Intel posts 25% revenue jump as AI demand lifts Q2 to $16.1 billion
What's new: Data center revenue surged 59% to $6.3 billion, and Intel forecast third-quarter sales above analyst estimates.
What's new: Data center revenue surged 59% to $6.3 billion, and Intel forecast third-quarter sales above analyst estimates.
What's new: Tesla fell 14.5% and Alphabet 7.1% after both posted negative second-quarter free cash flow.
What's next: Investors are looking to upcoming big-tech results for signals on whether the AI-fueled rally can keep going.
Why it matters: The Philadelphia chip index has dropped 20.2% from its June peak, pressuring AI-linked shares from Seoul to Wall Street.
What's new: The paid API starts Aug. 1, and the company said some institutional customers have already signed up.
What's new: The South Korean chipmaker topped Alibaba's foreign IPO record as investors piled into an AI-linked semiconductor play.
Why it matters: Samsung and SK Hynix now make up more than half the index, magnifying losses as AI-driven bets unwind.
Why it matters: Oil, bond and inflation risks remain elevated even as investors keep betting the conflict will stay contained.
What's new: Meta is weighing a sale that could raise tens of billions as its 2026 capital spending target reaches as much as $145 billion.
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