Apple’s Reported Push To Buy Chinese Memory Chips Isn’t About Lower Prices, It’s About Surviving A Worsening AI-Driven Supply Crunch, Says Analyst
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Apple’s Reported Push To Buy Chinese Memory Chips Isn’t About Lower Prices, It’s About Surviving A Worsening AI-Driven Supply Crunch, Says Analyst

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Apple Inc.’s reported effort to secure access to memory chips from a Chinese supplier reflects mounting concerns over future chip availability rather than a search for lower costs, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. AI Data Centers Are Reshaping…

Dozens of Major Companies Become Open USD Launch Partners
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Dozens of Major Companies Become Open USD Launch Partners

A coalition of over 140 companies, including Blackrock, Coinbase, Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa, have joined Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin effort governed by an independent entity called Open Standard that will distribute its revenues to its member partners. What’s the Scoop? The pitch: Once live, Open USD will let businesses mint and redeem the…

Circle Stock Dives as Coinbase, BlackRock and Visa Back Open USD Stablecoin
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Circle Stock Dives as Coinbase, BlackRock and Visa Back Open USD Stablecoin

Coinbase, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, and more than 140 other companies have banded together to launch a new stablecoin called Open USD (OUSD), in a bid to create shared digital payments infrastructure that no single firm controls. The news appears to have rocked the stock price of USDC stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL), with shares falling…

Analyst Report: McCormick & Co Inc/MD
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Analyst Report: McCormick & Co Inc/MD

John D. Staszak, CFA Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary & Consumer Staples John’s specialty at Argus includes the gaming, lodging and restaurant groups within the Consumer Discretionary sector. John earned an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services industry, he has worked as…

Oil prices little changed but set for steepest monthly and quarterly lossesĀ since 2020
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Oil prices little changed but set for steepest monthly and quarterly lossesĀ since 2020

By Scott DiSavino June 30 (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday but were headed for their biggest monthly and quarterly losses since the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with investors eyeing potential U.S.-Iran talks in Doha amid a strained interim ceasefire ā€Œin the four-month-long war. Brent futures fell 13 cents, or 0.2%,…

Strategy’s Stock Falls 44% In June As Bitcoin Crumbles
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Strategy’s Stock Falls 44% In June As Bitcoin Crumbles

Strategy’s (NASDAQ: $MSTR) stock is headed for its eleventh consecutive month of losses as the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) continues to decline.  Heading into June 30, Strategy’s stock is down 44% on the month, its worst performance since 2022. In the last 12 months, MSTR stock has fallen 79% to trade at $84.32 U.S….

Elon Musk’s Ex Wife Says He Was Ready To ā€˜Sacrifice Everything’ For Space Goals — Even If It Meant He And 5 Kids Had To Live In Her Parents’ Basement
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Elon Musk’s Ex Wife Says He Was Ready To ā€˜Sacrifice Everything’ For Space Goals — Even If It Meant He And 5 Kids Had To Live In Her Parents’ Basement

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon Musk was thinking about rockets. Justine Musk was thinking about whether her parents’ basement had room for five kids. In her 2017 TEDxUIUC talk, “Visionaries Are People Who Can See in the Dark,” Elon’s first wife recalled…

Joby Aviation and Toyota form joint venture for air taxi production
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Joby Aviation and Toyota form joint venture for air taxi production

Joby Aviation and Toyota Motor Corporation announced a joint venture on Monday to manufacture electric air taxis, combining Joby’s work in electric aviation with Toyota’s expertise in production systems. The new entity, called the Joby Toyota Aero Manufacturing Preparation Company, or JTAMPC, will focus on establishing the groundwork for commercial production and advancing manufacturing quality…

Oil Prices Head for Biggest Quarterly Drop Since Pandemic
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Oil Prices Head for Biggest Quarterly Drop Since Pandemic

As traffic through the Strait of Hormuz tentatively reopens following the U.S.-Iran deal to make a deal, oil prices on Tuesday were on track to post a 20% monthly decline and a 30% quarterly plunge in the biggest slump in a quarter since the pandemic-driven crash in prices. In the first quarter of 2020, Brent…

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