Qualcomm Inc is preparing to add at least two new directors to its board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the U.S. smartphone chip maker looks to appease shareholders who withheld voting support for its board last March.
The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Tuesday, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features.
Global equity markets gained on Tuesday as the latest tit-for-tat U.S.-Chinese trade dispute was seen as barely denting world growth, while U.S. Treasury yields rose in anticipation the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this year and next.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on renewing NAFTA with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday, a spokesman for Freeland said on Tuesday.
The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone X, the tenth anniversary phone, and do not look very different aside from the ginormous size, several reviewers said. The iPhone XS, pronounced “ten S,” and XS Max were launched on Sept. 12. The XS has a 5.8-inch screen, and starts at $999 while the XS Max, the largest iPhone to date has a 6.5-inch screen, with a base price of $1,099. …read more […]
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday led by the technology and consumer sectors, as investors judged the latest exchange of blows in a trade war with China less damaging than first feared.
EU antitrust regulators plan to drop legal action against Ireland after iPhone maker Apple paid 13.1 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in back taxes following a regulatory order two years ago, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday, buoyed by a rise in oil prices and concessions that analysts said made the latest round of trade tariffs on China less damaging than initially feared.
China will levy tariffs on about $60 billion worth of U.S. goods in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, as previously planned, but has reduced the level of tariffs that it will collect on the products.
U.S. stocks rose in early trading Tuesday as investors weighed the White House’s decision to impose tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods beginning next week. Gains in technology, energy and … …read more […]
“I’m optimistic because trade is one of those things where it’s not a zero-sum game,” Cook told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” program on Tuesday. The iPhone was not among the ‘wide range’ of products that Apple told regulators would be hit by the $200 billion round of tariffs in a Sept. 5 comment letter to trade officials. Apple had feared for its Apple Watch and its wireless AirPod headphones, but both were left off the list announced on Monday. …read more […]
The escalation of the trade conflict between the United States and China is very concerning and will affect German firms, Germany’s BDI industry association said on Tuesday after the U.S. imposed further tariffs on Chinese imports.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook, whose products have been spared from new U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, said on Tuesday he was optimistic that the United States and China will eventually work through their trade differences.
Ireland has fully recovered 13.1 billion euros in disputed taxes from Apple Inc plus interest of 1.2 billion which it will hold in a escrow fund pending its appeal against an EU tax ruling, Ireland’s finance minister said on Tuesday.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open for Wall Street on Tuesday, buoyed by a rise in oil prices and concessions that analysts said made the latest round of trade tariffs on China less damaging than initially feared.
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