Asia stocks set for mixed start
Asian stocks looked set for a mixed start Friday as Chinese technology shares struggle, contrasting with a rally in their U.S. counterparts that propelled Wall Street equities to a record high.
Futures for Japan and Australia were steady, while Hong Kong's slid. A tumble in the likes of e-commerce firm $阿里巴巴 (BABA.US)$ and video-streaming platform operator $哔哩哔哩 (BILI.US)$ hurt an index of U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. But megacap U.S. tech jumped, taking the $纳斯达克100指数 (.NDX.US)$ and $标普500指数 (.SPX.US)$ to new peaks, in a choppy session ahead of Friday's options expiration.
Salad chain Sweetgreen attains $6 billion value in debut
$Sweetgreen (SG.US)$ soared 77% in its trading debut after raising $364 million in an upsized initial public offering, more tripling its valuation from a funding round less than a year ago.
The IPO is the the 14th this year in the U.S. by food and beverage companies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Nine of those are trading below their offering price after listing at valuations that proved optimistic amid labor shortages, rising prices and a rocky earnings season for the sector.
Robinhood, Citadel win dismissal of meme-stock lawsuit
Citadel and $Robinhood (HOOD.US)$ won dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by retail investors who accused the firms of colluding during January's meme-stock frenzy.
U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga in Miami said that the plaintiffs failed to show there was any agreement between Citadel Securities and Robinhood to act in concert. In a Wednesday ruling, she dismissed the case without prejudice, giving the investor group until Dec. 20 to possibly file an amended complaint.
Ford, GM step into chip business
$福特汽车 (F.US)$ on Thursday morning outlined a strategic agreement with U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer $GlobalFoundries (GFS.US)$ to develop chips, a pact that could eventually lead to joint U.S. production.
$通用汽车 (GM.US)$ later said it was forging ties with some of the biggest names in semiconductors—including $高通 (QCOM.US)$ and $恩智浦 (NXPI.US)$—and has agreements in place to co-develop and manufacture computer chips.
Macy's hires adviser to study separation of e-commerce business
$梅西百货 (M.US)$ said it hired consulting firm AlixPartners to evaluate whether it makes sense to spin off its e-commerce operations, a move that comes amid pressure from an activist investor to separate the fast-growing digital segment from the department-store chain's physical stores.
Macy's announcement came as it posted another quarter of strong sales growth Thursday, with plans to launch a new online marketplace through its website for third-party sellers. Shares rose 21%.
Buffett-backed indian fintech giant Paytm stumbles in market debut
Shares in the owner of Indian mobile-payments company Paytm fell sharply on their first day of trading, after it sold about $2.5 billion of stock in the country's largest initial public offering.
Stock in One97 Communications Ltd. dropped 27% from its IPO price of 2,150 rupees, the equivalent of $28.95, to close Thursday at 1,564 rupees.
TikTok usage surpassed Instagram this year among kids aged 12 to 17, Forrester survey says
More Americans between the ages of 12 and 17 are using TikTok than Instagram on a weekly basis, according to survey findings published by Forrester on Thursday. $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ said last month that it was trying to appeal better to younger users with its services, including Instagram.
"We heard from Gen Z youth that they find TikTok to be funnier and more positive versus other social media platforms," said Mike Proulx, an analyst at Forrester.
Crypto 'hypergrowth' can beat inflation, says iCapital's Anastasia Amoroso
With higher inflation and more modest stock gains likely looming ahead in the new year, Anastasia Amoroso, chief investment strategist at iCapital Network, says investors should be looking at 2021's standout asset class: cryptocurrencies.
Amoroso noted that cryptocurrencies have risen this year by "something like 200%," and said that Bitcoin has "classic inflation-hedging characteristics," including its limited supply alongside growing demand.
Source: Bloomberg, WSJ, CNBC

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根据与美国证券交易委员会的提交文件，芯片制造商GlobalFoundries将发售3300万股，而阿布扎比的穆巴达拉投资公司，其主要股东，计划出售2200万股。
穆巴达拉目前拥有该公司的100%，并且“在这次上市后仍将继续拥有重大控制权。”
GlobalFoundries计划在纳斯达克上市，交易标的为GFS。它计划在美国首次公开募股中筹集多达26亿美元。如果达到该区间的顶端，根据其提交的流通股份计算，它将具有250亿美元的市值。
此次发行由摩根士丹利、美国银行、摩根大通、花旗集团和瑞信担任主导。
业务概况
$GlobalFoundries (GFS.US)$是全球领先的半导体代工厂之一。公司于2009年通过收购美国超微公司的制造业务，并将其与新加坡的特许半导体公司合并而成。
根据加特纳2020年，该公司根据外部销售额来看，是世界第三大晶圆厂。
GlobalFoundries此前放弃了与台积电或三星相匹敌的领先生产技术，取而代之的是为汽车制造商和其他行业越来越关键的次级芯片市场提供服务。它正在为汽车制造商和其他行业提供日益重要的次级芯片，而不是采用与台积电或三星相匹敌的领先生产技术。
GlobalFoundries拥有超过50生态系统合作伙伴涵盖IP、电子设计自动化、委外组装和测试以及设计服务。建立在超过4,000个IP标题的基础上，目前还有超过950个IP标题正在积极开发中26工艺节点和34IP合作伙伴。
该公司已与超过200家客户建立了深入的战略合作伙伴关系，截至2020年12月31日，其中许多客户是各自领域的全球领导者。营收
2021年上半年，基于晶圆出货量，排名前十的客户包括高通、联发科、恩智浦、qorvo、凌云半导体、美国超微公司（“AMD”）、思佳讯、村田制作所、三星电子和博通。
该公司吸引了大量单一来源产品和长期供应协议。截至公司招股书日期，这些协议反映的累计终身营业收入承诺金额超过195亿美元。
全球货币作为战略合作伙伴的关键衡量标准之一是成交量的组合所导致的单一业务（单一业务产品被定义为只能使用全球货币的技术制造且在没有重大客户重新设计的情况下无法在其他地方制造的产品）。2020年它占成交量的约61%，高于2018年的47%。
财务业绩
去年全球货币的营业收入下降了17%，为48.5亿美元。全球货币表示，原因是全球货币剥离了一项2019年带来的3.91亿美元收入的业务，并且在更广泛的范围内，公司与大部分客户改变了合同条款，改变了收入的识别方式和时间。
In the first half of 2021, revenue climbed by 13% from a year earlier to just over $30亿.
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