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  • China tariff war worries and more: What to expect from Apple's Q2 2025 earnings

    nubusnubus
    Xed said:
    AppleZulu said:
    I am trying to imagine the response if Apple's profit had dropped by 71% and Tim Cook got on the call to say he was going to cut back his extracurricular activities
    What extracurricular activities?
    Flag waving at Formula 1. The board should stop Cook from ever doing that again :smile: 
    sconosciuto

  • Apple supplier Pegatron says tariffs will mean third world-style shortages for US

    nubusnubus
    In 2021 one (1) ship stopped all shipping between Asia and Europe for 6 days. It took 10x that time to get trade back. Tariffs have been increased since Feb 4th and the extremely high tariffs since April 9th. 22 days but 10x the duration to restore service. It doesn't help much that exports from China increased in March as it will only cover 3 days.

    Factories are closing down making it even more difficult to return. US consumers are getting taxed twice reducing their spending power while margins and stocks are crashing. But inventory could keep shelves looking good for 30-100 days. Recovering from it will take much longer. The 2008 "Great Recession" caused 8-9 years of increased unemployment. It took more than a year to peak.

    londorXeddanoxsconosciuto

  • Apple supplier Pegatron says tariffs will mean third world-style shortages for US

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    mpantone said:
    They are called reciprocal because when one country applies a tariff to another, in almost all cases, that other country will apply the same tariff.
    They are not. It is a calculation based on deficit of physical goods excluding services. Disney, McDonald's, Microsoft, Salesforce,... a big ZERO to Trump. So... EU is hit by a 20-25% tariff for a 3% trade deficit and tariffs being 10% or mostly 0%.

    Lesotho is hit by 50% - a country doing 98.9% less per capita than the US is tariffed to death due to Levi's and their $3/day salaries. For the US to be a country so hungry for $3/day jobs that Africans must die for it?!

    I miss the country of "The Hill We Climb".
    Xedthtpulseimagesstevegeedavspliff monkeyAlex1Nstompy9secondkox2willett

  • Mac Studio M4 Max review one month later: Costly computing power, worth every cent

    nubusnubus
    Computers for graphic designers used to be 6 months of salary. The Studio Max M4 is available for less than 1. It is a lot of value to those that need it.
    At work I see motion designers do in 15 min. what took 2 hours on Intel Mac Pro. I'm impressed!
    watto_cobra

  • US will not tolerate EU fine against Apple, says White House

    nubusnubus
    alandail said:
    Absolutely absurd that the EU imposes fines based on global revenue, not EU revenue. EU has no jurisdiction on business done in other countries.
    The US is doing exactly the same. A European bank doing a bank transfer in Europe can get fined if the currency is USD unless the bank follow US regulations. Doesn't have to be cash and the transfer can be in Europe only. A bank in Denmark got fined $2 billion by DOJ for doing so without ever operating in the US. Seems DOJ is happy to hold jurisdiction outside US. It is OK to call it absurd and I tend to agree.
    9secondkox2oxonrichwilliamlondon