BYD Co. ’s German sales surged more than ten-fold last month as the Chinese automaker continues to expand in Europe’s largest electric-vehicle market. The maker of the Dolphin hatchback sold 2,629 new cars in the country in January, according to figures the Federal Motor Transport Authority released Wednesday . That’s up from just 235 vehicles a year earlier and more than twice as many as Tesla In...
BYD Co. ’s German sales surged more than ten-fold last month as the Chinese automaker continues to expand in Europe’s largest electric-vehicle market. The maker of the Dolphin hatchback sold 2,629 new cars in the country in January, according to figures the Federal Motor Transport Authority released Wednesday . That’s up from just 235 vehicles a year earlier and more than twice as many as Tesla Inc. ’s 1,301 registrations. BYD is extending its lead over Tesla after having passed its US rival in Germany and the UK last year. Chinese-owned brands MG, Leapmotor and Xpeng have for months expanded in Europe amid a bruising EV price war at home, dialing up competitive pressure on incumbents. As the region’s biggest market, Germany is a key battleground. Read More: China’s BYD Outsells Tesla in Europe’s Two Biggest EV Markets Tesla has been struggling across Europe due to backlash against Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk ’s political activities. It’s also been grappling with intensifying competition from Chinese and local brands, with the likes of Volkswagen AG , Renault SA and BMW AG broadening their EV offerings. While the Model Y maker sold 1.9% more vehicles in January than a year earlier, that’s off a low base — its registrations plummeted early last year. Tesla’s weak sales across Europe carried over into the new year in other markets, with registrations slumping to a more than three-year low in France. In Norway, a lonely market where the company fared well last year, sales cratered 88% in January. Read More: Tesla Sales Slump to Three-Year Low in France, Plunge in Norway
BYD Co. ’s German sales surged more than ten-fold last month as the Chinese automaker continues to expand in Europe’s largest electric-vehicle market. The maker of the Dolphin hatchback sold 2,629 new cars in the country in January, according to figures the Federal Motor Transport Authority released Wednesday . That’s up from just 235 vehicles a year earlier and more than twice as many as Tesla In...
BYD Co. ’s German sales surged more than ten-fold last month as the Chinese automaker continues to expand in Europe’s largest electric-vehicle market. The maker of the Dolphin hatchback sold 2,629 new cars in the country in January, according to figures the Federal Motor Transport Authority released Wednesday . That’s up from just 235 vehicles a year earlier and more than twice as many as Tesla Inc. ’s 1,301 registrations. BYD is extending its lead over Tesla after having passed its US rival in Germany and the UK last year. Chinese-owned brands MG, Leapmotor and Xpeng have for months expanded in Europe amid a bruising EV price war at home, dialing up competitive pressure on incumbents. As the region’s biggest market, Germany is a key battleground. Read More: China’s BYD Outsells Tesla in Europe’s Two Biggest EV Markets Tesla has been struggling across Europe due to backlash against Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk ’s political activities. It’s also been grappling with intensifying competition from Chinese and local brands, with the likes of Volkswagen AG , Renault SA and BMW AG broadening their EV offerings. While the Model Y maker sold 1.9% more vehicles in January than a year earlier, that’s off a low base — its registrations plummeted early last year. Tesla’s weak sales across Europe carried over into the new year in other markets, with registrations slumping to a more than three-year low in France. In Norway, a lonely market where the company fared well last year, sales cratered 88% in January. Read More: Tesla Sales Slump to Three-Year Low in France, Plunge in Norway
A debate has emerged following President Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates, as well as his support for the Credit Card Competition Act, which would target swipe fees. While supporters say the moves would reduce the financial burden on consumers and help boost their savings, banks warned that the 10% cap would significantly reduce consumers' credit access. And since the cap wou...
A debate has emerged following President Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates, as well as his support for the Credit Card Competition Act, which would target swipe fees. While supporters say the moves would reduce the financial burden on consumers and help boost their savings, banks warned that the 10% cap would significantly reduce consumers' credit access. And since the cap would likely shrink banks' margins, they may scale back credit card rewards programs. Payment card networks said targeting swipe fees, which businesses must pay to banks when customers use credit cards, would lead to the elimination of credit card rewards. A recent Seeking Alpha poll , which gathered more than 1,600 responses, showed that a majority of respondents prefer the current rewards programs on their credit card over a 10% cap. "A 10% interest rate is just not profitable for banks, and they would not lend unprofitably," Brian Kelly, who runs the Points Guy travel website, told Bloomberg News in a recent interview. "This is all said to be for affordability for consumers, but the fact of the matter is consumers will lose the ability to spend and to earn points," he said , adding that buy now, pay later could be a winner. Notably, BNPL player Klarna's ( KLAR ) CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has backed the proposed cap, pointing to Europe's limits on credit card interest rates and interchange fees. Meanwhile, airlines that offer loyalty programs and co-branded cards would be impacted if the credit card cap came into effect. Delta Air Lines ( DAL ) CEO Ed Bastian said the proposed 10% cap would restrict credit access for lower-end consumers. Delta earned $8.2B from its partnership with American Express ( AXP ) in 2025, up 11%, registering more than 1M card acquisitions for the year. Andrew Nocella, commercial chief at United Airlines ( UAL ), said the carrier's portfolio would be hit, but the impact would be "a lot less than just about everybody else." The airline added over 1...
