'Aggressive price cuts helped lift Apple's sales in China. The company reduced prices on its iPhone 16 lineup by up to 2,530 yuan (about $351), in a bid to compete with local players such as Huawei. Analysts note the discounts helped restore momentum but may not be a sustainable strategy over the longer term.'

There were also a lot of discounts on older models in the US which drove sales in those months.

Half is about right. In the past machines have never been smarter in the breadth of knowledge, until now with LLM. Together with robotic automation, there is really no need for human supervision in half the jobs, if not more.

Larry is just talking his books (his holdings). When will he talk about cryptos that has no revenue or income being able to hold value absence of speculation? At least with a government, there are real people generating useful work and revenue.

Don't forget also Melania and Fart coins, spread the wealth for the wealthy.

Very little difference to Tesla EVs from China... Tesla and EV supply chains raise concerns about forced labor in China ... EV makers' use of Chinese suppliers raises concerns about forced labor U.S. law barring parts and products from the Xinjiang region poses a challenge for Tesla and other auto companies

This is called overnight oats consisting of about 1 cup rolled oats soaked in 3/4 cup milk and 1 tsp sugar for at least 6 hours which will give a consistent texture but not mush. Add any topping you like, peanut butter, jam, fruits, banana. Doesn't cost much and doesn't take much time. Try baked oats with apples and raisin if you like a little bit more cooked breakfast with a similar taste to bread pudding.

With a net asset value (NAV) premium of 1.78. So they are a holders of bitcoin and seller of their own stocks with a premium of 1.78 MSTR to every bitcoin. Yes, they keep on selling stocks. Why would anyone hold MSTR when they can now just buy bitcoin? If speculators (these are not investors) are foolish enough to buy into MSTR, let them. One could argue that at some point, the NAV may be okay to hold, but not at 1.78.

and you want it/them to have your credit card and do your shopping for you? You must be nuts.

The impetus came when Trump #45 wanted NASA to land an American on the moon by the end of his term. Presumably his first, second or third term /s. During this time DT was talking about 2 more years on top of two terms.

In October 2019, NASA solicited proposals from industry to facilitate the rapid development and demonstration of an HLS to deliver a crew to the Moon by 2024.

https://oig.nasa.gov/wp-conten...

That is probably all you need to know and Musk said DT will provide a green card fix personally for him.

This group created a MOF called MOF-808 that was too facile and the regeneration process too energy intensive to be commercially usable. The new molecule this time is called COF-999.

Two years ago, his lab created a very promising material, MOF-808, that adsorbs CO2, but the researchers found that after hundreds of cycles of adsorption and desorption, the MOFs broke down. These MOFs were decorated inside with amines (NH2 groups), which efficiently bind CO2 and are a common component of carbon capture materials. In fact, the dominant carbon capture method involves bubbling exhaust gases through liquid amines that capture the carbon dioxide. Yaghi noted, however, that the energy intensive regeneration and volatility of liquid amines hinders their further industrialization.

Working with colleagues, Yaghi discovered why some MOFs degrade for DAC applications â" they are unstable under basic, as opposed to acidic, conditions, and amines are bases. He and Zhou worked with colleagues in Germany and Chicago to design a stronger material, which they call COF-999. Whereas MOFs are held together by metal atoms, COFs are held together by covalent carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen double bonds, among the strongest chemical bonds in nature.

Nothing wrong with full employment, but the cost of geothermal is not competitive with wind or solar. I guess the same could be said for nuclear power and the need to keep those workers employed.

"That illustrates another reason why geothermal could help the U.S. chart a path to a cleaner energy future, said CEO Tim Latimer. A lot of fossil fuel operations will be phased out to fight climate change. And a lot of oil and gas workers will need a landing spot"

There are just too many ETFs that trade with no volume which has no reason to exist. Just like penny stocks with too low a price, some of these ETFs should be delisted when they can't trade with any liquidity.

They could also start adding lower case significance to the last few letters, such AAzz which would be different from AAZZ. This would increase the combination to about 2 million four letter ETFs, which is a ridiculous number to follow.

I didn't vote for the Tesla compensation along with hundreds of thousands of other union and independent stock holders of Vanguard representing hundreds of billions of $. However, Vanguard lumped the votes into non-democratic representation of stock holder approval, usurping the stock holders intentions.

Nobody but sociopaths wants to leon M. Read the article.

https://www.ituc-csi.org/the-v...

After a judge denied Musk a $56 billion pay package calling it unfair...

In June, Vanguard cast a pivotal shareholder vote at Tesla in favour of approving an egregious US$56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, one of the worlds most prominent anti-democratic CEOs. Making matters worse, it uses shadowy Donor Advised Funds to allow investors to funnel funding to far-right, anti-democratic organisations that promote Islamophobia, intolerance of LGBTQ+ workers, white supremacy, and more.