Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images Chinese electric car maker Xpeng aims to raise $ 1.5 billion in a first public offering, it said Thursday. The Tesla competitor said it would sell 99.7 million U.S. depository shares for $ 15 each. It increased the total it had planned in large …
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Read More »Chinese EV maker Xpeng increases US IPO size to $ 1.5 billion
Xpeng Motors Technology is headquartered in Guangzhou, China Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese electric car maker Xpeng has increased the size of its U.S. public offering to about $ 1.49 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The company will price its shares at $ …
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Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a fierce Category 4 monster with 150 mph winds early Thursday, sweeping a low-lying coastline with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unbearable. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which intensified rapidly Wednesday before plowing ashore, …
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