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Over the past 25 years, Bengaluru, still popularly known as Bangalore, has transformed into India's Silicon Valley. The South Indian city of nearly 15 million people is now home to global tech giants including Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe and Boeing, as well as thousands of startups. But this rapid development comes with environmental consequences. Our correspondents report.
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The post Boeing (BA) Stock Tumbles 5% Following Disappointing China Aircraft Deal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Quick Summary Shares of Boeing declined 4.7% on Thursday following Trump’s announcement of a 200-aircraft order from China — significantly below the 500-plane expectation held by Wall Street. President Trump subsequently clarified to the press that China committed to 200 jets initially, with the agreement potentially expanding to 750 aircraft equipped with GE engines. Chinese carriers haven’t placed new 737 orders in several years, and the nation now represents merely 2% of Boeing’s outstanding order book. The aerospace giant maintains a robust backlog exceeding 6,800 pending aircraft deliveries worldwide while navigating recovery from prolonged production and engineering challenges. Through Thursday’s market close, BA stock had gained 6% for the current year and climbed 12% over the trailing twelve months. The aerospace manufacturer’s re-entry into China’s aviation ma
The UK’s competition regulator has launched a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, opening a new front in growing regulatory scrutiny of how cloud platforms, productivity software, and embedded AI capabilities may affect competition in enterprise technology markets. UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement that it had opened a Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation into Microsoft’s business software operations under the country’s new digital markets regime. The regulator said it will assess whether Microsoft has “substantial and entrenched market power” and a “position of strategic significance” in business software markets. “The investigation will assess whether Microsoft is using its position in business software to limit competition in cloud services, cybersecurity, communications, and AI,” the regulator said in a statement. The case is the fourth strategic market status (SMS) investigation the regulator has opened
The post Trump signals China to buy soybeans, Boeing jets amid Iran shift appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. United States (US) President Donald Trump made a series of comments on China, Iran and Taiwan on Friday, according to Reuters reports. Trump said he discussed Fentanyl with Chinese President Xi Jinping and announced that China would buy “billions of dollars” worth of US soybeans. He also stated that Beijing had agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, with a potential commitment of up to 750 planes. Regarding Iran, Trump said he would make a decision “over the next few days” on potentially lifting sanctions on Chinese Oil companies that buy Iranian Oil. He also said he would support a 20-year suspension of Iran’s nuclear program under certain conditions. On Taiwan, Trump said US policy had “not changed” and stressed that the United States was “not looking to have wars.” Key Takeaways I talked about Fentanyl with Xi.The farmers are going to be very happy, China is going to be bu
IREN closed a $3B convertible notes offering as the Bitcoin miner turned AI cloud firm funds growth after Nvidia and Microsoft deals.
The post Apple (AAPL) Stock Dips as OpenAI Considers Legal Action Over ChatGPT Partnership appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Highlights OpenAI has engaged external legal counsel to evaluate potential action against Apple, including breach-of-contract claims The Siri-ChatGPT partnership significantly underperformed expectations for subscriber growth and revenue generation Apple shares declined by up to 1.2% to $295.38 following Thursday’s disclosure The upcoming iOS 27 release will enable access to competing AI platforms, including Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude OpenAI’s ~$6.5B purchase of Jony Ive’s hardware venture adds competitive friction between the companies The collaborative arrangement between Apple and OpenAI appears to be collapsing. According to Bloomberg reporting, OpenAI has retained external legal representation to assess potential courses of action, potentially including formal breach-of-contract notification to Apple. OPENAI-APPLE PARTNERSHIP IS HEADING TOWA
Intel, along with Taiwan and South Korea, are the latest winners, our columnist says. True diversification is hard to find.
