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The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said, far exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4.3%. Intel shares rose 14% after The Wall Street Journal reported that the chip maker struck a preliminary deal to supply chips to Apple.

US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as traders parsed the latest jobs report, while oil

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Apple and Intel have reached a ‌preliminary agreement for Intel ‌to manufacture some of the chips ​that power the iPhone maker's devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people ‌familiar with ⁠the matter. Intensive talks between the two companies have ⁠been underway for more than a year, and they ​hammered out ​a ​formal deal in ‌recent months, the report said. Apple shares were up about 2%, while Intel's stock extended gains and was last up ‌about 14%.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Friday ahead of the April jobs report. Coinbase and Cloudflare dived on earnings.

Here’s one way of sizing up the resurgence of the tech trade: The combined market cap of the Magnificent Seven is up $3 trillion since the start of the Iran war, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The seven tech titans—Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla—are, for the most part, riding high on excitement over artificial intelligence.

May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as a recovery in chipmakers helped offset worries about renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, while investors looked ahead to a crucial employment

President Trump met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday, while the administration extended its trade deadline with the European Union (EU) to July 4. Yahoo Finance Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul speaks more about what this meeting could mean for US-Brazil relations and the latest news about Trump's 25% tariffs against EU cars.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - Apple has publicly opposed a Canadian bill that the company says could require it to break the encryption ‌of its devices if passed. Bill C-22 was proposed by Canada's ruling Liberal ‌Party, which gained a parliamentary majority last month and is currently being debated in the House of Commons.

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. has reached the late stages of development for new AirPods with built-in cameras, a significant milestone for what will likely be its first wearable device designed for the artificial intelligence era.Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealChina Asks Banks to Pause New Loans to US-Sanctioned

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(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC, which originally aimed its Claude chatbot at businesses, is looking to capitalize on recent inroads with consumers by making the software more appealing to everyday people.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services Task

(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC, which originally aimed its Claude chatbot at businesses, is looking to capitalize on recent inroads with consumers by making the software more appealing to everyday people.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services Task

Arm Holdings forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, benefiting from higher adoption of its chip technology as tech firms spend heavily on artificial intelligence compute. The company expects quarterly revenue ‌of $1.26 billion, compared with estimates of $1.25 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Arm generates revenue by licensing its ‌technology to companies such as Nvidia and Apple, collecting royalty payments for every product built using its designs.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) just posted its best March quarter ever at $111.18 billion, while Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) followed with a sixth consecutive revenue beat. Now Bloomberg reports Apple is in early talks to use Intel and Samsung as U.S. chip suppliers. That single thread reframes both earnings reports. iPhone 17 Carries Apple. Foundry Carries Intel. Apple’s quarter ... Forget Tariffs: An Apple-Intel Deal Could Be the Biggest Manufacturing Story of the Trump Era

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Space-related funds are seeing a surge of inflows as investors eagerly await the IPO of Elon Musk's SpaceX (SPAX.PVT). In the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's ETF Report, TMX VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth to talk about the ETFs that could draw in the most investors — like the Procure Space ETF (UFO) — as interest in the broader space economy grows. Rosenbluth goes on to weigh in on prediction market ETFs that are set to launch.

Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for false advertising of its artificial intelligence capabilities. The company has been scrambling to keep up with tech rivals amid the AI boom but still hasn't delivered on the Siri revamp two years later. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of U.S. consumers in the San Francisco federal court for the Northern District of California, alleged that Apple deceived consumers with a marketing campaign that promoted features that did not yet exist and misled them into buying the devices.

(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co.’s market valuation topped $1 trillion after shares in the world’s largest memory maker more than quadrupled over the past year on booming demand for the chips used in artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services TasksUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitTrump Pauses Plan to Guide Ships While Seeking Iran DealWhite H

Arm reports earnings Wednesday as investors focus on its move into data center CPUs, a business shift that could put the chip-design company in competition with some of its own customers.

The semiconductor index has risen 54% since the end of March, its best performance over a 25-day period since March 2000. Chip makers are racing to meet surging demand for the specialized devices that are pivotal to powering artificial intelligence. Tuesday’s rally powered Intel to a 13% gain and a market capitalization of about $544 billion, surpassing Oracle and Johnson & Johnson Shares of Sandisk Micron and Qualcomm all added more than 10%, lifting the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite up 1%.

Apple is set to pay $250mn to settle a false advertising lawsuit over the launch of new AI features in 2024, when the iPhone-maker advertised...

Skyworks Solutions forecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Tuesday, betting on strong ‌demand for its radio-frequency chips used in premium ‌smartphones. Shares of the Irvine, California-based company rose more than 1% ​in extended trading. Skyworks, which sells analog and mixed-signal wireless communication chips to customers across the automotive, industrial and consumer electronics sectors, is a key supplier of ‌radio-frequency components for ⁠Apple's 5G iPhones.

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 ...

Last week’s tech earnings put investors’ attention back on AI spending and whether it’s actually paying off. One megacap stands out, surging nearly 10% over the past five trading days, the best five-day performance among the Magnificent 7 stocks. That’s Alphabet. The stock is up 22% year to date as ...

Alphabet is on the cusp of overtaking Nvidia as the world's most valuable company, riding on a record stock rally fueled by its artificial intelligence efforts and booming cloud business. The potential ‌reshuffling would put the Google parent at the No.1 spot for the first time in more than a decade. ‌It last held that position briefly in February 2016 before Apple reclaimed the spot. The move reflects a dramatic shift in sentiment as Alphabet emerges as both a ​major AI services provider with its cloud platform and a key rival to Nvidia in chips through custom processors that have won customers such as Anthropic.

Futures tied to major U. S. indices edged higher on Tuesday, pointing to a potential rebound after the previous session was hit by renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

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Apple’s Q2 earnings report gave Wall Street a lot to like. Bank of America analysts were all praise for the Cupertino giant’s performance, giving them enough confidence to raise their price target to $330 (18% higher than current prices), while keeping a buy rating. Q2 was another massive ...