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Apple shares jump as record buyback, sales growth forecast lure investors

Apple shares jumped nearly 7% on Friday as the iPhone maker’s record stock buyback plan.

PALO ALTO, CA - NOVEMBER 05: A sign is posted at a Tesla showroom on November 5, 2013 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tesla to lay off more than 10% of staff globally as sales fall

Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for EVs.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 18: Apple watches are seen on display at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station on December 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, IDC says

Apple’s smartphone shipments dropped about 10% in the first quarter of 2024.

Google’s contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulators

Nearly a dozen antitrust experts and industry analysts say it is unlikely that an acquisition by Google would hamper competition.

Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Exclusive: Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition

Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker.

Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot, sources say

The potential acquisition would be Alphabet’s largest ever and allow it to put some of its cash pile, which reached $110.9 billion as of the end of December, to work.