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JPMorgan was the leading investment bank globally as of December 2024 in terms of market share of revenue. Between January and December 2024, JPMorgan's revenue accounted for 9.2 percent of the global investment banking revenue. Goldman Sachs followed, with a market share of 7.2 percent.
What is the role of investment banksThe main role of an investment bank is to assist companies, governments and other market participants in raising capital. The banks take on the role of transaction underwriters, making sure that the emission of bonds or stocks is executed optimally on both the buying and selling sides. It means that the prices of emitted securities are not too high or too low and that there are enough investors interested in the purchase of these securities. Investment banking activity also includes assistance in merger and acquisition transactions.
The largest investment banksJPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs were the leading investment banks in the world in terms of generated revenues. Other leading investment banks were Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Citibank. JPMorgan generated revenue of roughly three billion U.S. dollars in 2023.
As of December 2023, the English subdomain of Wikipedia had around 6.91 million articles published, being the largest subdomain of the website by number of entries and registered active users. German and French ranked third and fourth, with over 29.6 million and 26.5 million entries. Being the only Asian language figuring among the top 10, Cebuano was the language with the second-most articles on the portal, amassing around 6.11 million entries. However, while most Wikipedia articles in English and other European languages are written by humans, entries in Cebuano are reportedly mostly generated by bots.
As of November, 2024, Mediterranean Shg Co and APM-Maersk operated 20.2 and 14.3 percent of the world liner fleet, respectively. The CMA CGM Group ranked third with a share of 12.2 percent of the global container fleet.
Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, and Christmas are the most popular holidays in the United States. According to a survey conducted in the third quarter of 2024, Thanksgiving had a popularity rating of 78 percent, followed by Memorial Day and Christmas with 77 percent and 76 percent respectively. Other favorite holidays among Americans, including both national and religious events, are Father's Day, Veterans Day, and Mother's Day.
The price of one euro reached approximately 112.6 Russian rubles on average in November 2024, having marked an increase compared to the previous month. The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the Russian ruble also grew relative to October 2024.
As of November 28, 2024, The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) was the highest-grossing movie of all time in China. The three-hour Chinese blockbuster was also the most expensive film ever made to date in the country. Avengers: Endgame (2019) was the only foreign film in the top ten ranking. The Marvel superhero film generated a total box office revenue of over 4.25 billion yuan in China. In recent years, the country has invested a great deal of its resources in film making and distribution.
China remains a significant share in global's cinema market. Similar to other leading cinema markets in the world, China’s film industry primarily produces feature films. Sci-fi movies were considered the most undersupplied genre among Chinese audience. The Wandering Earth received much critical acclaim as one of China’s most stunning sci-fi productions, grossing about 4.7 billion yuan in box office revenue. Critics lauded it as China’s answer to Hollywood productions such as Interstellar and Gravity.
Foreign films often face a strict censorship by the Chinese authorities. Hollywood productions, like Avatar, Deadpool, The Da Vinci Code, were banned because of sensitive topics or conveying ideologies contradictory to traditional Chinese values. Although more overseas filmmakers are trying to avoid content considered unfavorable by the Chinese government, the market share of imported movies in terms of movie screenings has remained below 30 percent since 2015. In terms of box office revenues, foreign enterprises made up less than 17 percent of the total revenue since 2020. In 2023, none of the Hollywood movies could earn over one billion yuan in box office revenue in the Chinese market.
The Nikkei 225 Index reached an all-time high in 2024, with a closing value of 42,426.77 on July 11. This was the highest daily closing price since the index peaked at 38,957.44 in 1989.
The Nikkei 225 is a price-weighted stock market index that has been calculated by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1950. It comprises 225 constituents listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Fianna Fáil won 48 seats in the Republic of Ireland's 2024 general election, nine ahead of Sinn Féin, who won 39 seats. Independent candidates won 16 seats, while the Irish Green Party won just a single seat, compared with 12 in the previous election.
In the first quarter of 2024, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Brazil increased by 1.1 percent when compared to the previous quarter (seasonally adjusted). In comparison to the same quarter of the previous year, Brazil's GDP grew 2.6 percent.
GDP refers to the total market value of all goods and services that are produced within a country per year. It is an important indicator of the economic strength of a country.
BHP Group was ranked number one among the coal mining companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as of December 2024, with a market capitalization of over 206 billion Australian dollars. BHP Group is a multinational, diversified natural resources company and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
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