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Samsung Electronics announced possible plans to build news sites in Arizona or another site in New York in addition to Austin, Texas. The amount to build a chip site is approximately $17 billion.

One of the biggest oil giants in the USA, Exxon Mobil announced new members of the board: Michael Angelakis and Jeffrey Ubben after pressure from a pair of activist investors. New members will promote decreasing the company’s carbon footprint.

Vodafone Group announced a planned minority stake of its European transmitters’ division. IPO will be one of the largest primary public offerings in the region this year. Vantage Towers will start trading on the stock exchange by the end of March according to Vodafone’s statement.

Inflation is a topic about which economics talks every day more and more. The reason is the increase of the U.S. government bond yields which raises expectations of a strong U.S. economic recovery. On the other side, it is pressuring the stock market and forcing investors to confront the implications of rising interest rates more seriously. Higher interest rates could damage companies through higher borrowing costs for businesses.

EU announced negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to raise the amount of supplied coronavirus vaccines with Valneva, Novavax and Moderna. EU wants to increase its reserves of vaccine beyond 2.3 billion doses which it has already secured from six pharmaceutical firms.