• Foxconn has immense confidence in growth momentum due to AI, chairman says

    The company is Nvidia’s biggest server maker and Apple’s top iPhone assemblerPublished Fri, May 29, 2026 · 12:13 PM[NEW TAIPEI] Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, has immense confidence in its growth momentum because of soaring AI demand, chairman Young Liu said on Friday (May 29).The traditional mid-year seasonal slump for tech suppliers no longer happens, Liu told an annual shareholders meeting in New Taipei, adding that he was very optimistic about the second half of the year.“Unless a highly severe ‘black swan’ event occurs – which I have not seen, and there are currently no signs of…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • Indonesia intervenes in markets as rupiah sets new record low

    Published Tue, May 5, 2026 · 12:40 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank intervened in the foreign-exchange markets as the rupiah set a new record low. Bank Indonesia intervened through offshore and domestic non-deliverable forwards, spot transactions and government bonds in the secondary market, Erwin Hutapea, executive director of monetary and…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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