Beat the Street: inflation caution; AI; Oracle; Smurfit/WestRock; Apple’s ‘Wonderlust’
Investors tread cautiously ahead of US CPI data and the Apple ‘Wonderlust’ event. On the AI push, watch out for Tesla and Meta’s shares, plus the Smurfit Kappa-WestRock merger will create the world’s biggest packaging company.
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Packaging giant in the making
Hello, I'm Angeline Ong and welcome to Beat the Street, the show that gives you all the tradeable news and data that you need to know ahead of the Wall Street Open. First up, consumer price index (CPI) caution out there as investors brace for that key inflation report and a packaging giant in the making: Smurfit Kappa and WestRock merge. We'll get the details for you...
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