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Apple Shares Fall After Prices Increase for Macs, iPads

Apple Inc. shares fell after it raised prices of all Macs, iPads, home devices and the Vision Pro to offset cost hikes caused by a shortage of memory chips and storage. The price increases are in effect globally and are largely unprecedented, with no equivalent in the company's modern history of sweeping hikes across much of its product line. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

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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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