\\n\\nProfessor Yoo Hoi-jun linked the company's position directly to demand for graphics processors and data centres.\\n\\nAs long as there is demand for graphic processors and AI data centers, SK Hynix is indispensable.\\n\\n## Valuation and Wall Street products\\n\\nThe listing is intended to give SK Hynix access to the US investor pool and may help reduce its valuation gap with Micron. RTE reported a 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio of 5.5 times for SK Hynix, compared with 6.66 times for Micron. 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Trading under the SKHY ticker was scheduled to begin on Nasdaq on July 10, with proceeds funding factories and equipment.", "summary": "## The offering\n\nSK Hynix priced 177.9 million American depositary shares at $149 each on Thursday, July 9, before their scheduled Nasdaq debut under the ticker SKHY on July 10. The shares are equivalent to 18 million ordinary shares, while the US securities give investors dollar-denominated access without requiring them to trade through an overseas exchange. Reuters, the BBC and Al Jazeera reported proceeds of about $26.5bn, while The Wall Street Journal gave a total of $26.51bn and the Financial Times described the sale as around $28bn. At $26.5bn, the transaction surpassed Alibaba's $25bn US debut in 2014 as the largest US listing by a foreign company, according to several sources. Al Jazeera ranked it second globally behind SpaceX's reported $85.7bn Nasdaq listing in June.\n\n\n\n\n\n## Investor demand and volatile trading\n\nDemand was more than seven times the number of shares available, according to people familiar with the offering cited by several outlets. Dilin Wu of Pepperstone said orders amounted to about $171bn for a deal targeted at $24bn to $28bn, despite selling pressure across semiconductor stocks and a circuit-breaker week for South Korea's Kospi. SK Hynix priced the US listing at a 2.7% premium to its average share price over the preceding three trading days. Its South Korean shares were up about 0.8% at 06:30 GMT on July 10, after rising about 229% since the start of 2026. The Financial Times said the stock had fallen roughly one-quarter over the previous fortnight but had moved by more than 5% in either direction on more than 50 occasions during the year.\n\nDilin Wu described what the demand meant for investors seeking direct exposure to memory chips.\n\nI think the SK Hynix ADR pricing says one thing very clearly: the AI memory cycle is real, the earnings are real, and global capital has simply never had easy access to the best pure memory play in the space.\n\n## AI memory expansion\n\nSK Hynix plans to use the proceeds for new factories and equipment serving demand for high-bandwidth memory, a component used with advanced processors in AI systems and data centres. The company is described as the leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory and a key supplier to Nvidia. Its first-quarter 2026 net income reached 40.34 trillion won ($26.6bn), according to Al Jazeera. Its South Korean market value passed $1tn in May, and Bloomberg described it as the country's second-most valuable listed company behind Samsung Electronics. SK Hynix and Samsung also pledged to invest $518bn with suppliers in two chipmaking facilities under a $1tn AI investment initiative announced by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in late June.\n\nProfessor Yoo Hoi-jun linked the company's position directly to demand for graphics processors and data centres.\n\nAs long as there is demand for graphic processors and AI data centers, SK Hynix is indispensable.\n\n## Valuation and Wall Street products\n\nThe listing is intended to give SK Hynix access to the US investor pool and may help reduce its valuation gap with Micron. RTE reported a 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio of 5.5 times for SK Hynix, compared with 6.66 times for Micron. 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Automotive industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer said the meeting communicated general objectives that were already largely known.\\n\\nNot a word about plants, not a word about employment.\\n\\n## Fewer models and lower capacity\\n\\nThe confirmed plan would gradually reduce Volkswagen's model range by up to 50%, concentrating production on the market segments it considers most attractive. The number of available equipment options would fall by up to 75%, a step intended to reduce manufacturing complexity and costs. NOS reported that the reductions would also apply to group brands including Audi, Skoda, Seat and Porsche. Annual production capacity would decline from approximately 10 million vehicles to approximately 9 million. Volkswagen has not specified which individual models would be removed or when each reduction would take effect.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nOliver Blume presented the programme as a company-led transformation.\\n\\nWith our future plan, we are entering the next phase of transformation under our own steam.\\n\\n## Reports point to deeper reductions\\n\\nMedia reports described measures beyond those confirmed by Volkswagen, including the possible elimination of up to 100,000 jobs worldwide. Manager Magazin reported that the total would be twice the previously planned reduction and could support €11 billion in savings by 2030. Separate reports identified Volkswagen plants in Hanover, Emden and Zwickau, plus Audi's Neckarsulm factory, as possible closure candidates. A Spiegel report relayed by ANSA placed Zwickau and Emden from 2031, Hanover in 2032 and Neckarsulm in 2034; the four sites employ 40,000 people. Blume has also spoken of up to 50,000 departures by 2030, leaving the scale and geographic distribution of any cuts unresolved.\\n\\n\\n\\nReports about the plants and jobs prompted protests across German sites, including at least 400 employees outside the Wolfsburg headquarters. IG Metall said it would resist large-scale job losses, while the works council continued to accept only voluntary departures and rejected plant closures. Works council chair Daniela Cavallo demanded that Blume address employees during Friday and respond clearly to the reports.\\n\\nEnough! The barrel has overflowed.\\n\\n## Sales pressure and the next disclosures\\n\\nVolkswagen is dealing with high domestic costs, excess capacity, Chinese competition, tighter regulation and United States import tariffs; its profit margin halved between 2021 and 2025. Group deliveries fell to 2.05 million vehicles in the first three months of 2026, down 4% from a year earlier, with weaker sales particularly in China and the United States. Porsche delivered 122,306 vehicles in the first half, compared with 146,391 a year earlier, a 16% decline and its lowest first-half level since 2020. Local media linked the reported 100,000 job reduction to the €11 billion savings objective for 2030, but Volkswagen did not confirm either measure after the board meeting. The group was scheduled to publish second-quarter delivery figures on July 10, while BMW was also due to report deliveries that day. 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