Text size Alexander Koerner / Getty Images Intel shares fell sharply on Thursday after the company said it is experiencing substantial delays in its development of cutting-edge 7-nanometer production technology. That news outshone financial results better than expected. The delays raise troubling new questions about the company’s ongoing problems in …
Read More »Nikola starts working at the Arizona factory
Text size Courtesy of Nikola. Nikola has begun construction of a manufacturing plant in Arizona, an important step in commissioning as it seeks to disrupt the heavy truck market. Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, pursues that goal with two main products: battery-powered or hydrogen fuel cell trucks, . Both will …
Read More »“We want a stable dollar,” says US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: “It is the world’s reserve currency and we are going to protect that.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration’s goal is a stable US dollar, while, separately, he notes that some foam is seeping into the stock market that has risen from its coronavirus lows to end of march. “ “Clearly there are some individual stocks, I’m not going to mention …
Read More »Movie theaters won’t open soon. Studios need to change their playbooks.
Text size Melinda Sue Gordon / Warner Brothers The release of another highly successful film has been delayed. However, studios have another option for movie release, even if they seem reluctant to use it. Warner Bros., the Hollywood studio owned by AT&T (ticker: T), delayed the release date of Beginning, …
Read More »Microsoft’s earnings beat estimates, thanks to “at home” trend
Text size Denis Charlet / AFP via Getty Images Microsoft released better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter as demand for its cloud-based software increased amid the pandemic-induced change to work and learn from home. For the quarter ended June 30, Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) posted revenue of $ 38 …
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