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Source: TradingView.com Apple shares rose Friday morning after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and said customers are increasingly upgrading their iPhones to take advantage of AI features. The stock looks set to continue its upward momentum after finding support near the lower trendline of a rising wedge pattern. Investors should watch crucial overhead areas on Apple’s chart around $260 and $350, while also monitoring major support levels near $235 and $218. Apple (AAPL) shares rose Friday morning after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and said customers are increasingly upgrading their iPhones to take advantage of AI features. While the company…

Intel on Thursday posted December-quarter results that beat analysts’ low expectations, while its forecast for current-quarter revenue missed estimates as the chipmaker grapples with tepid demand for its data center chips and as investors wait for a new CEO.Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company climbed 3.8 percent in after-hours trading. Last year, Intel’s shares lost about 60 percent.The company’s quarterly results and forecast were overshadowed by questions about its long-term strategy and efforts to replace former CEO Pat Gelsinger, who was ousted last month. Two interim co-CEOs currently run the former No. 1 U.S. chipmaker which is struggling to…

(Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp. and Workers United have agreed to withdraw lawsuits against each other, taking another key step toward a contract deal for unionized locations. Most Read from Bloomberg After years of conflict, the two sides announced last February they had agreed to work to resolve their disagreements, including litigation stemming from social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. The talks broke down in late 2024 over the issue of pay, with the union also saying the two parties hadn’t reached a resolution on the lawsuits. On its website, the company said it continues to work toward reaching an…

By Laura Matthews, Lewis Krauskopf and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors are bracing for a looming hit to U.S. corporate profits and pressure on inflation if President Donald Trump makes good on his tariff threats, with markets seen as not fully factoring in risks from higher levies on foreign imports. President Donald Trump is vowing to issue tariffs as soon as Saturday on Canada, Mexico and China, the three largest U.S. trading partners. As the tariff deadline nears, investors have been trying to gauge whether the potential duties on imports might be a negotiating tool, as Trump and members…

A novel fluorescent protein has been created using artificial intelligence (AI), with scientists estimating that its natural evolution would have required half a billion years. The protein, known as esmGFP, was designed by an AI model trained on extensive biological data, leading to the development of a structure distinct from naturally occurring green fluorescent proteins found in jellyfish and corals. The breakthrough is expected to contribute to advancements in medicine and protein engineering.Study Reveals AI-Driven Molecular EvolutionAccording to the study published in Science, the AI model ESM3 was used to generate esmGFP by filling in missing genetic sequences based on…

Fabrice Coffrini / Getty Images Palantir Technologies is set to report fourth-quarter results after the market closes Monday, with analysts expecting revenue and adjusted earnings growth. However, analysts are largely skeptical on whether the analytics software provider’s stock can sustain its recent momentum. Shares of Palantir have nearly quintupled in value over the past 12 months. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is set to report fourth-quarter results after the market closes Monday, with analysts largely skeptical on whether the analytics software provider’s stock can sustain its recent momentum. None of the 13 analysts covering the stock tracked by Visible Alpha expect the…

DeepSeek’s recent release of its powerful R1 AI model, and its claims of the comparably low costs it says it spent to create it, erased hundreds of billions of market value this week and incited panicked soul searching inside some of the Magnificent 7. But for Amazon, at least publicly, company executives are using the explosion of interest as a sales pitch for Amazon’s cloud AI strategy which, much like its online shopping playbook, rests in large part on a wide selection of products or services for customers to choose from. In AWS’s case, that means giving its business customers…

CB President Christine Lagarde on Thursday expressed confidence that Bitcoin will not be included in the EU’s list of reserved assets. The top official’s stance comes weeks after US President Donald Trump’s made statements that he plans to add BTC to the country’s reserves. Bitcoin’s value dropped by 1.23 percent on Friday amid ongoing market volatility, trading at approximately $104,002 (roughly Rs. 90.1 lakh). This development highlights the differing stances between the US and EU on Bitcoin’s role in traditional reserved assets.ECB Chief Says Reserve Assets Must Have Liquidity, Assured SecurityAles Michl, the governor of the Czech Republic’s central bank,…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top financial market regulator said on Saturday that «stabilising the market, stabilising confidence and stabilising expectations» were priorities as the government works to provide better access to capital for leading technology. Wu Qing, who took over as the head of China’s Securities Regulatory Commission a year ago when China’s stock markets were sliding, said regulators had been working to restore confidence since late September, when Beijing rolled out a series of stimulus measures. Those measures, Wu said, support President Xi Jinping’s goal of making China a «financial power» and creating capital-market funding opportunities for companies with…

By Suzanne McGee and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) is eyeing a 2026 launch after submitting paperwork to operate as a national securities exchange, its parent company said on Friday. The company hopes the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission will approve the application before the end of the year as it attempts to disrupt the New York-dominated industry. The proposed exchange said it wants to reverse the shrinking number of publicly traded companies, tackling what it described as the high cost of going public and remaining on exchanges. «This is a very big step forward,» said…