Foxconn could make all US iPhones outside of China if needed, says company
‘We can help Apple respond to its needs in the US market’ By Jon Porter June 11 2019 Jon Porter is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. A senior Foxconn executive says that the company could move production of all iPhones destined […]
Morgan Stanley stands by Nvidia as a top pick even though tariff turmoil is not over
Pia Singh April 10 2025 CNBC Morgan Stanley is sticking by Nvidia during the stock’s rocky ride, saying demand for the company’s products should help the artificial intelligence darling outperform and push past tariff concerns. Analyst Joseph Moore reiterated Nvidia as a top semiconductor pick and kept his overweight rating and $162 price target. That […]
Buying Nvidia right now is a ‘particularly attractive opportunity,’ Bank of America says
Brian Evans March 3rd, 2025 CNBC There is an end in sight to Nvidia’s recent rough patch, and that means now could be a plum buying opportunity for shares of the artificial intelligence darling, according to Bank of America. ″[W]e believe the stock is providing a particularly attractive opportunity for one of the most unique, […]
Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years
February 24th, 2025 Teams and facilities to expand in Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington Plans include a new factory in Texas, doubling the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, a manufacturing academy, and accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans […]
Nvidia delivered earnings that beat expectations. Here’s what analysts had to say
Lisa Kailai Han Thursday, February 27 2025 The bar for Nvidia earnings was set high, and analysts feel like the chipmaker cleared it. In fiscal fourth quarter, the graphic processing unit designer earned an adjusted 89 cents per share on $39.33 billion in revenue. That exceeds the 84 cents per shares and revenue of $38.05 billion that […]
Rising Rates Make Big Companies Even Richer
James Mackintosh The Wall Street Journal September 15, 2023 The amount companies earn from cash in the bank is going up even as interest costs fixed during the pandemic stand still. The Federal Reserve jacked up interest rates to slow the red-hot economy. At some of the biggest and most secure companies, the moves had the opposite […]
IBM CEO Sees 30% of Back-Office Jobs Replaced by AI in 5 Years
Brody Ford Bloomberg May 1, 2023 International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years. Hiring in back-office functions — such as human resources — will be suspended or slowed, Krishna said in an interview. These non-customer-facing […]
First Republic’s Jumbo Mortgages Brought On Bank’s Failure (1)
Hannah Levitt, Jenny Surane, and Sonali Basak Bloomberg May 1, 2023 Chairman Jim Herbert helped pioneer mega loans in the 1980s Buyer JPMorgan will share any mortgage losses with the FDIC The seeds of First Republic Bank’s downfall were sown in the jumbo mortgages of Silicon Valley, where a unique strategy to loan wealthy individuals extraordinary […]
Here’s how the second-biggest bank collapse in U.S. history happened in just 48 hours
Hugh Son Rohan Goswami Jonathan Vanian CNBC March 10, 2023 The company’s downward spiral began late Wednesday, when it surprised investors with news that it needed to raise $2.25 billion to shore up its balance sheet. “This was a hysteria-induced bank run caused by VCs,” Ryan Falvey, a fintech investor of Restive Ventures, told CNBC. […]
Oracle’s Stock Looks Cheap Again. ‘We’ve Got a Plan,’ CEO Says.
Eric J Savitz Barron’s October 14,2022 Safra Catz is feeling feisty, and for good reason. Over the past few years, the Oracle CEO has engineered an impressive turnaround at the enterprise software giant, which has bet the future of the company on cloud computing. As we outlined in a Barron’s cover story in February 2021, Oracle (ticker: ORCL) […]