Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were largely steady on Thursday as softer inflation data continued to support hopes that the Federal Reserve can keep interest rates on hold.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) raised its 2026 capital spending plan and full-year revenue outlook as executives said demand for leading-edge chips tied to artificial intelligence remains “extremely robust,” even as some consumer and price-sensitive end markets face pressure. On the
Today Earnings (a.m): UnitedHealth, GE Aerospace, U.S. Bancorp, Citizens Financial, Abbott Laboratories, State Street, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Earnings (p.m.): Netflix, Intuitive Surgical Economic data: Weekly jobless claims, Philadelphia Fed business-outlook survey, retail sales, pending home sales index, business inventories Fed speakers: Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson is expected to speak, as is Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan.
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Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The world's largest contract chip manufacturing and one of the world’s most valuable companies, TSMC’s results are seen as a barometer for the global chip industry and for AI at a time when worries about a potential AI bubble have been buffeting financial markets. As AI-related demand continues to surge, it has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and Taiwan.
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Uber Technologies agreed to acquire Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food-delivery company at $14.8 billion and seeks to strengthen the U.S. tech company’s footprint in international markets. The San Francisco-based company said Thursday that it entered into a combination agreement with Delivery Hero under which it will offer 41.50 euros a share in cash.
Uber on Thursday launched a public takeover offer for Delivery Hero that values the German food delivery company at $14.8 billion and would create the world's largest food-delivery firm outside China. The acquisition advances the U.S. ride-hailing firm's efforts to build a global presence in the food-delivery business as it faces intensifying competition from rivals such as DoorDash, which has been expanding aggressively abroad. Uber, which has made the acquisition conditional on a minimum acceptance threshold of 50% plus one share, will offer €41.50 ($47.58) in cash per share.
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The world’s largest contract chip maker posted its fifth straight quarter of record earnings amid voracious global appetite for artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, posted a 77% jump in second-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record, riding the wave of surging global demand for its artificial intelligence processors. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose customers include Nvidia and Apple, saw April-June net profit rise to T$706.6 billion ($21.99 billion). The profit handily beat a T$632.6 billion LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate.
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The technology sector was dragging markets on Wall Street and around the world mostly lower Thursday and oil prices fell despite a flurry of military strikes between the U.S. and Iran. Chip and memory companies were getting hit the hardest, with Western Digital and SanDisk leading the way down with losses of more than 7%. Despite the heavy investment in artificial intelligence, investors remain concerned that stock prices have shot too high and that the demand may not be sustainable if AI doesn’t deliver as much profit and productivity as expected.
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Airbus said on Thursday it had signed a multi-year agreement with Iliad-owned Scaleway to provide cloud infrastructure for sensitive industrial and defence applications, supporting the deployment of AI tools developed with French startup Mistral. The European planemaker said Scaleway would host critical applications spanning aircraft design, engineering, industrial production and corporate operations. Airbus signed a partnership with Mistral in May to co-develop customised AI tools for aerospace and defence.
TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - Nvidia said on Thursday it was partnering with Japanese companies including Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to advance the development of robotics and AI.
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Asia-Pacific equities mostly declined, as a pullback in U.S. chip stocks fueled concerns about the longevity of artificial-intelligence enthusiasm and weighed on chip-heavy South Korea.
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By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Thursday as chipmakers stumbled ahead of results from bellwether TSMC, while bonds benefited from another benign reading on U.S.
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