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Taiwan Suspects Nvidia AI Chip Shipment Smuggled to China

Taiwan prosecutors suspect three individuals successfully smuggled at least one shipment of Nvidia AI chips to China after first exporting them to Japan, people familiar with the matter said. The trio was detained for allegedly falsifying documents related to exports of Super Micro Computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips, which the US has barred from sale to China without a license. Bloomberg Intelligence's Matthew Bloxham breaks down the situation.

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Samsung Workers to Go Ahead With Strike

Talks between Samsung Electronics and its largest labor union broke down, raising the prospect of a workers' strike. A general work stoppage will go ahead on Thursday, labor leader Choi Seung-ho told reporters. The collapse in negotiations puts the global technology supply chain at risk because Samsung is the world's biggest supplier of the chips that go into devices from data center servers to smartphones and electric vehicles. Bloomberg's Yoolim Lee reports.

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ASML Raises 2026 Sales Forecast as AI Demand Boosts Growth

ASML raised its full-year sales forecast, with net sales expected to be between 36 billion ($42.4 billion) to 40 billion this year. Europe's most valuable company's machinery is crucial for producing the Nvidia Corp. chips that are the backbone for training and running artificial intelligence models in data centers. Bloomberg's Charlotte Hughes-Morgan reports.

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Telecom Italia CEO Says Firms Need Scale to Survive

Poste Italiane's 10.8 billion ($12.5 billion) bid for full control of Telecom Italia moves forward much-needed consolidation that will strengthen Europe's telecom sector, the phone company's chief executive officer said in an interview. "The digital business is all about scale," CEO Pietro Labriola told Francine Lacqua. "You need to move fast and have strong financial backing."

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