GM beats earnings estimates and raises guidance on resilient consumer, pricing
Consumer spending in North America has proven stickier than many forecast, and the auto sector is starting to price that in. General Motors beat Wall Street's adjusted earnings-per-share consensus of $3.20 and its revenue…
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Consumer upgrade cycles for smartphones and personal computers have been compressing across major markets as higher interest rates filter through to household budgets. Apple (AAPL) is moving to address
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American firms should be free to use Chinese AI models, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says
Against the backdrop of intensifying US-China technology controls, the question of which artificial intelligence software American companies may legally use has grown nearly as contested as chip export rules. Nvidia (NVDA) chief…
July 22, 2026 · 2 min
AMD and Anthropic in significant chip and investment agreement, WSJ reports
The race to secure dedicated silicon for large-scale AI inference has made chip supply a front-line competitive concern for every major model developer. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Ant
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