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LVMC Holdings Reports First-Half Operating Profit of 38.1 Billion Won… Up 105% Year-Over-Year
LVMC Holdings(900140)posted its highest-ever operating profit in the first half of this year, driven by improved profitability.LVMC Holdings announced on the 31st that it posted consolidated revenue o…
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"BIOBIJOU Co., Ltd. Begins Full-Scale Expansion into the U.S.… Poised to Become a Global Aesthetics Company"
On the 31st, independent research firm Value Finder assessed that BIOBIJOU Co., Ltd. is emerging as a global medical aesthetics company through the full-scale launch of its offline channels in North A…
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“Lock-up Period of at Least 6 Months Even Before the Offering Price Is Set”… The IPO Market Set to Change Dramatically in November [Weekly IB]
A path is opening up for companies preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) to secure long-term investors in advance of their listing. The “cornerstone investor” system, under which institutiona…
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Expanding into Virtual Assets with U.S. and Japanese Brokerages… Hyun Joo Park Dreams of a 'Korean Robinhood'
Hyun Joo Park, Chairwoman of Mirae Asset Group and Global Strategy Officer (GSO), is once again accelerating the expansion of the group’s global financial footprint. Following the acquisition of an on…
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Fears of U.S. Interest Rate Hike 'Soar'… Test of Whether the Market Can Reclaim the '7,000-Point Mark' [Weekly Stock Market Outlook]
The KOSPI, which has stalled just short of the 7,000 mark, is set to digest U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Kevin Warsh’s hawkish remarks for the first time this week. With Chairman Warsh expressi…
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Memory Prices Cut into NVIDIA’s Margins… Samsung Electronics and INICS Corporation Are Secretly Smiling [Stock e-Show]
Expectations are growing that the artificial intelligence (AI) investment cycle will be prolonged, as NVIDIA has released medium- to long-term growth forecasts that significantly exceed market expecta…
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Building While Saving 'My Own Money'… Naver and SKT Unveil a New Formula for AI Data Center Procurement
Major South Korean conglomerates are accelerating the expansion of their AI data centers (AI DCs) by partnering with global capital. Following Naver’s partnership with NVIDIA and Brookfield Asset Mana…
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Kakao Plummets Over 13% During Trading Hours Amid Split Rumors… “Should I Sell Now?” [Stock e-Show]
Kakao(035720)Kakao is splitting into “two Kakaos.” The plan is to separate a growth company focused on KakaoTalk and artificial intelligence (AI) from an investment company managing affiliates in fina…
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“Have Transactions in Knowledge Industry Centers Picked Up?”…A Closer Look Reveals a “Cleanup of Non-Performing Assets”
Transaction volume for knowledge-industry centers rebounded in the second quarter of this year. However, this is interpreted less as a broad market recovery and more as a sign that a “separation of th…
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DMS Adopts Co-CEO Structure Featuring Executives from LGELECTRONICS and Viol… Begins Full-Scale Expansion of New Businesses
DMS (DMS Co.,Ltd.(068790)), a company specializing in display and semiconductor equipment, has appointed executives from LGELECTRONICS and VIOL as its new co-CEOs and will transition to a co-CEO syste…