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Apple just posted a blowout quarter and the stock has been bleeding ever since, leaving investors to wonder whether a bold Wall Street outlier sees something the rest of the market is missing.

Qualcomm has spent five years watching rivals soak up AI excitement while its stock went nowhere, but a shift toward on-device inference could make that stagnation look like the setup for something much bigger.

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley, Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley, and Julie Hyman join on Morning Brief to break down the looming IPO race between OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) and Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) IPOs.

Google debuted its Pixel 11 line of smartphones on Wednesday.

CPI inflation data for July cooled as expected. That could ease odds of a Fed rate hike next month. S&P 500 futures are higher.

With only a few weeks left in Cook's tenure, let's look back on how well the company has done since he took the reins.

Apple is reportedly testing CXMT memory across products including iPhones and MacBooks, even after the Chinese supplier refused to offer the cheaper DRAM pricing Apple wanted.

A tiny nation of 5.7 million people quietly became the world's largest single investor, owning a slice of nearly every major company on earth. The secret behind Norway's staggering financial empire starts with oil and ends somewhere far more surprising.

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Crypto.com has launched tokenized derivatives that track 1,500 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ...

NEW YORK & LONDON, August 12, 2026--While July reflected a shift in market strength for stocks across the S&P 500 and technology-heavy indices, the overarching theme was investors moving away from AI infrastructure spending toward AI monetization. This signified investor scrutiny as to whether the massive spending on AI is starting to pay off. In leveraged semiconductor bets, a similar unwind took shape with investors trimming borrowed risk rather than exiting AI exposure entirely. For global he

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(Bloomberg) -- Underlying US inflation was subdued in July, likely easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.Most Read from BloombergPhoebe Gates Knew Phia Shopping App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t DriveTrump Weighs Call for Capital Gains Tax Cuts as Midterm BoostTata Sons Chairman to Step Down, Deepening Leadership TurmoilFive Takeaways From Zuckerberg’s 6,500-Word Manifesto on AIPakistan Says Deal Is Close Even as Iran, US Harden StancesThe consumer price index, excludi

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Record demand is not the danger for Apple stock; the danger is a component bill that keeps climbing and has already begun to take margin down.

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Consumer discretionary businesses are levered to the highs and lows of economic cycles. Over the past six months, it seems like demand may be facing some headwinds as the industry’s 4.4% return has lagged the S&P 500 by 6.6 percentage points.

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Investors might be unsure where to place their money this year. But some S&P 500 companies are churning out profit.

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Host Kenny Polcari joins Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre and Founder ETFs' Michael Monaghan to explore the data showing why founder-led companies significantly outperform the market. The panel also breaks down the flawless execution of the SpaceX IPO, the overlooked opportunities in AI infrastructure, and why the next major productivity boom will mirror the historical shift from steam to electricity.

Amid a wave of technological shifts in 2026 including Cisco’s rollout of Webex AI Agents, Microsoft Teams’ enterprise security overhauls, Apple's iOS 26 FaceTime enhancements, and major hardware transitions away from legacy Polycom platforms—this comprehensive IP study analyzes the foundational patent portfolios of tech giants like Tencent, Samsung, and Qualcomm. The report provides critical intelligence on R&D trends, patent filings, and the strategic positioning of key market players.Dublin, A

Apple, Coca-Cola, and Alphabet are three Buffett favorites that investors can buy and hold.

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(Bloomberg) -- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported a better-than-expected increase in quarterly profit, signaling robust global demand for AI hardware.Most Read from BloombergFive Takeaways From Zuckerberg’s 6,500-Word Manifesto on AIPhoebe Gates Knew Phia Shopping App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t DrivePakistan Says Deal Is Close Even as Iran, US Harden StancesApple’s Glass-Centric 20th-Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027Air India Pilot Tests Positive for Drugs After Mid-Air Drop

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on Wednesday a 35% rise in second-quarter profit, beating analyst forecasts, on continued strong demand for AI, which it predicted would drive ‌growth this year. Net profit for the April to June period for Nvidia's biggest server maker and Apple's top ‌iPhone assembler was T$59.97 billion ($1.86 billion), versus an LSEG consensus estimate of T$58.8 billion and compared with T$44.4 billion a year earlier. The company, formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry, said its cloud and networking products segment, which includes AI servers, accounted for 51% of second-quarter revenue, exceeding 50% for the first time, while its smart ‌consumer electronics products segment, which includes iPhones, accounted ⁠for 29%.

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