Related reads: MapleStorySEA Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Massive Summer Updates What’s going on with Steam Machine? Valve has been relatively quiet on the upcoming hardware since announcing it last year, and it remains without a release date or a price. But AMD, which powers Steam Machine itself so you’d like to think it’s in the know, has said Valve is “on track” to begin shipping early this...
Related reads: MapleStorySEA Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Massive Summer Updates What’s going on with Steam Machine? Valve has been relatively quiet on the upcoming hardware since announcing it last year, and it remains without a release date or a price. But AMD, which powers Steam Machine itself so you’d like to think it’s in the know, has said Valve is “on track” to begin shipping early this year. That’s according to comments made by CEO Lisa Su in AMD's latest earnings call (the same one that mentioned the next-gen Xbox was set for launch in 2027). To be exact, here’s the quote: In gaming, revenue increased 50% year-over-year to $843 million. Semi-custom sales increased year-over-year and declined sequentially as expected. For 2026, we expect semi-custom SoC annual revenue to decline by a significant double-digit percentage as we enter the seventh year of what has been a very strong console cycle. From a product standpoint, Valve is on track to begin shipping its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year. That sounds pretty clear cut (early this year suggests by the end of March, if we consider early to be the first quarter), but Valve has yet to rubber stamp the launch window, and has remained quiet on potential price points, likely due to the rising cost of PC components. So, what’s the latest? The Steam Machine is a mid-level gaming-focused PC designed to be more accessible than a standard desktop PC, with a sleek, cube-like design and SteamOS on-board. We here at IGN have offered our thoughts on how much the Steam Machine will cost , suggesting it’ll probably be higher than people think. Chatter about pricing ramped up last year after Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips suggested it wouldn’t follow a “console pricing model” of $500 , after mentioning the figure in a meeting with Valve staff. More like this Open Back Headphones: A Sound Experience Like No Other In an interview with Skill Up from last year, Valve's Lawrence Yang and Pierre-Loup Griffais disc...
February 4, 2026 UPDATE Apple Sports adds golf to its lineup Apple Sports — the free app for iPhone that gives fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more, delivered with speed and simplicity — today added golf to its growing list of supported sports. Golf fans can follow along as each tournament unfolds with access to live scores for all official PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, including the ...
February 4, 2026 UPDATE Apple Sports adds golf to its lineup Apple Sports — the free app for iPhone that gives fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more, delivered with speed and simplicity — today added golf to its growing list of supported sports. Golf fans can follow along as each tournament unfolds with access to live scores for all official PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, including the majors, starting this weekend with the PGA’s WM Phoenix Open. Fans can track their favorite players through each event with hole-by-hole results and individual scorecards alongside live leaderboards, plus scores from every round during each tournament throughout the year. Also included in this release is the addition of some of Europe’s most popular soccer federation cups: DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, and Copa del Rey. With this weekend’s momentous lineup of professional sporting events — including football’s biggest game of the year — fans can utilize the personalized Apple Sports home experience to follow their favorite teams and leagues. Events are grouped by league, intuitive controls allow fans to set their preferred order, and favorited teams always appear at the top, offering instant access to the scores and updates fans care about most. Live Activities from Apple Sports deliver real-time updates directly to a user’s iPhone Lock Screen and Apple Watch.1 Game Card Sharing lets fans share their excitement for any tournament or match across all supported leagues and competitions. To get Live Activities, fans must be on compatible Apple devices running iOS 18 and watchOS 11 or later. A subscription is required for some services. Availability and content may vary by country or region. Apple Sports gives fans a simple and fast way to stay up to speed on the teams and leagues they love. Designed for speed and simplicity, the app’s personalized experience puts users’ favorite leagues and teams front and center, featuring an easy-to-use interface designed by Appl...
Micron and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing still look like smart plays on the AI infrastructure buildout. The S&P 500 is hovering just below its all-time high of 7,002 as of Feb. 2. Yet with the market gripped by concerns about the monetization potential of the massive investments that tech companies are making in artificial intelligence (AI), many investors are worried that the rally may be co...
Micron and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing still look like smart plays on the AI infrastructure buildout. The S&P 500 is hovering just below its all-time high of 7,002 as of Feb. 2. Yet with the market gripped by concerns about the monetization potential of the massive investments that tech companies are making in artificial intelligence (AI), many investors are worried that the rally may be coming to an end. However, history shows that opening stakes in fundamentally strong businesses while they are trading at reasonable valuations is a smart long-term investment strategy. Chipmakers Micron Technology (MU 4.19%) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM 1.68%) both seem to fit the bill. Here's why investing $1,000 in either of these stocks could make sense for you in 2026. Micron Technology The memory chip market has long been cyclical, but after a difficult down phase in 2023 and 2024, Micron has staged a solid comeback, with high-bandwidth memory (a type of DRAM) emerging as one of its most significant AI-driven growth catalysts. In data center servers, high-bandwidth memory is positioned close to AI chips, where it provides those processors with the data they analyze in the training and deployment of increasingly large AI models. Micron has already locked in pricing and volume agreements for all the high-bandwidth memory it will produce in 2026, which gives the company impressive revenue visibility. However, demand for those chips is significantly higher than the available supply. The company is also preparing for the upcoming cycle, having shipped samples of its next-generation HBM4 memory products to key customers. Micron expects to be able to ramp up production of the HBM4 chips faster than it was able to do so with its HBM3E chips. It plans to start volume production in early this year and begin shipping them to customers in the second quarter. Supplies of DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND memory are also tight. With that in mind, in the curr...
