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...On the plus side, Apple’s net income margin has remained high thanks to growth in services such as streaming and payments....
...When they can splurge, there has been a tendency to spend on services and experiences, rather than goods....
...Target executives said consumers were continuing to spend on experiences and services, “putting near-term pressure on discretionary products”, which Target is more exposed to....
...This does not bode well for Wall Street banks that make lucrative fees from underwriting and syndicating loans....
...Moody’s Investor Service said the talc ruling was a “credit negative” for J&J but would not affect its triple A rating....
...“When you move fast and break things, safety is tossed aside — that doesn’t apply well to aerospace,” said Marc Ausman, an aviation veteran and chief executive of Airflow.aero, which is building an electric...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 5 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...“Consumers are going to be coming back to what they were doing before, whether that’s outdoor festivals or sporting events or dining out . . . that doesn’t bode so well for the Spotifys and Netflixes and...
...That bodes well for the upcoming iPhone 13. Apple has long been criticised for failing to release new iPhone iterations with truly innovative features....
...Online sales, which include delivery and pick-up services, hit a record high of more than $5bn during the first quarter....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 11 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Blade, which currently operates helicopters, has also listed via a Spac as it plans to expand into the business of electric air taxi services....
...That bodes well for the rest of the year....
...“That bodes well for the growth and stickiness for the audience,” said the executive, who did not wish to be named because of commercial agreements with the platforms....
...Volocopter, a German rival backed by Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler, has raised €81m and hopes to launch commercial services in Singapore by 2022....
...There were three major acquisitions in the industry last year, with Vice Media buying Refinery29, Vox Media buying New York Media and GroupNine Media Inc. buying PopSugar....
...Despite offering cheaper basic subscriptions than its rival services, Apple TV+ is still playing catch-up....
...The huge value that has accrued to Apple’s handset reflects its role as a software platform, putting it at the centre of a system of apps and services that power modern life....
...Lilium wants to operate services of up to 300km between towns and cities and Zunum Aero, which is backed by Boeing, is building a hybrid electric regional jet in the US....
...“It is Snap version 2,” said Rett Wallace, co-founder of Triton Research, which focuses on IPOs, in a reference to the 2017 stock market listing of the owner of messaging service Snapchat....
...Chief executive Tim Cook’s latest bet is that cord-cutting and growth of streaming services has created a new role for Apple as aggregator....
...This explains why Tesla is so favoured, and why the promise of its domestically-made cars bodes well....
...Sony has already listed its financial services subsidiary this way. Doing it again would not bode well for Japan’s corporate governance reforms....
...Rival workplace messaging service Microsoft Teams may be bigger but Slack’s user base skews towards the kind of developers, digital agencies and media groups who like to talk up their own interests....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on May 31. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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