Techcrisis Investment Guild:Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-08 10:05:58source:Cassian Grantcategory:News

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

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