Corporate/Industrial News
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions. It is telling suppliers to plan more actively for assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and …
Technology Shares Move Lower – Tech Roundup
Shares of technology companies fell to close out a volatile week. Across the U.S. and beyond, companies, governments and households that bulked up on computers during the pandemic are drastically scaling back. PC and chip makers say the market slump is hitting their results, often harder than expected. Cloud-computing company Nutanix is exploring a sale …
Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health
Amazon.com Inc. is among the bidders for healthcare company Signify Health Inc., joining other heavy hitters vying in an auction for the home-health-services provider, according to people familiar with the matter. Signify is for sale in an auction that could value it at more than $8 billion, the people said. Bids are due around Labor …
Breaking Up HSBC Wouldn’t Solve its Political Woes
HSBC, Europe’s most valuable bank, makes most of its money in Asia but is headquartered in the U.K. Now its largest shareholder, China’s Ping An Insurance, is pushing for strong measures to rectify this unwieldy arrangement—including a potential spinoff of the Asian business. HSBC is involved in a major restructuring effort to tilt its business …
Elon Musk Says Bill Gates has a $500 million short position in Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is irked at Bill Gates. He doesn’t see how Gates, a leading proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla’s stock short. And Musk says Gates is doing just that. In a tweet on Friday night. Musk said he believes Gates has sold short $500 million shares of Tesla (ticker: TSLA), …