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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Intel unveiled cost-cutting and restructuring measures, including a two-year pause on planned chip plants in Germany and Poland, as chief executive Pat Gelsinger seeks to turn around the chipmaker’s flagging fortunes.The announcement follows a crunch board meeting last week for the US chipmaker, whose shares have fallen sharply since August when it reported disappointing earnings results and an initial round of cuts, as well as a pause to its dividend.As well as making further moves to establish its chip manufacturing business as…

Usually when I’m looking for value stocks, I like to find companies that are in the lower half of their 52-week range. Sometimes, however, the numbers don’t support this strategy, especially with the broader market going so strong. It is inevitable that companies will surge toward the peak of their 52-week range, and keep going if their earnings are strong enough. Today I’m going to be looking at YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF), a company that very much is at the top of its 52-week range but is still showing up on a lot of value screener searches. We’ll be looking…

Intel’s struggling chip-making business got a boost Monday from a high-profile client: Amazon. The announcement came after Intel said earlier in the day it would receive up to $3 billion in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to manufacture chips for the military. Intel Foundry and Amazon Web Services will coinvest in a custom chip design for the latter and “announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar framework,” according to a release. “Specifically, Intel Foundry will produce an AI fabric chip for AWS on Intel 18A,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said in the statement Monday. Intel, once the world’s most dominant chipmaker,…

Intel shares jumped 8% in extended trading Monday after the company said it plans to turn its foundry business into an independent unit with its own board and the potential to raise outside capital.As part of CEO Pat Gelsinger’s effort to turn around the struggling chipmaker, Intel said in a memo to employees that it will also sell off part of its stake in Altera.Gelsinger said the restructuring would allow the foundry business to “evaluate independent sources of funding,” and comes days after Intel’s board met to assess the direction and future of the company. The foundry business, which Intel…

Ohio state police will conduct daily sweeps of schools in Springfield after authorities have been forced to investigate “at least 33″ bomb threats that led to evacuations and temporary building closures, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday.”We want to make sure, as school continues this week in Springfield, that parents have confidence that the school is in fact safe,” the Republican governor said at a press conference.Each bomb threat has been a hoax without “any validity at all,” DeWine said.Springfield has become the face of the national immigration debate after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio…

CTA and Estate Plans and Trusts The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is a mandate that requires most smaller closely held business entities to file a rather invasive report with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department. The CTA has been written about extensively, but it seems that most business entities, and their owners and those controlling them have not addressed compliance yet. When it comes to estate planning, and particularly entities owned by trusts, determining who has to file as a beneficial owner is particularly complicated. That is a real issue because the penalties are about $600/day and…

Golf courses, and in particular former President Donald Trump’s own properties, have long been a source of concern among Secret Service officials tasked with securing the grounds while the commander in chief plays, according to people familiar with the matter. A golf course is often the largest outdoor area a president can visit, and their design — often abutting public roads and containing elements like trees and hills which can conceal would-be assassins — make them particularly difficult for the agency to secure. Like other presidents before him, Trump’s presence at a golf course does not prompt the club to…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseFormer president Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI is investigating as a potential assassination attempt in south Florida, just two months after another gunman tried to kill the Republican presidential candidate.The suspected attack on Trump’s life comes little more than seven weeks before he faces vice-president Kamala Harris in a tense and closely fought presidential election.Trump released a statement on Sunday afternoon declaring: “FEAR NOT! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God!”The…

On our previous coverage of Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), we saw enough data on the positive side of the ledger that we were able to give it a buy rating. It would be extremely unlikely for BABA, with the margins they have, but a recession does make it possible. But assuming they can hit their estimates below, we see material upside to the stock. We are raising this to a Buy, with a $90 price target in one year. Source: They Don’t Ring A Bell At The Bottom We did get that $90 mark fairly quickly and those that took on that…

Federal Reserve officials won’t say how former President Donald Trump winning a second term could impact the economy. Actually, the Fed prides itself on avoiding even the suggestion that it is wading into politics. But transcripts of closed-door Fed meetings from Trump’s first term give some clues about top economists’ true feelings about Trump’s economic agenda. If voted into office in the November US presidential election, Trump has promised to impose sweeping tariffs of at least 10% on all foreign imports, up to 60% for some Chinese products, and levies as high as 100% for countries that abandon the dollar…