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Foxconn expects strong holiday sales in fourth quarter, September sales slump

Taiwan’s Foxconn , the world’s largest contract electronics maker and a major Apple supplier, predicted on Thursday strong year-end holiday sales after September sales dropped, coming off a high base for consumer electronics. The fourth quarter is traditionally the hot season for Taiwan’s tech companies as they race to supply smartphones, tablets and other electronics to […]

Technology Energy World

Hyundai, Kia to adopt Tesla EV-charging standard from 2024 in US

– Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp said on Thursday that they had decided to adopt Tesla Inc’s electric vehicle (EV) charging technology in the United States. Joining their global peers, including Ford Motor, General Motors and Nissan in adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), Hyundai’s and Kia’s moves take the Elon Musk-led company’s superchargers closer to becoming the industry […]

tax World

Corporate taxation can support business investment, but the details of the tax system matter

Business investment in OECD countries has remained weak over the past decades, while the cost of capital has significantly and steadily decreased. This raises the question of whether business investment still responds to the cost of capital and thus whether corporate tax policy can support investment. Based on new empirical findings at the firm and […]

Technology World

Samsung to manufacture chips from AI chip startup Tenstorrent

 Samsung’s contract chip manufacturing arm picked up a new artificial intelligence chip customer, a Canadian startup called Tenstorrent, the company said on Monday. Tenstorrent is among a number of startups looking to challenge Nvidia, which dominates the market for AI chips. The company produces chips and intellectual property for data centers, but is also working on […]

Finance trade World

Global stock index dips while bond yields, dollar climb

 MSCI’s global index of stocks kicked off fourth-quarter trading with a decline, while U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar rose after a last-minute deal averted a partial U.S. government shutdown. While U.S. indexes were a mixed bag in morning trading, in Europe stocks lost earlier gains after September PMI data, a key indicator of economic health, showed manufacturing activity remains […]

Business Economy

Oil prices fall 2% to 3-week low on strong US dollar, profit taking

 Oil prices fell about 2% on Monday to a three-week low as a higher-priced Brent contract expired, the U.S. dollar strengthened and traders took profits, concerned about forecasts of rising crude supplies and pressure on demand from high interest rates. On its first day as the front-month, Brent futures for December delivery fell to $90.78 […]

Business Economy

Fed’s Powell: Economy still working through the impact of the pandemic

The U.S. economy is still dealing with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said during a meeting with community and business leaders in York, Pennsylvania. “We are still coming through the other side of the pandemic,” Powell said, noting labor shortages in healthcare, ongoing difficulties with access to child care, […]