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iPhone XR battery life is 'INSANE' according to 'mind-blown' Apple fans

11/13/2018, 10:48:37 AM
APPLE fans are raving about the new iPhone XR’s battery life, with users describing it as “literally insane”. The iPhone XR is the cheapest of Apple’s 2018 smartphones, but … ✔ It's really pretty incredible – it'll easily last me two days without charging ✔ I go to the gym for an hour, listen to Spotify the entire time, come home and it's still at 99% ✔ It costs £749, which makes it far cheaper than the £999 iPhone XS ✔ Are you tempted by any of Apple's latest smartphones


Foxconn posts rise in third-quarter profit, lagging estimates

11/13/2018, 11:59:02 AM
Taiwan's Foxconn posted a weaker than expected rise in quarterly profit ami... ✔ Shares in Foxconn and other Asian suppliers and assemblers for Apple fell on Tuesday after several component makers warned of weaker than expected results, leading some market watchers to call the peak for iPhones in several key markets ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Apple took nearly 30 years to hit a value of $190 billion. It lost that much in little more than 5 weeks

11/13/2018, 11:50:07 AM
Apple's market cap dropped $190 billion in little more than five weeks and it lost its $1 trillion valuation on Monday. ✔ After the firm's stock hit a high of $232 on October 3, with a value of $1.16 trillion, it then lost just under $190 billion from its market cap over the subsequent five or so weeks ✔ Amazon also lost its $1 trillion dollar valuation in October, while Facebook, Netflix, and Google have also slumped


Apple's European suppliers got whacked on Monday, but it's a different story Tuesday

11/13/2018, 10:41:48 AM
Europe's tech sector bounced back after dropping nearly 4 percent on Monday, as stocks recovered from a U.S. equities sell-off led by Apple. ✔ AMS, which trades on the SIX Swiss Exchange, is down more than 60 percent so far this year ✔ Shares of British semiconductor group IQE, which supplies parts for iPhone chips, also rebounded nearly 6 percent after tumbling nearly 29 percent on Monday ✔ CNBC's Evelyn Chang and Lauren Feiner contributed to this report


Podcast: 14 Big Retailers to Report Earnings and Two Other Numbers You Need to Know

11/13/2018, 9:03:08 AM
Every trading day, Numbers By Barron’s offers 3 essential numbers to start your morning—in 2 minutes. Numbers By Barron’s is available as a podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts—as well as on your Amazon Alexa smart speaker ✔ Text size Numbers By Barron’s is a two-minute financial podcast with three vital numbers to start your morning ✔ Blame part of the decline on the breakout in the U.S. Dollar Index, which jumped to its highest level in more than a year ✔ Apple slashed its production orders for newest iPhones, one analyst said


Semiconductor group IQE warns on profits

11/13/2018, 8:31:03 AM
undefined ✔ British semiconductor group IQE has become the second Apple supplier to warn on profits in two days, as tech stocks continued to fall over fears of waning demand for iPhones ✔ Although Lumentum did not name Apple in its warning, its announcement sent the iPhone maker’s shares 5 per cent lower in New York trading on Monday


The Stock Market Fluctuations Tell Us Just How Much Is Riding on U.S.-China Trade Talks

11/13/2018, 11:49:55 AM
The Dow lost 600 points in a selloff Monday. ✔ However, the Chinese markets rose again in the afternoon on the news that the U.S. and China have resumed trade talks ✔ Consider this latest stumble a taste of what is to come if Washington and Beijing can’t find a solution to their spat ✔ A version of this story first appeared in Fortune’s CEO Daily newsletter


Stock futures indicate a higher open after Monday's plunge

11/13/2018, 8:40:03 AM
Home Depot leads the Tuesday earnings schedule. ✔ Tech, financial sectors pull US indexes lower International Assets Advisory President Ed Cofrancesco and Kelly & Co. Managing Partner Kevin Kelly discuss the drop in technology and financial stocks ✔ The Nasdaq Composite fell over 206 points or nearly 3 percent, while the S&P 500 lost 54.79 points or nearly 2 percent


HQ2 Result, Goldman Tumble, Khashoggi Blame: CEO Daily for November 13, 2018

11/13/2018, 10:53:16 AM
Must-read business news, delivered every morning. ✔ Goldman’s former Southeast Asia chair, Tim Leissner, admitted to bribing officials to get the privilege of handling $6.5 billion in fundraising deals, and Malaysia wants a refund for the $600 million in fees that Goldman took ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here


Hong Kong shrugs off US sell-off as Tencent, A-shares climb

11/13/2018, 9:21:13 AM
Oil stocks slide on crude retreat, while VTech drops after results ✔ The yuan strengthened 0.1% to 6.9523 against the dollar ✔ Innovent Biologics jumped 5.7% after saying its new drug application for a biosimilar for arthritis medication adalimumab was accepted by the China National Medical Products Administration ✔ 30 dropped 16% from a year earlier, even as its revenue increased 18.6%


Luddite prophecy

11/13/2018, 9:00:02 AM
undefined ✔ All the cars (except for some old ones) would stop in their tracks, never to be started again ✔ Then there is the rampant consumerism that pervades society at all levels ✔ He is a retired clergyman and a life member of the Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch


There’s more evidence Facebook can make you feel lonely

11/13/2018, 11:04:25 AM
What a new study tells us about social networks ✔ Facebook will let French regulators study its efforts to fight hate speech In a novel collaboration, Facebook has invited French regulators to embed with the company and examine how it moderates content, Tony Romm and James McCauley report: Under a six-month arrangement announced on Monday, French investigators will monitor Facebook’s policies and tools for stopping posts and photos that attack people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality or gender


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