TSMC, the world's largest ​contract chipmaker, posted ‌a 35% jump in fourth-quarter ‌net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record as ⁠it benefited ‌from surging demand for semiconductors used ‍in artificial intelligence applications. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose customers include ​Nvidia and Apple, ‌saw October-December net profit rise to T$505.7 billion ($16.01 billion). The profit handily beat a T$478.4 billion LSEG ⁠SmartEstimate, which is ​weighted toward ​forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate.

Another mixed year is behind Apple. The tech giant reported a record-breaking $416 billion in revenue for fiscal 2025, up from $383 billion in 2024. While revenues rose, Apple’s stock performance was less impressive, gaining only around 9% amid scrutiny over delayed AI features. Despite ...

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FEATURE S&P 493. A wave of selling in technology stocks overshadowed an otherwise decent day on Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1%. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 42 points, or 0.

TAIPEI, Jan 15 () - TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, is expected to post a 28% jump in fourth-quarter net profit to a ​record high on Thursday driven by ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure. Taiwan Semiconductor ‌Manufacturing Co, the world's top contract chipmaker and a key supplier to Nvidia and Apple, is forecast to report a ‌net profit of T$479.

OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is reportedly taking early steps to go public, according to the New York Times, setting up 2026 to be the "Year of the Mega IPO." While co-founder and CEO Sam Altman is "zero percent" interested in leading a public company, he stated that OpenAI needed to continue raising more funds. Yahoo Finance Tech and Markets Reporter Laura Bratton comes on Market Domination Overtime to discuss OpenAI's spending forecasts, going into detail how Apple's (AAPL) partnership with Alphabet's Google Gemini 3 (GOOG, GOOGL) is a major loss for OpenAI. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and xAI, voiced criticism of the AI partnership between Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced on Monday. In a post on X replying to the News from Google account, Musk questioned the partnership as possibly allowing Google too much "power," considering it owns the Android operating system and Chrome browser. "This seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google, given that the[y] also have Andro

Intel stock notched more gains on Wednesday. The chip company’s shares are on the brink of levels not seen for several years as investors bet President Donald Trump’s support for the company will boost its chip-manufacturing ambitions. Intel stock closed up 3%, to $48.73, the highest since Jan. 25, 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

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A rotation away from large technology stocks dragged down the major indexes on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1%. The S&P 500 dropped 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 66 points, or 0.

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A rotation away from Big Tech and into smaller stocks was a big drag on the Nasdaq Composite on Wednesday. The tech-heavy index fell 1.2%, while the S&P 500 was down 0.7%. The Dow was down just 100 points, or 0.2%.

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