JD Stock: The Tencent News That Has Chinese Tech JD.com Tumbling Today
JD.com stock is taking a beating on Thursday following news about Tencent giving away its stake in the Chinese e-commerce company.At least, Tencent will give away most of its stake in the company. It announced a special one-time dividend that will have it distributing shares of JD stock to its shareholders. That will have to reduce its ownership of the company’s stock by 457 million. That will drop its stake from 17% to 2.3%.According to Tencent, it’s reducing its stake in JD.com because the com
Rivian tumbled over 12% in morning trading after it warned supply issues to hit 2021 production
Rivian tumbled over 12% in morning trading after it warned supply issues to hit 2021 production.It highlighted the challenges it is likely to face in ramping up production to take on EV leader Tesla Inc.Rivian also announced plans to build a $5 billion plant to ramp up capacity, while flagging production challenges even as it receives about 2,000 pre-orders every week."We don't want to read too much into near-term issues ... but it does highlight the risk that Rivian has a lot on its plate," RBC