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Samsung reaches $1 trillion market cap on booming demand for high-bandwidth memory for AI.

Sandisk and Micron are now generating around 80 cents of gross profit for every dollar of revenue. That compares to a wide range historically, from single digits to around 60 cents on the dollar. That seems unsustainably high for companies in the very expensive business of physically manufacturing chips, but AI demand is changing the game.

Profits have never been a sure thing in the volatile industry. Memory chip makers Micron Technology and Sandisk as well as hard-drive makers Seagate and Western Digital have all produced annual operating losses at least once in just the last three years. Sandisk and Micron are now generating around 80 cents of gross profit for every dollar of revenue.

It’s unusual for Apple (AAPL) to signal anything about its suppliers, but Tim Cook broke from that pattern, a move that has clear implications for Micron Technology (MU) investors. For perspective, Micron has ridden a tidal wave of AI memory demand over the past several quarters, a trend ...

Investors are no longer just chasing the GPUs that train AI models. They're also chasing the memory and storage needed to keep those systems running.

8.30am: Oil prices ease, as Hegseth plays down Strait fighting Crude oil futures have eased further, as US defence officials struck a cautious tone on the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iranian actions remain below the threshold for a wider conflict, despite continued harassment of shipping. In...

Dow Jones Futures: Iran attacks sparked stock market losses Monday. Palantir stock rallied on earnings late.

Stock futures were falling Monday, putting a record-breaking rally for the and in jeopardy as Iran state media reported that the country struck a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military’s Central Command denied the report. Shares of eBay jumped 8.1% to $112.40.

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) reported first-quarter 2026 diluted earnings of $1.21 per share, up from $1.10 in the prior-year quarter, as the utility benefited from rate increases and customer growth even as unusually mild weather weighed on usage in key classes. Amy Shaw, vice president of finance, complian

US equity indexes were mixed on Friday as earnings helped lift technology and communication services