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Amazon shares jumped 5% this morning, propelling the company to a $3.08 trillion market valuation. The gain comes on the heels of a 15% jump on Friday, when Amazon stock had its best day in years after investors liked what they saw in its latest report card.

Apple is launching a device leasing program called 'Apple Upgrade' on July 28 in the U.S. to ‌boost sales, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with ‌knowledge of the matter. The new service arrives as Apple has raised prices on ​its iPads, MacBooks and other devices except the iPhone, no longer able to shield customers from surging memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's data-center buildout. Apple Upgrade will support most iPhone, ‌Mac, iPad and Apple Watch ⁠models and the company is partnering with Klarna Group as the financial backer for the program, the report ⁠said.

Investing.com -- Here are the biggest analyst moves in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) for this week.

Apple isn't just counting on customers to keep buying iPhones. It also expects them to keep paying every month long after they've bought one. While Apple built its reputation selling cutting-edge devices, its fastest-growing profit engine has become Services, the business that keeps generating ...

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Investing.com -- HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote-Colisson upgraded Apple to Buy from Hold and raised its price target on the iPhone maker’s shares to $366 from $260 in a note Friday, saying it is at "an operational turning point" as AI capabilities and a strong product pipeline support growth.

On June 25, Apple told the market it was raising prices on MacBooks, iPads, and other devices to cover the cost of a global memory chip shortage. The stock fell sharply that day, wiping out everything it had gained year to date. For a company that had been on a strong run, it was a rough afternoon. ...

Investing.com -- Citi has increased its price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to $365 and maintained its Buy rating on the stock in a note on Monday, citing the company's ability to gain market share in a challenging devices environment and its capacity to implement selective price increases to protect margins.

Investing.com -- Apple Intelligence features are failing to accelerate iPhone upgrade activity, according to a UBS survey of more than 7,500 smartphone users across five countries, which found declining enthusiasm for AI as a purchasing trigger even as overall purchase intent held up in key Western markets.

Investing.com -- Piper Sandler upgraded semiconductor design software maker Synopsys to Overweight from Neutral and raised its price target to $550 from $450, citing improving prospects for the company's intellectual property (IP) business as Intel's foundry ambitions gain traction.

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UBS raised its target on Micron to a Street-high $1,625 from $535, arguing AI has structurally changed the memory market

Investing.com -- IT hardware stocks have rallied sharply in recent months, but Morgan Stanley warned that peak valuations and mounting cyclical risks make the sector vulnerable to negative earnings revisions in the second half of the year.

Intel (INTC) stock has lost about 19.17% since hitting its highest-ever closing price of $129.44 on May 11. It is currently trading at $104.62, according to Yahoo Finance at the time of writing, Tuesday morning, May 19. Intel repurchased Apollo’s (APO) equity interest in the joint venture related ...

Investing.com -- Here are the biggest analyst moves in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) for this week.

Apple’s (AAPL) AI strategy has been quiet for a while, but things could change quickly. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives raised his 12-month price target on Apple to $400 from $350, making it the most bullish call among major Wall Street analysts, according to TheFly. The move shows a broader ...