Hong Kong’s competition watchdog aims to submit proposals to criminalise bid-rigging as early as September, paving the way for the government to table legislative amendments by the end of the year, following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Senior Counsel Jat Sew-tong, who assumed the role of chairman of the Competition Commission last month, said on Friday that the watchdog would also launch...
Hong Kong’s competition watchdog aims to submit proposals to criminalise bid-rigging as early as September, paving the way for the government to table legislative amendments by the end of the year, following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Senior Counsel Jat Sew-tong, who assumed the role of chairman of the Competition Commission last month, said on Friday that the watchdog would also launch a study into the city’s auto fuel market amid a surge in prices. The market has faced long-standing...
Shares of AI neocloud IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) rallied 39.6% in May, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . May was a very active month for IREN, which included third-quarter earnings, a new formal partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , and a couple of acquisitions. Coming off a stock price downturn amid concerns over higher interest rates during the prior month, the positive...
Shares of AI neocloud IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) rallied 39.6% in May, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . May was a very active month for IREN, which included third-quarter earnings, a new formal partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , and a couple of acquisitions. Coming off a stock price downturn amid concerns over higher interest rates during the prior month, the positive developments catapulted IREN's stock in May. On May 5, IREN reported third-quarter results, with revenue declining 21.6% to $144.8 million, while adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) fell 20% quarter-over-quarter to $59.5 million. Continue reading
Taiwan's Foxconn said on Friday that its second-quarter performance is likely to be well above its previously anticipated forecast of "significant" growth. Foxconn, which is Nvidia's biggest server maker and Apple's top iPhone assembler, does not provide numeric guidance for its outlook. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
Taiwan's Foxconn said on Friday that its second-quarter performance is likely to be well above its previously anticipated forecast of "significant" growth. Foxconn, which is Nvidia's biggest server maker and Apple's top iPhone assembler, does not provide numeric guidance for its outlook. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. ’s revenue rose 34% in the April to May period, underscoring demand for the Nvidia Corp. servers essential to AI infrastructure. Sales climbed to NT$1.69 trillion ($53.6 billion) during the two months, based on Bloomberg’s calculations from monthly sales data. Analysts are projecting, on average, a rise of 32% in the June quarter. On a monthly basis, revenue rose 40%...
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. ’s revenue rose 34% in the April to May period, underscoring demand for the Nvidia Corp. servers essential to AI infrastructure. Sales climbed to NT$1.69 trillion ($53.6 billion) during the two months, based on Bloomberg’s calculations from monthly sales data. Analysts are projecting, on average, a rise of 32% in the June quarter. On a monthly basis, revenue rose 40% in May. Hon Hai — a key assembler of servers that house Nvidia accelerators — has said it expects business to expand substantially in 2026. Demand is soaring as Alphabet Inc. , Amazon.com Inc. , Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. earmark $725 billion in AI spending this year, even as concerns persist about overcapacity and how to monetize the technology. The Taiwanese company also derives a significant chunk of sales from assembling Apple Inc. ’s iPhones and MacBooks. But over the past year, its server business has surpassed smartphones as the biggest contributor to sales, reflecting the global AI data center buildout. Read More: Hon Hai’s Shares Surge After AI Servers Drive Revenue and Profit
Stocks were headed for the red on Friday as investors ditched tech ahead of the May jobs report, which will give the market a better idea of whether there will be scope for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates later this year. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.6% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.3%.
Stocks were headed for the red on Friday as investors ditched tech ahead of the May jobs report, which will give the market a better idea of whether there will be scope for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates later this year. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.6% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.3%.
In Mona’s new permanent installation, visitors can breathe air so pure it ‘has not been touched by any being before you’ More than 2bn years ago, during the Paleoproterozoic era, the Earth’s atmosphere began to fill with free oxygen, enabling the rise of aerobic life and, ultimately, humans. It’s known as the Great Oxidation Event, and deep in the subterranean belly of the Museum of Old and New Ar...
In Mona’s new permanent installation, visitors can breathe air so pure it ‘has not been touched by any being before you’ More than 2bn years ago, during the Paleoproterozoic era, the Earth’s atmosphere began to fill with free oxygen, enabling the rise of aerobic life and, ultimately, humans. It’s known as the Great Oxidation Event, and deep in the subterranean belly of the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, a new artwork offers visitors the chance to inhale oxygen that’s been trapped in iron ore since then. When French-Swiss conceptual artist Julian Charrière came up with the idea, Mona’s owner David Walsh not only said yes but created a bespoke space for it. Continue reading...