Pfizer Inc (Pfizer) expects its COVID-19 vaccine to generate $33.5 billion in revenue this year.The drugmaker had expected full-year vaccine sales of $26 billion. The upward revision of the forecast shows that there is a strong demand for the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc in cooperation with Germany's BioNTech, as the delta virus variant ignites a new epidemic in various countries. Pfizer Inc's sales of COVID-19 vaccine in the second quarter were 7.8 billion US dollars. Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have supplied 1 billion doses of vaccine and have contracts for 2.1 billion doses as of mid-July.If Pfizer Inc's sales expectations are met, the vaccine will become one of the best-selling drugs and surpass Alberta's immune disease drug Shuomile and Merck & Co Inc's anti-cancer drug Keytruda.

Due to the surge in COVID-19 infection cases, Apple Inc (Apple) plans to restore mask requirements for customers and employees at most US retail stores on Thursday, even after vaccination.. Earlier this month, Apple Inc began requiring employees in some stores to wear masks and postponed the date when the company's employees returned to the office. The company also requires consumers in some retail stores to wear masks according to some local regulations. Now, more than half of Apple Inc's about 270 stores in the United States will once again require shoppers and employees to wear masks. The company also urged retail employees to receive vaccinations, but there is no mandatory requirement.

China's large-scale technology stocks have suffered large-scale selling in succession, resulting in heavy losses for international investors.. Apart from its founder, there is only one Chinese institution among Tencent's top 20 shareholders. BABA's largest shareholder is Softbank Corp., whose top 20 shareholders in the US ADR are all US and international funds, and its Hong Kong-listed shares are mainly held by international institutions. In addition, there is not a single Chinese institution among Baidu, Inc. 's top 25 shareholders.

Liu Deyin, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), said at the regular shareholders' meeting that the company is considering producing semiconductors in Japan. The cost of setting up a factory in Japan is much higher than that in Taiwan, and he hopes to bring profits to the company through cooperation with customers.. As the global shortage of semiconductors tends to be chronic, Liu Deyin said that governments are actively introducing factories in the hope that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd will produce locally. Liu Deyin also pointed out that the problem of overseas production is low efficiency and high cost. He stressed the need to take into account customer requirements and shareholder value to judge whether to go overseas.

According to the quarterly tracking report of IDC mobile phones, about 78.1 million smartphones were shipped in China in the second quarter of 2021, down 11.0% from the same period last year.. Among the top five smartphone manufacturers, vivo ranked first with 18.6 million units shipped, with a year-on-year increase of 23.6% and a market share of 23.8%. OPPO shipped 16.5 million units, an increase of 17.3% and a share of 21.1%. XIAOMI shipped 13.4 million units, an increase of 47% and a share of 17.2%. Apple Inc shipped 8.6 million units, an increase of 17%, with a share of 10.9%.Glory, as an independent individual, ranked among the top five in the domestic market for the first time, with 6.9 million units shipped and a market share of 8.9%.

Ant Group's travel service provider Hello cancelled plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States on Tuesday.. Hello, which offers two-round services and ride-sharing services in China, said it no longer wants to go public in the US.

Duolingo, an online and mobile language learning platform, officially landed on Nasdaq on Wednesday.The opening price of the IPO rose by more than 37%. The IPO price was $102, with an intraday high of $145. At the close, the company's shares were up 36.28% at $139.01. Many neighboring countries issued 5.1 million shares (28% of which were offered to shareholders) at a price of US $102and raised US $521 million. Pittsburgh-based neighboring countries say it is the world's leading mobile learning platform, with more than 500m downloads and the best-selling educational app in the Google Play and Apple Inc app stores. The company had revenue of $55.4 million in the first quarter of 2021.

According to the latest data released by the Federation, sales of luxury cars in China reached 1.658 million in the first half of this year, an increase of 41.5 percent over the same period last year.. Of these, BMW sold 467000 vehicles in the first half of the year, up 41.9 per cent from a year earlier. Mercedes-Benz sold 442000 vehicles in the first half, up 27.6% from a year earlier, setting an all-time high for the same period. Audi sold 418000 vehicles, up 38.6% from a year earlier.

