Shares in Beyond Meat (BYND) soared 22% after announcing a partnership with food distributor Sinodis to further expand the reach of its famous plant-based beef in China.The news sent shares up 22% to $162.46 on Monday. The financial terms of the partnership weren’t disclosed.Sinodis, a subsidiary of French group Savencia, is a distributor of imported food products to more than 4500 wholesalers, restaurant chains, and hotels in China."Our goal is to increase availability of plant-based meat globally, providing consumers with more choices, and access to nutritional and environmental benefits of plant-based meat," said Beyond Meat’s chief growth officer Chuck Muth. "China has a large population and a strong interest in plant-based proteins."The partnership strengthens Beyond Meat’s foothold in China. Back in April, the plant-based meat provider made the foray into the market in China announcing a partnership with Starbucks (SBUX). At the end of last month, the company teamed up with...
(Bloomberg) -- Oil was anchored near $38 a barrel as expectations U.S. crude stockpiles extended declines offset a decision by Saudi Arabia to cease extra voluntary production cuts by the end of this month.Futures added 0.5% in New York after snapping a four-day rally on Monday. U.S. crude inventories probably fell for the fourth time in five weeks, according to a Bloomberg survey before government data Wednesday. Saudi Arabia said the additional supply cuts, which amounted to about 1.2 million barrels a day and included contributions from allies in the Persian Gulf, would only take effect in June as planned.Oil has rebounded since dropping below zero in April as cuts reduced a global glut and demand recovered following the easing of lockdown restrictions in some countries. However, a return to pre-virus levels of consumption is expected to be slow and uneven, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. turning bearish in the short...
Baillie Gifford has invested $35 million in Germany-based air-taxi startup Lilium, the Financial Times reported.What Happened The United Kingdom-based private investment firm holds a nearly 4% stake in Lilium as a result of the investment that valued the startup at more than $1 billion, according to the Financial Times.Baillie Gifford is looking for "situations where there is the potential for a really transformative new market or product in the long term, while recognising that these will often take a lot of time to come to fruition," investment manager Michael Pye told the Financial Times.The firm is best-known for being the largest external investor in electric vehicles maker Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and was also an early investor in Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the Space Exploration Company (or SpaceX), Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT), and Airbnb Inc.Baillie Gifford, earlier this year, invested in California-based Lilium rival Joby. Pye told the Financial Times...
(Bloomberg) -- Argentine President Alberto Fernandez dipped into the play book of his deputy, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, with a plan to seize crop trader Vicentin SAIC in a move that’ll ring alarm bells in soy markets and among investors in the country.Fernandez’s government will take control of Vicentin for the next 60 days as it seeks congressional approval to expropriate the agricultural powerhouse, which filed for bankruptcy last year after being caught out in currency swings.“This is a statist vision for the 21st century,” Production Minister Matias Kulfas said in an interview late Monday after the announcement. The company wasn’t notified, he said.Under the plan, all of Vicentin’s assets -- the crown jewels of which are soy-processing plants that supply the world with meal for animal feed and cooking oil -- will be placed in a trust managed by the agriculture arm of state-run oil company YPF SA.YPF Agro would...
(Bloomberg) -- Oil edged higher toward $39 a barrel as expectations U.S. crude stockpiles extended declines offset a decision by Saudi Arabia to cease extra voluntary production cuts by the end of this month.Futures added 0.8% in New York after snapping a four-day rally on Monday. U.S. crude inventories probably fell for the fourth time in five weeks, according to a Bloomberg survey before government data Wednesday. Saudi Arabia said the additional supply cuts, which amounted to about 1.2 million barrels a day and included contributions from allies in the Persian Gulf, would only take effect in June as planned.Oil has rebounded since dropping below zero in April as cuts reduced a global glut and demand recovered following the easing of lockdown restrictions in some countries. However, a return to pre-virus levels of consumption is expected to be slow and uneven, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. turning bearish in the short...
