Meta's future
Historic battle could force Meta to sell Instagram and Whatsapp
Meta's most important battle to date against the US competition authority FTC, which begins in court on Monday, could force the company to sell Whatsapp and Instagram, writes the Financial Times. At least that risk existed before Donald Trump took power, writes Politico.
The battle is also seen as a test of whether the new FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson, appointed by Donald Trump, dares to challenge "big tech", writes FT.
In the witness box, the court is expected to see Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who lobbied against the Trump administration before the trial. The antitrust investigation against Meta has been ongoing for six years, notes Politico.
The development of AI
Klarna CEO: Should be the beginning of the end for Google - why isn't the stock market shocked?
The fact that OpenAI now has 1 billion users should be “the beginning of the end for Google,” writes Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on X. He predicts that the parent company Alphabet’s stock will rebound on Monday due to the tariffs, but questions how reasonable it is in the wake of OpenAI’s progress.
“Why is this not a shocking event for the market?” asks Siemiatkowski.
The analyst: Trump saves Apple – the stock will skyrocket
Apple has temporarily avoided its biggest crisis since the pandemic, after President Trump exempted iPhones, iPads and Mac computers from the planned tariffs on goods from China, Bloomberg reports.
“This is a big relief for Apple,” writes Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani in a client letter.
A proposed 10 percent tariff on similar goods from other countries is also being scrapped. Before the decision, Apple considered quickly moving parts of its production to India to avoid price increases and save the launch of the iPhone 17 this fall, which is largely manufactured in China.
Daryanani predicts that the stock will surge on Monday after losing just over 11 percent so far in April.
Historic battle could force Meta to sell Instagram and Whatsapp
Meta's most important battle to date against the US competition authority FTC, which begins in court on Monday, could force the company to sell Whatsapp and Instagram, writes the Financial Times. At least that risk existed before Donald Trump took power, writes Politico.
The battle is also seen as a test of whether the new FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson, appointed by Donald Trump, dares to challenge "big tech", writes FT.
In the witness box, the court is expected to see Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who lobbied against the Trump administration before the trial. The antitrust investigation against Meta has been ongoing for six years, notes Politico.
The development of AI
Klarna CEO: Should be the beginning of the end for Google - why isn't the stock market shocked?
The fact that OpenAI now has 1 billion users should be “the beginning of the end for Google,” writes Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on X. He predicts that the parent company Alphabet’s stock will rebound on Monday due to the tariffs, but questions how reasonable it is in the wake of OpenAI’s progress.
“Why is this not a shocking event for the market?” asks Siemiatkowski.
The analyst: Trump saves Apple – the stock will skyrocket
Apple has temporarily avoided its biggest crisis since the pandemic, after President Trump exempted iPhones, iPads and Mac computers from the planned tariffs on goods from China, Bloomberg reports.
“This is a big relief for Apple,” writes Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani in a client letter.
A proposed 10 percent tariff on similar goods from other countries is also being scrapped. Before the decision, Apple considered quickly moving parts of its production to India to avoid price increases and save the launch of the iPhone 17 this fall, which is largely manufactured in China.
Daryanani predicts that the stock will surge on Monday after losing just over 11 percent so far in April.
Analysis: “Europe and Japan should come together”
Japan and Europe should deepen their cooperation to counteract global instability. This is what Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei commentator Hiroyuki Akita writes in an analysis.
He notes that the relationship between the parties has long been described as that of “distant friends,” as both have traditionally prioritized their ties to the United States.
“That time is over. Japan and Europe must start seeing each other as key partners and greatly deepen cooperation in the economy, diplomacy and security,” Akita writes.
The background is the aggressive tariff policy pursued by US President Donald Trump, which has contributed to an escalating global trade war.
Dahlgren Capital's chief economist Klas Eklund believes that a new global order is taking shape, where the world is divided into different spheres of interest – primarily between the USA and China.
– Trump does not think he belongs to the Western part of the world anymore… and leaves Europe to its fate a little bit, he says in SVT's Ekonomibyrån.
Japan and Europe should deepen their cooperation to counteract global instability. This is what Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei commentator Hiroyuki Akita writes in an analysis.
He notes that the relationship between the parties has long been described as that of “distant friends,” as both have traditionally prioritized their ties to the United States.
“That time is over. Japan and Europe must start seeing each other as key partners and greatly deepen cooperation in the economy, diplomacy and security,” Akita writes.
The background is the aggressive tariff policy pursued by US President Donald Trump, which has contributed to an escalating global trade war.
Dahlgren Capital's chief economist Klas Eklund believes that a new global order is taking shape, where the world is divided into different spheres of interest – primarily between the USA and China.
– Trump does not think he belongs to the Western part of the world anymore… and leaves Europe to its fate a little bit, he says in SVT's Ekonomibyrån.
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