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<body><p>STORY: From a huge hit for SK Hynix shares to mass layoffs at Volkswagen.</p><p>:: The Week In Numbers</p><p>This is The Week In Numbers.</p><p>:: 15%</p><p>15% is the fall SK Hynix shares took in trading on Monday in the South Korean chip giants biggest one-day decline on record.</p><p>It came just days after it's U.S. listing as investors in Seoul cashed out of a massive share price rally following its Nasdaq debut last week.</p><p>Monday's stock drop kicked off a volatile week for the company's shares.</p><p>:: 25%</p><p>25% is the plunge IBM shares took after it signaled the AI infrastructure boom is drawing spending away from the software sector.</p><p>Big Blue said it expected revenue to rise just 1% in the second quarter, falling short of Wall Street hopes. </p><p>In a letter to investors, CEO Arvind Krishna said the firm had "faltered" in keeping pace with a shift in corporate spending from software to data-center infrastructure.</p><p>:: 11%</p><p>11% is the hit global smartphone shipments took in the second quarter falling to their lowest level for the period since 2013.</p><p>That's according to early estimates from Counterpoint Research, which said a memory chip shortage has driven up smartphone prices and dampened demand.</p><p>Memory chip prices have soared as suppliers prioritize AI data center customers over consumer electronics.</p><p>:: 50,000</p><p>50,000 jobs may need to be cut at Volkswagen to match the competitiveness of rivals.</p><p>That's what its CEO told staff in an internal memo.</p><p>It effectively confirms for the first time that the automaker is looking to reduce up to 100,000 positions.</p><p>Sources also told Reuters last month VW could close four German factories. </p><p>:: $14.8 billion</p><p>$14.8 billion is the equity value Uber placed on German firm Delivery Hero, as it launched a takeover bid of the food-delivery company.</p><p>Were a deal to go ahead it would create the largest food-delivery group outside China.</p><p>An acquisition would further the U.S. ride-hailing firm's efforts to build a global food-delivery business, as competition with U.S. and European rivals heats up.</p></body>
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IBM (IBM) shares lost roughly one-quarter of their value on July 14 after the tech giant dropped disappointing preliminary second-quarter results. The collapse was historic, but the severity of the earnings gap alone doesn’t explain the market reaction. IBM could be in an artificial intelligence ...
IBM released an earnings warning that sent the stock spiraling.
Directors had long known that the artificial-intelligence revolution would upend the technology icon’s business, but the pain came sooner than expected, leaving the company with a tough choice, according to people familiar with the discussions. Board members debated whether to issue a rare warning that bad news was coming or wait for the numbers to hit the tape a week later when executives could discuss them with investors, the people said. After asking tough questions of CEO Arvind Krishna, the board agreed to take its medicine and disclose the disappointing results in the hopes of winning credibility for transparency.
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International Business Machines (IBM) has spent three years quietly convincing Wall Street it belonged in the artificial intelligence trade. However, on July 14, the market decided otherwise in a single session. IBM shares closed at $217.07, falling 25.21% that day alone. This came ...
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It was also the last time IBM stock price saw a collapse larger than Tuesday‘s 26% plummet. The historic meltdown wiped nearly $70 billion from Big Blue’s market cap and added a new element to the so-called “SaaSpocalypse” selloff that has taken more than 20% from the Expanded Tech-Software Sector exchange-traded fund’s sector since last autumn. Back in 1968, concerns about antitrust investigations drove IBM shares lower.
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