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TSMC Posts a Sixth Straight Record Profit and Lifts Its Outlook, but Says Any Texas Fab Making Its Chips Must Be Run by TSMC

Net profit jumped 69% to NT$763 billion and TSMC lifted 2026 growth to about 44%, while CEO C.C. Wei said the Terafab project in Texas has to be run by TSMC, setting up a clash with Elon Musk's plans.

DDesk15 Oct 2026 · 09:17 ET5 min read
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Gartner Says $3.5 Trillion of AI Spending Could Be Written Down, and Most Neoclouds Won't Survive on Their Own

Gartner warns more than $3.5 trillion of AI infrastructure spending faces write-down risk by 2030 and predicts over 80% of neocloud providers will lose their independence, as data center owners need $8.5 trillion in revenue but may capture only $3.6 trillion.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 16:46 ET5 min read
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Tech Slump Drives Broad Market Slide as Health Care Shines, VIX Climbs to 16.5

All major U.S. indices closed lower, led by a near‑2% drop in the Nasdaq as tech stocks retreated. Health‑care outperformed, the dollar firmed, Treasury yields rose and the VIX edged higher, keeping v

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 16:15 ET8 min read
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Airfares Are Up 22% in a Year, and Airline Stocks Just Paid the Price. JetBlue Leads a 10% Nosedive

Airline stocks sank Wednesday after September's inflation report showed airfares up 22.4% from a year ago, driven by jet fuel that has climbed 78% since the Iran war began. JetBlue fell about 10%, and American, United and Delta all lost ground.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 16:07 ET4 min read
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AI Cloud Stocks Crater as CoreWeave Plunges Nearly 16% on Debt Fears. Its CEO Says the Market Is "Irrational"

CoreWeave fell nearly 16% Wednesday after a chart of its rising borrowing costs went viral, dragging Nebius, Oracle, DigitalOcean and AI data-center miners down 9% to 14%. CoreWeave's CEO called the selloff irrational in an internal memo.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 15:42 ET5 min read
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AST SpaceMobile Has Lost Two-Thirds of Its Value. Here's What Actually Changed This Week, and What Didn't

AST SpaceMobile is down about 32% in a week and 68% from its May high after SpaceX's $8 billion spectrum deal, a Piper Sandler downgrade and a jump in rates. None of it changed a contract, license or launch booking. Here's the full picture.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 14:59 ET7 min read
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