Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in 2022. The automaker announced Friday tha...
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Chips Are the New Oil and America Is Spending Billions to Safeguard Its Supply
Only in the past two years has the U.S. fully grasped that semiconductors are now as central to modern economies as oil. In the digitizing world, power tools commonly come with Bluetooth chips that tr...
Oil books biggest weekly gain since October as concerns rise over Russia supplies
Oil futures rose Friday, booking strong weekly gains, as concerns grew about a drop in Russian exports following the imposition of a price cap by G7 countries earlier this month. Russia’s deputy prime...
The bright side of the chip glut: Nvidia, AMD and Intel gaming cards are cheap and very available for Christmas
Plenty of gamers have woken up on Christmas morning in the past two years feeling disappointed that there wasn’t a gaming card under the tree — the gear was too often unavailable, or selling for much ...
Apple Is Looking to Move Production Out of China, Report Says
Apple has hastened plans to move part of its production out of China, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, according to a The Wall Street Journal report citing anonymous sources. The world’s mo...
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 ...
Marvell Stock Sinks as Earnings Fall Short. Customers Are Pulling Back.
Marvell Technology shares were sinking in late trading Thursday after the data- center semiconductor firm’s earnings and outlook disappointed Wall Street. The company said makers of storage equipment ...
This oil company is America’s hottest stock. Why won’t its CEO pump more oil?
Vicki Hollub’s Occidental Petroleum controls the biggest piece of the most important area for oil production in the United States. Not so long ago, an oilman in a position like that—and it would’ve be...
Opinion: Oil companies can’t just ‘drill baby drill’ at will. Here’s what it really takes to ramp up energy production.
As energy prices rage, President Biden and Republicans have urged companies to increase drilling to lower oil and gasoline prices from 14-year highs. But it’s not that simple. Even after permits are a...
Taiwan Semi reports stronger-than-forecast profit
Third-party silicon-wafer manufacturer reported Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a stronger-than-forecast 80% increase in profit for the third quarter. The chipmaker said earnings rose ...
Exxon Improperly Fired Scientists Suspected of Sharing Information, Labor Department Finds
Listen to article (2 minutes) The Labor Department said it found Exxon Mobil illegally fired two company scientists over suspicions they shared information with The Wall Street Journal about concerns ...
Oil Prices Slip Despite Prospect of Major Supply Cut
Oil prices fell slightly in early trading after two sessions of strong gains, ahead of an OPEC+ meeting on Wednesday when the oil group and its allies are expected to debate the biggest reduction in o...
Micron Plans to Build Largest U.S. Chip Plant Ever
Micron Technology plans to invest billions of dollars to build a huge new chip manufacturing plant. The company says the so-called megafab will be the largest semiconductor factory ever built in the U...
Opinion: Stock markets will drop another 40% as a severe stagflationary debt crisis hits an overleveraged global economy
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—For a year now, I have argued that the increase in inflation would be persistent, that its causes include not only bad policies but also negative supply shocks, and that c...
Tesla reports record deliveries, but numbers are still shy of analysts’ targets
Tesla Inc. reported record quarterly deliveries on Sunday. but the number still disappointed analysts. Tesla said it produced over 365,000 vehicles in the just-completed third quarter, and made more t...
Micron faces ‘unprecedented’ supply issues, and analysts are split on if the bottom has been hit
Micron Technology Inc. is dealing with an “unprecedented” oversupply problem, but whether it gets worse or better in the near-term is up for debate. However, analysts had different ideas about when th...
Arrival Stock Soars. It’s Got Plans for Microfactories to Build EV Vans.
Shares in Arrival were rising in early trading after the company said it had produced a vehicle in one of its microfactories for the first time. The milestone is a welcome boost for the embattled elec...
If chip production is recovering, why are automakers still making fewer cars?
Automakers trimmed 76,000 vehicles from global production plans in mid-September, according to analysts from AutoForecast Solutions. They’ll produce about 3.23 million fewer this year than planned, th...
Europe’s Energy Crisis Threatens Glass Production
BERLIN—European businesses as diverse as car makers, bottle manufacturers and skyscraper builders—not to mention artisanal glassblowers—are preparing for a possible glass shortage if the loss of Russi...
Rivian’s Losses Nearly Triple to $1.7 Billion
Rivian Automotive Inc. reported its net loss in the second quarter nearly tripled to $1.7 billion, further pressuring the electric-vehicle startup to conserve cash and move quickly to fill customer or...
Shale Drillers Warn of Higher Costs as They Report Record Profits
Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Oil prices hovering around $110 a barrel in the second quarter ...
Exxon Mobil Stock Surges After Energy Giant Drills to Record Profit
Text size PHOTOCAP Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Soaring energy prices and increased production helped Exxon Mobil shatter its previous record for quarterly profit as the oil and gas giant posted e...
Seagate’s Earnings Miss Estimates as Demand for Disk Drives Worsens
Text size A Seagate hard drive from an Apple laptop computer. Demand is weakening in consumer-related markets. Brent Lwein/Bloomberg The disk-drive company Seagate Technology posted sales and profits ...
Boeing Poised to Increase 787 Production Once Deliveries Resume
FARNBOROUGH, England—Boeing is preparing to increase production of its 787 Dreamliner soon after U.S. air-safety regulators allow the aircraft to resume deliveries, according to a person close to the ...
Opinion: This record number in Nvidia earnings is a scary sight
Nvidia Corp.’s financial results had a bit of a surprise for investors, and not on the good side — product inventories doubled to a record high as the chip company gears up for a questionable holiday ...