The wave of acquisitions and mergers and acquisitions in the US shale oil and gas industry is surging, and some weak participants have been eliminated, turning the once fragmented industry into an oligopoly.. More than $30 billion in shale oil and gas mergers and acquisitions were completed in the second quarter, a momentum that analysts and bankers expect to continue. One banker said that if a company's market capitalization is less than $10 billion, it will be difficult to maintain its position in the market for a long time.

TotalEnergies SE (Total) has signed an agreement with Bollore Group on the acquisition of Blue Charge. Financial terms have not been disclosed. After obtaining approval, TotalEnergies SE will manage and operate Singapore's largest electric vehicle charging network.More than 1500 charging stations have been installed in Singapore The city's charging network includes about 85 per cent of the charging stations currently operated in Singapore for electric car owners and BlueSG.

South Korean steel giant POSCO said on the 28th that the group will invest in the equipment of its subsidiary SNNC and plans to build a secondary high-purity nickel refining plant with an annual capacity of 20, 000 tons (nickel content) by 2023.The site of the factory is Guangyang ironmaking Institute, Quanluonan Road, and the high purity nickel will be used in electric vehicle batteries. SNNC is responsible for iron removal process, production of nickel matte, POSCO is responsible for purification. POSCO said it was a step closer to its goal of supplying 100000 tons of nickel by 2030.

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Yum China announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. Quarterly revenues were $2.45 billion, up 29% from $1.9 billion in the same period last year. Same-store sales increased by 5% over the same period last year, with KFC and Pizza Hut up 4% and 11%, respectively. Operating profit was $233 million, up 83 per cent from $128 million in the same period last year. Net profit was $181 million, up 37 per cent from $132 million in the same period last year. A total of 404 new stores were opened this quarter.

Nissan Motor reported a net profit of 114.5 billion yen in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 (April-June). It made a net loss of 285.5 billion yen in the same period last year and made a profit for the first time in two years. This is mainly due to a special profit of 76 billion yen from the sale of shares in German car giant Daimler. Sales rose 71.0% year-on-year to 2.0082 trillion yen.

Kering released its first half of 2021 report. Revenue in the first half was 8.047 billion euros, an increase of 49.6% over the same period last year. Profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization was 2.95 billion euros, an increase of 76.2% over the same period last year. General operating profit increased by 134.9% over the same period in 2020 to 2.237 billion euros. Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta contributed 4.479 billion, 1.045 billion and 707 million euros of revenue, respectively, an increase of 82.4%, 169.4% and 197.5% over the same period in 2020.

Spotify, a Swedish music streaming service, reported total revenue of 2.331 billion euros ($2.752 billion) in the second quarter of 2021, up 23% from a year earlier. The net loss attributable to the company's shareholders was 20 million euros, compared with a net loss of 356 million euros in the same period last year. Of this total, revenue from paid services was 2.056 billion euros, an increase of 17% over the same period last year. Revenue from advertising sponsorship was 275 million euros, an increase of 110% over the same period last year. For paid services, average revenue per user (ARPU) was 4.29 euros, down 3% from a year earlier.

Rio Tinto PLC, the world's largest iron ore producer, posted its highest-ever first-half profit on the back of higher commodity prices and announced a $9.1 billion dividend. The company's underlying profit more than doubled to $12.2 billion in the first half of 2021 from a year earlier.

Barclays reported revenues of £5.4 billion in the second quarter of 2021, compared with £5.3 billion a year earlier, and pre-tax profit of £2.6 billion, compared with £400m a year earlier. The investment banking division generated record revenue for the bank, offsetting weak revenues from the trading division and helping to boost the bank's performance.

