Quaxs Trading Center|Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-07 19:07:49source:Henri Lumièrecategory:Finance

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

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