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...explodes just after lift-off in Japan (Nikkei Asia) Japan chip stocks slump amid signs of overheating (Nikkei Asia) Malaysia: the surprise winner from US-China chip wars (FT) China’s love affair with Apple...
...Shares of Kakao, parent of top comics app Piccoma, and Z Holdings, which owns messaging app Line, are down more than a quarter in the past year....
...“As good as many of their services and products are, their strong grip on mobile ecosystems allows them to shut out competitors, holding back the British tech sector and limiting choice,” he said....
...Apple Pay Later will be serviced through a wholly owned subsidiary, Apple Financing LLC. Lex assesses the risks. 2....
...evidence that Apple is exercising monopoly power.”...
...But with an Apple bond you might have to ask a series of investment banks for quotes, the differences can be stark, and even those bids and offers are not always firm....
...Apple’s move to limit the collection of personal data on its devices is the latest case in point....
...Shares of the largest US technology companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft shot higher on Wednesday....
...“There is concentration risk for investors who have been holding an index fund for a long time because they are overweight with those names and in technology stocks in particular,” said Liz Young, director...
...As health threats go, air pollution and Covid-19 are apples and oranges....
...To call this “quality” borders on the oxymoronic, given that holding Swiss franc or yen government bonds to maturity would guarantee a loss of principal....
...Lex questions whether the Alphabet holding company is still necessary, as it had been largely designed to allow the founders to step back from day-to-day management....
...Apple is using its Watch to improve fitness and cardiovascular health....
...The US Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 was, after all, designed to keep banking and non-banking businesses separate, for fear that a company would use its banking arm to push consumers towards its core...
...While Apple’s watchword is style, Fairphone’s is sustainability....
...Apple’s holdings of cash and marketable securities, net of debt, has fallen to $102bn, down from a peak of $163bn at the end of 2017....
...For now it’s difficult to see anyone competing with Disney, AT&T, Apple and NBCUniversal, all of whom are in the process of launching their own streaming services....
...They both smiled at the camera, holding up a peace sign. Avatars will also be used for the next generation of online conferencing....
...The company was acquired in 2014 and initially led by Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who played a key role in the development of the iPod....
...Those included not just the stocks that are switching sector but also behemoths such as Apple, which from Monday will be a larger constituent of the tech sector and the funds that track it....
...NYSE’s floor brokers will cease trading in the shares, which include two classes of Alphabet stock as well as shares of Booking Holdings and Zion Oil & Gas, for the rest of the trading day and all open orders...
...Alphabet, or Google's holding company to the uninitiated, has not drawn the same ire from investors as fellow FANG stocks, such as Netflix or Amazon....
...closed more than 1 per cent lower – the latter posted its worst day since last August and the largest two-day loss since May – amid concern over valuations and wariness ahead of earnings from the likes of Apple...
...Apple has struggled to show where it will find growth beyond the smartphone. Google has yet to repeat its search advertising success in other markets....
...But the listed holding company, such as Berkshire, or Alphabet — a cross between Warren Buffett’s creation and an incubator — may represent an important part of the future....
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