Deutsche Bank reported earnings in the second quarter of 2021 that far exceeded market expectations, despite a decline in revenue from its crucial investment banking division. The bank made a net profit of 692 million euros for the quarter. The bank's total revenue in the second quarter was 6.2 billion euros, down slightly from a year earlier. However, net revenue from Deutsche's investment banking business fell 11 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) announces financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly net revenue was £8.092 billion, compared with £7.624 billion a year earlier, up 6 per cent from a year earlier. By business unit, the pharmaceutical division had revenues of £4.2 billion, up 3 per cent from a year earlier. Revenue in the vaccine division was £1.6 billion, up 39 per cent from a year earlier. Revenue from the consumer health care division was 2.3 billion, down 4 per cent from a year earlier. Net profit fell 37 per cent to £1.538 billion, compared with £2.44 billion a year earlier.

Pfizer Inc (Pfizer) announces financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly revenue was $18.977 billion, up 92 per cent from $9.864 billion a year earlier, while net profit attributable to common shareholders was $5.563 billion, up 59 per cent from $3.489 billion a year earlier. The revenue from the vaccine business was $9.234 billion, up 640% from the same period last year; the oncology business was $3.145 billion, up 19% from the same period last year; the internal medicine business was $2.403 billion, up 5% from the same period last year; the hospital business was up 21% from the same period last year; the inflammation and immunology business was $1.041 billion, down 9% from the same period last year; and the rare diseases business was up 32% from the same period last year.

Bristol-Myers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (Bristol-Myers Squibb) reports results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly revenue was $11.703 billion, compared with $10.129 billion in the same period last year, up 16% from a year earlier. Net profit was $1.061 billion, compared with a net loss of $80 million in the same period last year.

McDonald's Corp (McDonald's) announces financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly net revenue was $5.888 billion, compared with $3.762 billion a year earlier, up 57 per cent from a year earlier. Revenue from the company's own stores was $2.489 billion, up 56 per cent from a year earlier. Revenue from franchise stores was $3.306 billion, up 58 per cent from a year earlier. Net profit was $2.219 billion, compared with $484 million in the same period last year, an increase of 358 per cent. Same-store sales rose 40.5% year-on-year in the quarter.

Boeing Co (Boeing) announces financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly revenue was $16.998 billion, up 44% from $11.807 billion a year earlier, while net profit was $567 million, compared with a loss of $2.395 billion in the same period last year. By business, revenue from the commercial aircraft division in the second quarter was $6.015 billion, up 268 per cent from the same period last year; revenue from the defense, space and security sectors was $6.876 billion, up 4 per cent from the same period last year; and revenue from the global services division was $4.067 billion, up 17 per cent from the same period last year. Boeing Co delivered 79 commercial aircraft in the second quarter, compared with 20 in the same period last year, an increase of 295 per cent, and a total of 156in the first half of 2021, an increase of 123 per cent over the same period last year.

Payment service provider PayPal (PayPal Holdings Inc) announced its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. Quarterly net revenue was $6.238 billion, up 19% from $5.261 billion a year earlier, and net profit was $1.184 billion, down 23% from $1.53 billion a year earlier.

Qualcomm Inc (Qualcomm) released financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 ended June 27. Revenue for the quarter was $8.06 billion, up 65% from $4.893 billion in the same period last year, and net profit was $2.027 billion, up 140% from $845 million in the same period last year. Revenue from equipment and services was $6.428 billion in the quarter, compared with $3.794 billion in the same period last year, and revenue from authorizations was $1.632 billion, compared with $1.099 billion in the same period last year.

Facebook Inc released unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. Quarterly revenue was $29.077 billion, up 56 per cent from $18.687 billion in the same period last year, and net profit was $10.394 billion, up 101 per cent from $5.178 billion in the same period last year. Quarterly revenue from advertising was $28.58 billion, up 56 per cent from $18.321 billion in the same period last year. The average number of daily active users of Facebook Inc's "family" of services (including Facebook Inc, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) was 2.76 billion in June 2021, an increase of 12 per cent over the same period last year.