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Wall Street Breakfast

SpaceX said to hit $210B valuation, wins $843M NASA deal

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

SpaceX said to hit $210B valuation, wins $843M NASA deal. (00:25) Baxter (BAX) issues Class 1 recall of Life2000 ventilators over battery charging issue. (01:43) Amazon (AMZN) plans to launch discount shopping with direct shipping from China: report. (02:33)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning. Today is Thursday, June 27th. I'm Julie Morgan.

0:13.0

SpaceX appears to be worth more than previously thought,

0:16.0

and the company just signed a new contract with NASA.

0:20.0

Baxter is facing a recall and Amazon is looking at a new way to compete.

0:25.0

SpaceX has raised the pricing for its tender offer to $112 per share amid strong investor demand, valuing the company at nearly $210 billion.

0:36.7

The earlier pricing that was discussed for the insider shares would have valued SpaceX at

0:41.6

around $ 200 billion.

0:43.2

The new $210 billion valuation would be a record for a US private company

0:48.4

and would make SpaceX the world's second most valuable startup behind Tik-Toc owner Bight Dance which has a

0:54.5

268 billion dollar valuation. According to the Bloomberg reports citing people

0:59.8

familiar with the matter the terms of the tender offer have not been finalized and its size could

1:05.0

change depending on interest from buyers and insider sellers.

1:08.7

Meanwhile, NASA on Wednesday said it has selected SpaceX for a contract worth up to $843 million to develop

1:17.1

a vehicle that will de-orbit the International Space Station.

1:21.5

SpaceX will develop the U.S. de-orbit vehicle and NASA will take ownership

1:25.9

after development and operated throughout the mission. The U.S. Japan, Canada and the

1:31.2

participating countries of the European Space Agency have committed to operating

1:35.8

the station through 2030, while Russia has committed to continuing station operations

1:41.1

through at least 2028.

1:44.0

Baxter has recalled more than 2,500 units of its Life 2000 portable ventilator systems

1:50.0

over damage to the battery charger dongle. The damage to the

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