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Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. Samsung Electronics gained 7.7% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix was up 7.1%. The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was up 0.9% at $89.67 early Wednesday.

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Shares were mixed in Asia, while oil prices were holding steady Tuesday after jumping the day before as uncertainty persisted over when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again. U.S. futures edged higher. Brent crude oil was unchanged at $87.72 a barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude also was flat at $82.13 a barrel.

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Thanks to mid six-figure bonuses, engineers at Samsung and SK Hynix are the hottest bachelors in South Korea.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading advances after stocks rose on Wall Street, ending last week with gains. Oil prices rose and U.S. futures were little changed. In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2% to 66,890.02, pulled higher by strong gains for technology companies.

South Korea will launch a 5 trillion won ($3.52 billion) semiconductor fund targeting promising chip materials, parts, equipment and fabless companies, a presidential official said, ‌as Seoul seeks to accelerate plans for new chip manufacturing hubs across the country. The government will also ‌provide a further 5 trillion won in trade finance for suppliers, Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik told a press briefing after a meeting ​chaired by President Lee Jae Myung on Monday. The measures are part of Lee's semiconductor megaproject initiative unveiled in June, under which Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, together with suppliers and local governments, are expected to invest more than $576 billion in new chip manufacturing projects, including major fabrication facilities in the country's southwest region.

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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix face growing calls from investors wanting a greater share of excess cash via dividends or buybacks, after the pair provided scant detail on capital returns when reporting AI-driven record profit. The world's two largest memory chip makers are generating cash at an unprecedented pace due to robust demand ‌for chips used in AI applications, amassing reserves that exceed those of U.S. tech giants that are spending heavily on AI infrastructure. Samsung and SK Hynix are set to hold a combined $263 billion ‌in net cash by year-end, more than double the estimated $102 billion of AI bellwether Nvidia and exceeding the combined cash of the other six "Magnificent Seven" U.S. technology companies, LSEG data and Reuters calculations showed.

GRAIL (NASDAQ:GRAL) reported second-quarter revenue growth driven by higher Galleri test volumes, while outlining continued efforts to secure FDA approval, expand its commercial organization and build international distribution partnerships. Revenue totaled $44.7 million in the second quarter, up 2

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Netlist has struck a five-year deal to license its memory chip patents to Samsung Electronics, ‌it said on Wednesday, gaining access to the ‌South Korean firm's products and ending years of legal disputes between the companies. Here ​are some details: • Netlist develops advanced memory and storage technologies, including server memory and high-bandwidth memory technologies used in AI computing. Samsung will receive access to Netlist's patent portfolio, including its ‌server dual in-line memory ⁠module and high-bandwidth memory technologies used in AI servers and high-performance computing.

Asian shares surged and oil prices slipped Wednesday after the U.S. stock market rallied to records, helped by strong corporate earnings reports and hopes for a deal setting the stage for talks that might eventually lead to an end to the war in Iran. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 3.3% to 66,068.24, with chipmaker Kioxia surging 6.3% while chip testing equipment maker Advantest soared 6.9%. Tech giant Samsung Electronics advanced 4.1%.

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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) for possible use at their Chinese factories, three people familiar with the matter said, as the South Korean firms hedge against the risk of tighter U.S. export controls. The memory chipmakers began ‌testing AMEC etching equipment about two years ago, when uncertainty was mounting over whether Washington would continue allowing them to import U.S. chipmaking tools into ‌China, two of the sources said.

Sandisk could work its way back to this number post-earnings.

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A crisis of confidence in the AI trade has dogged the index of late, putting it in bear market. Big swings, driven by SK Hynix and Samsung, which make chips crucial to the AI buildout and which together make up most of the Kospi, have become practically routine.

Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST) reported second-quarter revenue of $109.8 million, up 163% from the second quarter of 2025, as demand for difficult-to-source DRAM products and the company’s memory product portfolio supported growth. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong said first-half revenue exceeded $200 mi

Memory-chip shipments led the overall export growth, as the country’s top chip makers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix maintain an upbeat outlook for the rest of the year after posting record revenue and earnings for the June quarter. Imports expanded 26.5% to $68.56 billion in July, resulting in a trade surplus of $30.32 billion. In June, the country’s trade surplus was a revised $36.09 billion.