About 70% of Russia’s seaborne Urals oil exports go to India, according to data from two industry sources and Reuters surveillance, which indicated Monday. According to one of the sources, attractive Urals prices translate into high margins for Indian refiners, and term agreements between Russian and Indian enterprises and lower freight charges also contribute to…
According to research firm IDC, Apple’s worldwide computer shipments decreased 40.5% year over year in the first quarter of 2023 despite a larger decline in customer demand. Apple, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, the top five computer manufacturers, all experienced double-digit declines in first-quarter shipments as a result of weaker demand and ongoing inventory problems.…
A bill intended to increase US semiconductor manufacturing has raised worries about the subsidy criteria, according to Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, who stated on Monday that it is in communication with Washington regarding its “guidance.” Surplus profit sharing with the US government is one of the requirements for subsidies, and according to industry insiders, the application…
On Monday, the ride-hailing business Careem, which is owned by Uber, announced a spinoff with significant support from both its parent company and a new source. With a $400 million investment, the Abu Dhabi-based tech holding company e&, formerly known as Etisalat, entered into a legally binding agreement with Uber Technologies to purchase a 50.03%…
After projecting a 96% decline in its quarterly operating profit, Samsung Electronics will reduce the output of memory chips. The world’s largest manufacturer of chips reported a steep decline in sales due to weak demand after Covid and a slowing global economy. According to Samsung, early data indicates that operating profits decreased from 14 trillion…
In order to settle the tens of thousands of lawsuits Johnson & Johnson is facing in North America, which allege that its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer, the company has offered to pay close to $9 billion. The healthcare behemoth declared it continued to view the allegations as “specious,” but hoped the…
Levi Strauss & Co. warned of a margin squeeze this year, sending its shares down 16% in morning trade as it would have to give higher discounts than anticipated while simultaneously coping with increasing costs. The business said its full-year gross margin would be down roughly 50 basis points from 57.5% a year earlier despite…
Constellation Brands Inc. provided full-year profit guidance beyond Wall Street expectations, aided by price increases intended to offset rising expenses and high demand for its premium beer brands. To protect its margins from the rising costs of packaging, raw materials, logistics, and labor, the company has been boosting the pricing of its beer, wine, and…
In an effort to reduce costs and better compete with United Parcel Service and Amazon, FedEx Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will combine its several delivery companies into a single organization. Almost a year after activist investor D.E. Shaw campaigned for reform and secured two additional board seats, FedEx revealed its decision to combine…
On Wednesday, Facebook-owned Meta released a dataset of image annotations that it claimed was the largest ever of its kind combined with an artificial intelligence model that can identify specific objects within an image. In a blog post, the company’s research division claimed that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could recognize things in pictures…
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