Jonathan Dale Benton:Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-06 17:26:44source:TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Centercategory: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 Jonathan Dale Bentonsoaring, whether India's electoral bonds are bad for democracy and how a typo sent Lyft shares soaring.

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