Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa

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Global Stocks Set for Longest Win Streak of 2024, It's Been 20 Years Since Google Went Public, and Apple’s First India-Made iPhone Pro Models Coming This Year.

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Before The Bell

Markets

• Global Stocks Set for Longest Win Streak of 2024. (BBG).

• Copper miners, energy stocks pull FTSE 100 lower. (Reuters).

• Gold Bars Are Worth a Million Dollars for the First Time. (BBG).

• European shares flat as traders brace for key euro zone data. (Reuters).

News Summary

• Suppression lapses for Kaiya Shute, William Grace, Auckland couple guilty of Connor Boyd’s manslaughter. (Herald):

• ‘Sexual predator’ who targeted teens jailed for nine years. (Stuff).

• The trial of a murder-accused former Auckland eye surgeon has heard methamphetamine testing revealed concerningly high levels of the drug at his workplace, suggesting it had been used there. (RNZ).

• Paul Barnao sentenced for 15th trespass breach from hospital abortion clinic (Herald).

• The Government is looking at options for raising new capital for Kiwibank to allow it to exert "real competitive pressure" on the four big Australian-owned banks operating in New Zealand. (1 News).

• An elderly passenger abandoned by InterCity hundreds of kilometres from his destination was left feeling embarrassed and humiliated, his daughter-in-law says. (Stuff).

• Police are asking anyone who may have dashcam or CCTV footage from the Pakuranga Heights area in Auckland around the time of a fatal shooting yesterday morning to come forward. (1 News).

• Australia central bank sees near-term interest rate cut as unlikely. (Reuters).

• Hillary Clinton says it's time for Kamala Harris to break 'glass ceiling'. (BBC).

• Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa. (Guardian).

• Apple’s First India-Made iPhone Pro Models Coming This Year. (BBG).

• Biden hails Harris as DNC's future in emotional farewell speech. (Reuters).

• China Unleashes Rapid Drop in New-Home Prices With Relaxed Curbs. (BBG).

Deal Flow

Investments / M&A

• US oil, gas M&A activity jumped 57% last year amid industry consolidation.

Equity Raises

• The Government is looking at options for raising new capital for Kiwibank to allow it to exert "real competitive pressure" on the four big Australian-owned banks operating in New Zealand. (1 News).

• Tax Firm Carrying On Arthur Andersen Brand Explores IPO. (WSJ).

• Northvolt’s IPO has been pushed back to at least 2025. (BBG).

• It's Been 20 Years Since Google Went Public. (WSJ).

Debt

• Australia central bank sees near-term interest rate cut as unlikely. (Reuters).

Daily Picks

• Biden hails Harris as DNC's future in emotional farewell speech. (Reuters).

• Sexual predator’ who targeted teens jailed for nine years. (Stuff).

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