Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates Circle K, has proposed the acquisition of Seven & i Holdings (owner of 7-Eleven). This would be the largest foreign acquisition of a Japanese company in history. The market capitalization of Seven & i HD is approximately 31 billion dollars. $Seven & i Holdings (3382.JP)$

Withdrawal pressure on Mr. Biden is further increasing, and reports that Obama also expressed concern
2024/7/19 3:35 JST (some excerpts)
Biden campaign says it is not considering a scenario other than continuing the election campaign
It is certain that there is an increase in the view that withdrawal is in the national interest - leading democratic legislators
The pressure to withdraw from the election campaign against President Biden, who is aiming for re-election in the US presidential election in November, has become even more clear.
　　Mr. Biden's advisor told reporters on the 18th that although he was infected with the novel coronavirus, the president was “doing well.” However, demands for withdrawal from Democratic Party executive members have been further strengthened, and Mr. Biden's election campaign is in the worst situation since the debate, which had disastrous performances. Discussions are swirling in the US political world over whether Mr. Biden will withdraw and when and how to do it in the case of withdrawal ahead of the acceptance speech of former President Trump, who received the Republican Party's presidential nomination.

Apple rose last night 🍎 Apple clearly has a clean and strong chart among US stocks.
I cut the alphabet and NVIDIA last night
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I bought more. Apple and Eli Lilly are the top two in my portfolio right now, and I'm happy that these have continued to rise ☺️
Today's Japanese market was the next business day after the drastic decline, but it has risen for the time being ☺️ The Nikkei Average index is slow, but some stocks have exploded. Defense stocks and Apple suppliers were particularly strong today.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the like sank last week, but it was a sharp rise today, probably in response to Mr. Trump's incident ⤴️ I think this will start a sharp rise again, and the chart is more beautiful this time $IHI (7013.JP)$ I bought it.
Also, since Apple rose last night, Taiyo Yuden, Murata...