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May PCE: Inflation ticks up to highest level since 2023
Yahoo Finance Video43d agoneutralVIDEO
May PCE: Inflation ticks up to highest level since 2023

May's Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index — the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge — saw inflation rise 0.4% month-over-month and 4.1% year-over-year Core PCE, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.3% monthly and 3.4% annually, marking the highest level since 2023. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Epistrophy Capital Research chief market strategist Cory Johnson to further examine rising price trends.

Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads as memory costs skyrocket
Reuters43d agoneutral
Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads as memory costs skyrocket

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (Reuters) - Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's datacenter buildout. The move does not affect Apple's main cash cow, the ‌iPhone.

Apple Raises Prices on Macs, iPads by $200 or More on Some Models
The Wall Street Journal43d agoneutral
Apple Raises Prices on Macs, iPads by $200 or More on Some Models

Apple raised the prices of its Macs and iPads early Thursday morning, a week after Chief Executive Tim Cook said the soaring costs of memory and storage chips would force the company’s hand. The company briefly took down its Apple Online Store early this morning as it typically does when announcing new products. When it came back online, the price tags for Mac computers rose roughly 15% to 20% and iPad prices rose 15% to 25%.

AI Weekly: Micron boosts chip stocks, firms mull AI-related cuts
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AI Weekly: Micron boosts chip stocks, firms mull AI-related cuts

<body><p>STORY: From chip stocks getting a fresh boost... to where chip workers have become among the most desirable partners.. This is AI Weekly.</p><p>:: AI Weekly</p><p>Chip stocks rebounded after bullish outlooks from U.S. firms Micron Technology and Qualcomm.</p><p>Micron said customers had committed to spend $22 billion on its chips.</p><p>It also forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above expectations, sending its shares 12% higher in after-hours trading.</p><p>Landsberg Bennett Chief Investment Officer Michael Landsberg says the AI boom has been transformational for memory chip makers like Micron:</p><p>“What’s happened in this space has been, typically this used to be more of a commodity, and so what’s happened now with AI, a lot of these chips are needed to make AI work faster and better so the demand has really been strong across the entire sector.”</p><p>Donald Trump has said Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the U.S.</p><p>The move would be a major boost for the American chipmaker's efforts to turn around its business.</p><p>A contract with Apple would lock in steady demand from the iPhone maker.</p><p>That would boost Intel's reputation and sales as it looks to close the gap with rival TSMC.</p><p>Oracle's total workforce declined 13%, or about 21,000 employees, in its fiscal 2026.</p><p>It's as the cloud computing giant continued restructuring its business... partly driven by the adoption of AI across its operations.</p><p>Up to 3,000 Santander employees in Spain could also be offered early retirement.</p><p>That's as the bank braces for impacts brought on by AI, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Wednesday.</p><p>SK Hynix overtook Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable listed company.</p><p>Shares in what is now the world's most valuable memory chipmaker rose to bring the company's market capitalization to $1.35 trillion. &nbsp;</p><p>Employees at chip factories are also now part of South Korea’s A-list.&nbsp;</p><p>Some workers at Samsung’s chip division are set for bonuses of about $416,000.</p><p>Around 14 times South Korea’s average annual salary.</p><p>Chip workers now rival doctors and lawyers as the nation’s most desirable partners.</p><p>Lee Sung-mi from matchmaking agency Sunoo says tech staffers now rate very highly:</p><p>"Scores for Samsung Electronics employees have recently risen from 83 to 87. As for clients who work at SK Hynix, their scores are expected to climb from around 80 to 83—showing just how highly favored the company has become."</p></body>

Stocks to Watch: Micron, Wendy’s, Sandisk
The Wall Street Journal43d agoneutral
Stocks to Watch: Micron, Wendy’s, Sandisk

↗️ Micron Technology (MU): The memory-chip maker said revenue quadrupled in the second quarter and that it expects the chip shortage to extend beyond 2027. Shares surged 17% premarket. ↗️ Sandisk (SNDK), Western Digital (WDC), Qualcomm (QCOM): Memory makers and other stocks tied to the AI buildout also rallied ahead of the bell.

Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast
AFP43d agobearish
Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast

South Korea's Kospi soared more than five percent in a tech-led surge across Asia on Thursday as a forecast-busting earnings report from US chip titan Micron helped traders brush off their latest worries about the AI investment boom.SK hynix jumped around 10 percent and Samsung more than five percent, pushing up the Kospi almost six percent at one point.

Bloomberg44d agobullish
A $30 Billion Cancer Breakthrough Is Under Threat From Global Conflicts

(Bloomberg) -- At the Hirslanden clinic overlooking Switzerland’s picturesque Lake Lucerne, prostate cancer patient Jörg Pegelow lies on a reclining chair as a doctor wearing two sets of gloves — one made with lead — injects a saline solution laced with a radioactive drug into a vein in his arm.Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced

Qualcomm bets on AI chips to break smartphone reliance, but faces crowded race
Reuters44d agobullish
Qualcomm bets on AI chips to break smartphone reliance, but faces crowded race

Qualcomm is expected to use its investor day on Wednesday to lay out a push beyond its core smartphone business into ‌the fast-growing, but highly competitive, market for AI data center chips. Analysts ‌expect the San Diego-based company to name new customers for its AI chips as it tries to ​gain a foothold in a market dominated by Nvidia. The shift reflects mounting pressure in the smartphone market, where Qualcomm is one of the world’s largest chip suppliers to Android device makers.

3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in June and Hold Forever
24/7 Wall St.44d agobullish
3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in June and Hold Forever

Mid-year 2026 is a stress test for long-term conviction. The S&P’s mega-cap leaders have diverged sharply this year, with Microsoft giving back gains as AI capex skeptics resurface, Visa drifting on litigation noise, and Apple riding the iPhone 17 cycle. For investors thinking in decades rather than quarters, that divergence is the opportunity. The three ... 3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in June and Hold Forever