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According to reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing an aggressive push into the living room with an AI-powered command center designed to sit at the heart of your home. The core of Apple’s immediate strategy centers on a new wall- or desk-mounted smart display featuring a roughly 7-inch square screen. Powered by a customized operating system that blends elements of tvOS, watchOS, and iOS, the UI relies on a familiar grid of apps, interactive widgets, and customizable Apple Wa
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, but tech futures dropped as chip stocks Micron and Sandisk dived. Coca-Cola jumped on earnings.
Apple on Tuesday launched a device leasing program in the U.S. through payments firm Klarna, offering customers monthly plans for iPhones, Macs, iPads and Apple Watches. The program, called Apple Upgrade, expands the technology giant's payment options and replaces its existing iPhone Upgrade Program and iPhone Payments offering in the country. Customers can lease iPhones and Apple Watches for 12 or 24 months, while Macs and iPads are available under 24- or 36-month plans, Apple said.
Investing.com -- Just one of five mega cap technology companies that reported earnings this quarter managed to outperform the S&P 500 the following day, which warns that the pattern is likely to persist as AI capital expenditure anxiety continues to overshadow otherwise solid results.
PayPal doubled down on its turnaround plan on Tuesday, raising its 2026 profit forecast and outlining cost-saving steps, as it looks to convince investors that it is worth more than the $53 billion takeover offer that analysts described as "low-ball". The payments company, once the crown jewel of American financial technology, received a $60.50-per-share bid from Stripe and private equity firm Advent International, Reuters reported earlier this month, citing sources. The offer is a fraction of the roughly $360 billion valuation PayPal commanded as a pandemic-era darling in 2021.
Asian chip stocks sold off today, pushing South Korea’s Kospi index 10% lower and Japan’s Nikkei 4% in the red. That followed a tough session for U.S. chipmakers that looks set to extend to today, with Intel, Micron and others sliding premarket.
July 28 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures fell on Tuesday, mirroring a cautious mood across global markets toward AI chip stocks on concerns about hefty corporate spending and rising Chinese competition,
Today Earnings (a.m.): Coca-Cola, UPS, Boeing, Sherwin-Williams, Hilton, Centene, PayPal, S&P Global Earnings (p.m.): Visa, Ford Motor, Mondelez International, Waste Management, PPG Industries, Bloom Energy, Avis Budget, Seagate Technology Economic data: Consumer confidence index, Johnson Redbook retail sales index, U.
SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Asian markets fell on Tuesday led by chipmakers on unease about the massive funding demands of the AI boom, while a slide in oil prices did relatively little to lift
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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended mixed on Monday, with the Dow gaining half a percent, the S&P 500 virtually flat and the Nasdaq dropping marginally.</p><p>Investors awaited earnings results from Big Tech companies this week, including Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Apple. Of the four, only Apple has seen significant gains this year, with investors concerned about future returns on massive AI spending.</p><p>Skyler Weinand is chief investment officer at Regan Capital.</p><p>"If they don't come out and beat [estimates], they're going to sell off even further. You're going to see some profit taking. You're going to see some hedge funds and retail [investors] potentially pack it in for the rest of the year, sitting up 10 to 15%. I don't blame them. // I don't really see the opportunity for these companies that have run so much over the past 18 to 24 months on that AI build out. I don't see that as a huge buying opportunity. I would rather be looking at some of the companies that have fallen behind a little bit. Auto manufacturers are having their day right now. Defense companies are having their day. Some of these companies that will continue to print earnings regardless of what comes from AI build out."</p><p>The Philadelphia semiconductor index extended its recent selloff, falling more than 2%. It is down 21% from its record high close on June 22 but remains up 63% in 2026.</p><p>Chinese chipmaker CXMT's stellar debut on Monday and a report that the country has started manufacturing homegrown deep ultraviolet chipmaking tools also signaled intensifying competition for the U.S. semiconductor industry.</p><p>Meanwhile, oil prices slid after President Donald Trump said the administration was having "good talks" with Iran, but warned that U.S. strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.</p><p>Shares of Occidental Petroleum fell more than 4% and Exxon Mobil also closed lower.</p><p>Traders this week will also turn their attention to Tuesday's start of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, with traders projecting a more than 60% chance that the central bank will leave rates unchanged, according to CME's FedWatch tool.</p></body>
Chip stocks declined, with a big week of tech earnings looming. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.2%, while the Dow industrials rose 0.5%.
Chip stocks pulled Nasdaq lower to start the week, as falling oil prices failed to give markets a broad reprieve. Nvidia shares are down about 5%, dragging its market value below that of Apple’s in intraday trading. Investors will watch for a fresh batch of U.S. tech earnings this week, including reports from Microsoft and Meta Platforms on Wednesday.
Apple stock is nearing fresh records ahead of its earnings release. The company is set to report earnings after the bell on Thursday in what will be Tim Cook's last earnings call as CEO. It will also be the first quarterly release since the company raised prices to offset higher memory costs.
Apple is on pace to snap Nvidia's 272-trading-day streak as the largest U.S. company by market cap. The iPhone maker, which has never cracked the $5 trillion market cap threshold, is also closing in on that milestone. Apple's stock price today hit a new all-time intraday high of $339.50.
U.S. chip stocks are taking a beating Monday after a stratospheric stock market debut by Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT. But that's only the latest development to rattle jittery investors. Also: Apple has been lobbying the Trump administration on a plan to use memory chips from China in some Apple products.

China's biggest memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), is surging in its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley explains what investors should know about emerging Chinese competition in the tech space.
Apple's consumer products, including the iPhone, could be reasons to consider the stock ahead of its next earnings report.
China's CXMT just pulled off one of the most explosive stock market debuts in history, and memory giants with triple-digit gains on the books are now facing a sector-wide reckoning that could upend the entire bull case for DRAM and NAND.
Apple stock notched a record high on Monday, three days before its fiscal third-quarter earnings report.
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. companies operating in Europe now expect stable transatlantic trade and investment relations, a marked improvement from their