SignalHub-Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-01 22:43:58source:AQCANcategory:Markets

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

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