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According to reports, Apple is developing a strategy to shift manufacturing of all iPhones sold in the United States from China to India in order to avoid future tariff issues. According to sources cited by the Financial Times on Friday, the tech giant plans to source iPhones for its crucial U.S. market from the South Asian nation by the end of 2026. The company is scheduled to release its results next week. In order to achieve this, Apple would need to stop investing heavily in China, where it depends on firms like Foxconn to assemble its well-known phones, and treble…

As the first significant move under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Intel Corp. announced a turnaround plan late Thursday that aims to bring the company back to its technical roots. However, the prognosis, which included recession talk, caused its shares to plummet. Intel’s first-quarter earnings report, which featured better-than-expected profits, detailed Tan’s new goals for the chip giant. In after-hours trading, however, Intel shares (INTC) were down roughly 4.4% as Wall Street concentrated on a poorer prognosis for the second quarter. In order to facilitate quicker decision-making and concentrate on empowering engineering talent “so they make great products,” Tan’s approach calls…

International Business Machines Corp. was the worst loser on the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the day as its shares dropped 6.6% on Thursday after the company’s quarterly earnings the day before. However, other analysts argue that it’s not yet time to panic. Analysts at Melius Research wrote in a research note late Wednesday, “Deep breath, it’s just a first quarter,” They further stated: “It’s more than OK: 1Q is always IBM’s ‘worst’ of the year, due to its seasonal patterns – and IBM beat this time.” They said that decreasing sales patterns for IBM’s (IBM) open-source software division Red…

George Saravelos of Deutsche Bank has been raising worries about the U.S. dollar for a while, and now he’s getting much more serious. The Deutsche Bank strategist cautioned in early March that the dollar would lose its standing as a safe-haven currency due to a weakening correlation between the currency and stocks, just as some traders were preparing for a temporary inflation shock from U.S.-imposed tariffs. Saravelos then warned of a crisis of trust in the greenback three weeks ago. He and fellow strategist Tim Baker are now presenting a longer-term argument that focuses on the harm to the United…

For the past eight months, Chet Gallaway has been trying to sell his house in the Bay Area. The house in San Carlos was constructed by Gallaway’s father in the 1970s, and Chet resided there until relocating to a new residence two hours north of Sacramento. The property, which is listed for around $3 million, was rented by Gallaway. The house was paid off, so he wasn’t in a haste to sell. However, he didn’t anticipate it being this sluggish or so challenging. Gallaway told MarketWatch, “I personally expected it to sell very quickly,” given he and his father share…

Jeremy Applebaum, a real-estate broker in Overland Park, Kan., was out of town when his buyer broke the news by text: They were pulling out of the home-buying process, spooked by the sudden downturn in the stock market. “‘It’s frightening when you see thousands of dollars vanish,'” he said they told him. In Miami, the same scenario played out with real-estate agent Ida Schwartz’s buyer. They also did not think it was worth sinking over $1 million into a home in today’s uncertain economic environment, particularly since they were not in a hurry to buy, she recalled them saying. In…

Several Democratic U.S. senators have called for transparency regarding the administration’s future plans for the agency and a watchdog review to determine whether the recent staff cuts and reorganization have negatively impacted customer service and benefit delivery. The Social Security Administration estimated that these changes have resulted in savings of over $1 billion. Five Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer of New York, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Ron Wyden of Oregon, wrote to the assistant inspector general for audit of the Social Security Administration on April 23 to voice their concerns about “recent developments at the Social Security Administration (SSA)…

During Thursday’s NFL 2025 draft, 32 college football players were selected to join the league. There is a lot on the line during the NFL draft, which is a celebration of all the effort athletes have put out to fulfill their aspirations. Being chosen early has financial benefits in addition to bragging privileges. This is because certain draft slots are assigned set compensation under the NFL’s rookie wage scale. A player’s overall contract and signing bonus are more profitable the higher he is picked. Therefore, you can miss out on a few million dollars throughout your rookie deal if you…

In terms of growth in TV ratings, ticket sales, and merchandise, the WNBA just finished a season that broke all previous records. The pay for rookies, however, hasn’t changed all that much. Over the past year, the WNBA’s top rookies’ wages have hardly changed, despite the league’s recent spike in popularity. Caitlin Clark joined the league in 2024 with a salary of $76,535, and the top picks in 2025 will make about the same amount. Additionally, there is a significant pay disparity between the earnings of the rookie women and those of their male counterparts. In contrast, the top choice…

Prominent New York Stock Exchange floor trader Peter Tuchman, who is renowned for his striking facial expressions, refers to the conflicting messages coming from the White House as “economic terrorism.” Things were going well early in the year, and on February 19, the S&P 500 SPX reached a record intraday high of 6,147. When President Donald Trump started discussing imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, things took a turn for the worst. Following weeks of turbulence, the index fell almost 19% from its high to its lowest point. Tuchman saw the market’s confidence diminish over the course of six weeks…