dpa-AFX overview: COMPANY from January 17, 2025 – 3:15 p.m

ROUNDUP: Suss Microtec significantly exceeds its own targets – share price jumps

GARCHING – The semiconductor supplier Suss Microtec (SUSS MicroTec SE (ex SUSS MicroTec)) earned significantly more operationally last year thanks to high demand. In 2024, both revenue and margin were well above the company’s most recently published targets. The share was particularly popular on Friday with a price jump.

ROUNDUP/Circles: Glencore and Rio Tinto have discussed merger

LONDON – There is movement again in the raw materials industry: The two companies Glencore and Rio Tinto have apparently explored a merger. Representatives of both companies had discussed whether they should combine their businesses, the Bloomberg news agency reported on Thursday evening, citing people familiar with the matter. It is not clear whether the talks are still ongoing. The “Financial Times” (FT), however, has learned from insiders that the negotiations have not produced any results. Accordingly, the first discussions took place in October.

ROUNDUP: EU Commission demands internal documents from X

BRUSSELS – The EU Commission is pushing forward the proceedings against Elon Musk’s Platform X and is demanding access to internal documents about algorithms. The Brussels authority announced that the group would be instructed to freeze and store the data.

ROUNDUP: Tiktok can hope for a reprieve in the USA

WASHINGTON – Tiktok is facing a reprieve a few days before its impending end in the USA. According to a confidant, future President Donald Trump wants to give himself more time to make a deal about the video app. At the same time, the government of outgoing head of state Joe Biden is also signaling that it does not want to implement a Tiktok blockade on the last day of his term in office.

Toyota division to pay $1.6 billion in the USA

WASHINGTON – Toyota’s (Toyota Motor) truck division Hino Motors is ordered to pay $1.6 billion in the US for emissions fraud. Hino agreed to this amount with US authorities, as the Justice Department announced. The agreement will only become effective if the relevant court approves it.

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More news

-Qiagen will pay out $1.26 per share at the end of January

-New VW collective agreements should be ready by the end of January

– Car buying survey: price beats quality

-Laser radio start-up Mynaric in distress

-Green Week open – concerns about animal disease

-Liqui Moly hits billion in sales

-Condor is expecting Lufthansa’s shuttle service again soon

-ROUNDUP: Slow return to fire areas of Los Angeles – 27 dead

-BVB under pressure at the start of the second half of the season in Frankfurt

-ROUNDUP: Setback for Elon Musk on seventh test flight of ‘Starship’

-Court opens criminal proceedings against ex-VW works council boss Osterloh

-ROUNDUP 2: Four injured after explosion and fire in refinery

-ROUNDUP: Suspected case of foot and mouth disease not confirmed

-Bavaria sees challenges for the milk market due to the epidemic

-ROUNDUP 2/Twelve hours with Scholz and Habeck: Nuclear Submarine Committee ends

-ROUNDUP/Aldi Süd: No more sausage from the lowest farming standards

-Padaviation from Paderborn takes over the airline Sylt Air

-Survey: Three quarters are planning a vacation this year°

Customer note:

ROUNDUP: You read a summary in the company overview. There are several reports on this topic on the dpa-AFX news service.

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