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CNBC Daily Open: It’s a bad time to be a tech investor — or employee
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CNBC Daily Open: It’s a bad time to be a tech investor — or employee

An Amazon Web Services Inc. office in Herndon, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images October’s job losses in the U.S. were nearly twice as high as a month earlier — the steepest for any October since 2003, data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas showed. The technology […]

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SoftBank shares plunge 10% as Asian AI-linked stocks slide on valuation jitters
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SoftBank shares plunge 10% as Asian AI-linked stocks slide on valuation jitters

A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past the logo of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank in Tokyo on December 25, 2013. Toru Yamanaka | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Asian AI-linked companies and tech firms fell Wednesday, tracking declines in U.S. peers, as investors turned wary of stretched valuations in the market’s […]

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SoftBank Group shares plunge over 9% as Asian tech stocks decline
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SoftBank Group shares plunge over 9% as Asian tech stocks decline

The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025.  Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group plunged as much as 9.17% Wednesday, as technology stocks in Asia declined, tracking losses in U.S. peers overnight. The Japanese tech-focused investment firm saw shares drop […]

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Trump’s ‘100% chip tariffs’ hit Japan’s giants, but Samsung and TSMC rise on U.S. bets
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Trump’s ‘100% chip tariffs’ hit Japan’s giants, but Samsung and TSMC rise on U.S. bets

Asia semiconductor-related stocks traded mixed Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would impose a 100% tariff on chip imports, with an exemption for companies that are “building in the United States.” Details on how much domestic manufacturing is required to qualify for the exemption remain unclear. Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Tokyo Electron fell over […]

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Hanwha Ocean shares surge over 16% after U.S.-Korea trade deal
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Hanwha Ocean shares surge over 16% after U.S.-Korea trade deal

Adie Bush | Connect Images | Getty Images Shares of Hanwha Ocean surged as much as 16.06% on Thursday to their highest levels since July 2015, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blanket 15% tariff on Seoul’s exports to the U.S. According to Reuters, Kim Dong-kwan, the vice chairman of the Hanwha Group, […]

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Asian tech stocks fall as Trump doubles down on tariffs, keeping investors on edge
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Asian tech stocks fall as Trump doubles down on tariffs, keeping investors on edge

Employees move semiconductor testers on the assembly line of the Advantest Corp. plant in Ora, Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian tech and chip-related stocks fell Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump made it clear that tariffs on Mexico and Canada would go into effect as planned. Trump said the […]

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Asia tech stocks rise after Trump pauses tariffs on China and Mexico
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Asia tech stocks rise after Trump pauses tariffs on China and Mexico

Meituan Dianping application icons are displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, March 23, 2018. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian tech stocks rose Tuesday, following news that U.S. president Donald Trump had paused tariffs on Mexico for a month, while also postponing tariffs on Canadian exports. Gains […]

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Japan chip stocks extend losses as DeepSeek worries fuel Wall Street tech rout
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Japan chip stocks extend losses as DeepSeek worries fuel Wall Street tech rout

A sales clerk shows off Elpida Memory Inc. memory chips at an electronics shop in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares in Japan’s chip-related companies extended declines for a second day as Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI competitiveness calls into question the United States’ leadership in the […]

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Hong Kong stocks rise after AI sell-off fueled by China’s DeepSeek drags Wall Street lower
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Hong Kong stocks rise after AI sell-off fueled by China’s DeepSeek drags Wall Street lower

The momentum in Japan markets were largely driven by the country’s technology and financial sector.  Doctoregg | Moment | Getty Images Hong Kong stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street saw a massive drop in shares of tech companies, while several Asia-Pacific markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index traded […]

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Japan chip stocks fall as DeepSeek’s challenge to U.S. AI dominance raises worries for Asian tech firms
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Japan chip stocks fall as DeepSeek’s challenge to U.S. AI dominance raises worries for Asian tech firms

Employees move semiconductor testers on the assembly line of the Advantest Corp. plant in Ora, Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s chip-related stocks fell Monday as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raises concerns about a potential challenge to America’s global leadership in artificial intelligence that threatens Asian tech companies […]

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