Opinion: Apple offers breadcrumbs for a forecast, but is that enough to reassure Wall Street?
Apple Inc.’s breadcrumbs lead back to a familiar place: The iPhone is all that matters. After posting its largest revenue decline in more than six years — led by underwhelming iPhone sales — in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report Thursday, Apple once again refused to provide a traditional forecast for the coming quarter or year. […]
UPS foresees ‘mild recession’ in 2023 and posts first revenue decline since the 2008 financial crisis
Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. rallied Tuesday, even after the package-delivery giant reported a surprise decline in fourth-quarter revenue, missing Wall Street expectations for the first time in 12 quarters, and warned of the first yearly decline in revenue in 14 years. Investors expressed relief, however, as UPS beat fourth-quarter profit expectations, raised its […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reports record net profit and revenue on chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Thursday that fourth-quarter net profit rose to a new record thanks to growing demand for high-speed computing and better margins. The world’s largest contract chip maker 2330, +0.41% TSM, +0.63% said net profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 78% from a year earlier to 295.90 billion Taiwan dollars […]
Free COVID tests: How to order more rapid at-home tests from the government
Americans can still order more free COVID-19 test kits from the federal government. The Biden administration is mailing out four more rapid at-home COVID tests per household. You can order them online via the United States Postal Service at special.usps.com/testkits or by calling 1-800-232-0233. You can also visit covid.gov/tests to request the free testing kits — it’s […]
Look for a big cut to TSMC’s 2023 outlook as a bullish sign for chips, one analyst says ahead of earnings
The best thing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. can do in its earnings report Thursday is to cut its outlook for 2023 big, indicating a bottoming in the first half of the year, according to one analyst Monday. TSMC TSM, +3.87% is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday at 1 a.m. Eastern Time. Needham analyst […]
FedEx stock tanks after company withdraws outlook, says year is about to get worse
FedEx Corp. shares fell nearly 17% in the extended session Thursday after the logistics company pulled its outlook for the year, called for significantly lower quarterly profit and lower revenue, and said that fiscal 2023 is about to become worse. FedEx FDX, -0.07% said fiscal first quarter was hit by lower volumes globally, a trend […]