Micron and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing still look like smart plays on the AI infrastructure buildout. The S&P 500 is hovering just below its all-time high of 7,002 as of Feb. 2. Yet with the market gripped by concerns about the monetization potential of the massive investments that tech companies are making in artificial intelligence (AI), many investors are worried that the rally may be co...
Micron and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing still look like smart plays on the AI infrastructure buildout. The S&P 500 is hovering just below its all-time high of 7,002 as of Feb. 2. Yet with the market gripped by concerns about the monetization potential of the massive investments that tech companies are making in artificial intelligence (AI), many investors are worried that the rally may be coming to an end. However, history shows that opening stakes in fundamentally strong businesses while they are trading at reasonable valuations is a smart long-term investment strategy. Chipmakers Micron Technology (MU +3.17%) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM +5.57%) both seem to fit the bill. Here's why investing $1,000 in either of these stocks could make sense for you in 2026. Micron Technology The memory chip market has long been cyclical, but after a difficult down phase in 2023 and 2024, Micron has staged a solid comeback, with high-bandwidth memory (a type of DRAM) emerging as one of its most significant AI-driven growth catalysts. In data center servers, high-bandwidth memory is positioned close to AI chips, where it provides those processors with the data they analyze in the training and deployment of increasingly large AI models. Micron has already locked in pricing and volume agreements for all the high-bandwidth memory it will produce in 2026, which gives the company impressive revenue visibility. However, demand for those chips is significantly higher than the available supply. The company is also preparing for the upcoming cycle, having shipped samples of its next-generation HBM4 memory products to key customers. Micron expects to be able to ramp up production of the HBM4 chips faster than it was able to do so with its HBM3E chips. It plans to start volume production in early this year and begin shipping them to customers in the second quarter. Supplies of DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND memory are also tight. With that in mind, in the cu...
The Washington Post is announcing mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing another big blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point. Executive Editor Matt Murray and human resources chief Wayne Connell sent an email to staffers Wednesday morning instructing employees to “stay home today” but attend an 8:30 a.m. ET meeting via Zoom during which the Washington Post...
The Washington Post is announcing mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing another big blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point. Executive Editor Matt Murray and human resources chief Wayne Connell sent an email to staffers Wednesday morning instructing employees to “stay home today” but attend an 8:30 a.m. ET meeting via Zoom during which the Washington Post’s leadership will announce “significant actions across the company.” Those actions include shutting down almost the entire Sports section, closing the Books section and cancelling the daily Post Reports podcast, sources at the newspaper said. One of the most severe cuts comes in the form of a “restructuring” of the Post’s Metro desk, which covers D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The Post’s international coverage will also be markedly reduced, though some bureaus outside the US will remain open. Widespread layoffs at the Post have been expected for several weeks, especially after leadership told staff in an internal memo that they no longer planned to send any reporters to the Winter Olympics this month — a decision that was ultimately reversed. The Post’s publisher, Will Lewis, has spoken privately about finding a path to profitability for the Post by focusing the paper’s investment on politics and a few other key areas, while cutting back in areas like sports and foreign affairs. That prompted teams of reporters to send owner Jeff Bezos impassioned letters that urged him not to shrink the newsroom. In one letter obtained by CNN, signed by bureau chief Matt Viser and seven other White House reporters, the staff said it will be unable to maintain its history of excellence in reporting if the Post lays off significant numbers from other news units. “If the plan, to the extent there is one, is to reorient around politics we wanted to emphasize how much we rely on collaboration with foreign, sports, local — the entire paper, really. And if other sections are diminished, we all are...
(RTTNews) - Bio-Techne Corp (TECH) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 4, 2026, to discuss Q2 26 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investors.bio-techne.com/ir-calendar To listen to the call, dial1-800-579-2543 or 1-785-424-1789, Conference ID TECHQ2 . The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessar...
(RTTNews) - Bio-Techne Corp (TECH) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 4, 2026, to discuss Q2 26 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investors.bio-techne.com/ir-calendar To listen to the call, dial1-800-579-2543 or 1-785-424-1789, Conference ID TECHQ2 . The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
(RTTNews) - AbbVie (ABBV) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 4, 2026, to discuss Q4 25 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investors.abbvie.com/events-and-presentations/upcoming-events The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
(RTTNews) - AbbVie (ABBV) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET on February 4, 2026, to discuss Q4 25 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investors.abbvie.com/events-and-presentations/upcoming-events The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.