TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Center:Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-06 15:22:08source:Strategel Wealth Societycategory:Invest

It's Indicators of the Week — our weekly look under the hood of our global economy. Today we look at why cocoa prices are TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Centersoaring, whether India's electoral bonds are bad for democracy and how a typo sent Lyft shares soaring.

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