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The world's largest pizza chain Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) announced third-quarter financial results on Thursday. The company earnings missed the consensus estimate while the revenue rose 17.9% to $968 million, topping expectations of $953 million.

Chinese fintech and payments giant the Ant Group is going to IPO in October. It aims to raise up to $35 billion in Hong Kong and Shanghai at over a $200 billion valuation. Ant’s IPO could surpass Saudi Aramco’s US$29.4 billion IPO last December as the largest ever.

Cineworld (LON: CINE) shares plunged more than 50% on Monday after the company announced its temporary closure of 127 Cineworld and Picture house cinemas in the UK from Thursday, Oct 8 and 500 Regal cinemas in the US due to the pandemic.

The home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) shares soared 30% on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.

Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) shares closed 14% higher on Wednesday after the latest reports said General Motors (NYSE: GM) might take a larger stake in Nikola than originally planned. The deal was supposed to be finalized by September 30, but both companies confirmed that discussions are still ongoing.