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Asahi buys Allpress as Amazon records huge profit, ASX expected to dip – ABC News
Asahi does not disclose how much it is paying for the Australasian coffee business. Meanwhile, Amazon employs half a million people to keep up with its COVID boom….
The Australian sharemarket is set to dip today, despite US markets rising and bumper results from Amazon.
Key points:
- ASX set to dip on open
- Asahi is buying the Australasian coffee bean and cafe business Allpress
- Amazon posts record sales and hires half a million people
As of 8:00am AEST, ASX 200 futures were down 0.2 per cent to 7,061.
The benchmark closed 0.3 per cent up yesterday.
All three major US markets closed trade up, with the biggest listed names contining to release their latest quarterly…
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