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Investing.com -- Apple Inc. and the US Justice Department are in early discussions to settle a 2024 antitrust lawsuit, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Apple ‌and ‌the U.S. Department ​of Justice are in ‌early ⁠discussions about settling ⁠a 2024 ​lawsuit ​that ​alleges the ‌iPhone maker violated antitrust laws, ‌Bloomberg ​News ​reported ​on ‌Friday. Reuters could not ​immediately ​verify the ​report. (Reporting ‌by Jaspreet ​Singh in ​Bengaluru)

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The iPhone maker became the U.S.’s most valuable publicly traded company as investors are shifting focus from hardware supply to consumer execution.

Apple is within striking distance of overtaking Nvidia as the world's most valuable company, a milestone that would reshuffle the ranks of tech heavyweights as investors reassess the outlook for AI. Apple was last valued at $4.90 ‌trillion as its shares rose marginally in premarket trading on Friday, while Nvidia was roughly at the same level, following a 2.4% decline. If ‌Apple overtakes Nvidia, it would reclaim the top spot for the first time since April last year.

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With the stock out of favor, investors are focused on slowing sales growth, but they may be missing the more powerful story of how efficiently Netflix is compounding profit per share.

US equity markets were mostly tracking in the red before the opening bell Thursday as traders await

Exposure to the artificial-intelligence boom has become virtually impossible for investors to avoid. The theme hasn’t just cornered the stock market. It has systematically swallowed up corporate credit and venture capital, too.

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Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were largely steady on Thursday as softer inflation data continued to support hopes that the Federal Reserve can keep interest rates on hold.

Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The world's largest contract chip manufacturing and one of the world’s most valuable companies, TSMC’s results are seen as a barometer for the global chip industry and for AI at a time when worries about a potential AI bubble have been buffeting financial markets. As AI-related demand continues to surge, it has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and Taiwan.

June’s Producer Price Index (PPI) declined 0.3% from the previous month, marking its steepest drop in more than a year.

Cooler-than-expected producer prices contributed to hopes for easing inflation on Wednesday.

Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.

Apple shares rose 4% to $327.50, a new all-time closing high. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday included Apple’s generative artificial intelligence on a list of newly approved providers. Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani wrote that the update clears the biggest regulatory hurdle for Apple Intelligence—the company’s AI software—in the world’s largest smartphone market.

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FINANCE U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as gains in megacap technology names offset weakness in chip stocks. PayPal surged on reports of a takeover offer and another round of strong bank earnings kept Wall Street in an upbeat mood.

Memory stocks plunged on Wednesday along with shares of other hardware providers for AI data centers.

On June 25, Apple told the market it was raising prices on MacBooks, iPads, and other devices to cover the cost of a global memory chip shortage. The stock fell sharply that day, wiping out everything it had gained year to date. For a company that had been on a strong run, it was a rough afternoon. ...

Apple is looking to buy chip companies to bolster its efforts to make server processors for ‌running AI, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar ‌with the matter. • Apple's interest comes as it faces challenges with the performance of its in-house AI servers, which currently ‌run on internally designed ⁠M2 Ultra chips, according to The Information. • It had originally planned to ship a future version of ⁠its AI server chip, known internally as "Baltra", this year, but the project has been pushed back, people familiar with the matter told The ​Information.

Apple is officially shopping. The iPhone maker is quietly exploring acquisitions of semiconductor startups to supercharge its artificial intelligence server capabilities, moving aggressively to close the gap in the high-stakes AI arms race. According to a report from The Information, Apple has been in active talks with investment bankers and semiconductor startups over the past few months to gauge potential buyouts. The driving force behind this push? A pressing need for more horsepower. Current

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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavered Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. ASML stock jumped on earnings.

Apple’s artificial-intelligence system has secured government approval in China, clearing a major roadblock for the iPhone maker to introduce the service in the world’s largest smartphone market.