According to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, on July 30th, Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, met with Laura Ryan, the US representative of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council and Executive Vice President of UPS (United Parcel Service), in Beijing. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on further strengthening cooperation between the Chinese an ... 阅读全文

On July 30th, two commercial and residential land parcels were listed for sale in Weiyang District, Xi'an City, with a total transaction price of approximately 134 million yuan. It is reported that both plots of land were acquired by Xi'an Jiajiazhihe Real Estate Co., Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Beihaojia (Xi'an) Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. under Beike. Regarding the land acquisition in Xi'an, the person in charge of the Beihaojia project told the Beijin ... 阅读全文

On July 31st, it was reported that Apple is developing a future technology. In a recent patent, Apple described a technology that identifies users based on their unique cardiovascular measurements. With this technology, as long as the user keeps wearing the Apple Watch, they can unlock all Apple devices. Verify the user's heart mode instead of password or fingerprint scanning, which can improve security and accelerate recognition speed. （AppleInsider）

On July 31st, Apple CEO Cook announced on the X platform that Apple Intelligence will open up a world full of new possibilities for users, and he is pleased to see developers start using it for development. According to previous media reports, Apple plans to provide early testing of Apple Intelligence to software developers for the first time through iOS 18.1 and iPad OS 18.1 beta versions as early as this week.

On July 31st, HSBC Holdings released its 2024 interim performance report, which showed that in the first half of the year, HSBC Holdings achieved a pre tax profit of 21.6 billion US dollars, which was overall stable compared to the same period last year; After tax profit of 17.7 billion US dollars, a decrease of 400 million US dollars or 2% compared to the same period last year; Revenue increased by 1% to 37.3 billion US dollars; The net interest yield was 1.62%, ... 阅读全文

The topic of 'Starbucks China claims not to engage in price wars' has attracted attention on social media. When it comes to the "coffee price war," Liu Wenjuan, Co CEO of Starbucks China, said, "In the competitive environment of frequent promotional activities, we maintain a high degree of restraint and avoid price wars. At the same time, we have adopted targeted and precise pricing strategies to create new sales growth and cultivate customers' consumption habits ... 阅读全文

Interface News Reporter | Li Biao After the US stock market closed on Tuesday, American chip manufacturer AMD released its second quarter performance report that exceeded external expectations. The financial report shows that the sales of AMD's artificial intelligence chips continue to be booming, and the revenue of its directly related data center division has increased by about double compared to the same period last year. Since the beginning of this year, the ... 阅读全文

On Tuesday Eastern Time, the three major US stock indexes closed with mixed gains and losses, with the Nasdaq falling 1.28%, the S&P 500 index falling 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.5%. Most large technology stocks fell, with Nvidia falling more than 7%, hitting a new low since the end of May; Tesla fell more than 4%, while Netflix, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta experienced slight declines; Apple and Google have seen slight increases. Popular C ... 阅读全文

HSBC Holdings announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at noon on July 31 that Jonathan Bingham has been appointed as the interim Group Chief Financial Officer, effective from September 2, 2024. He will not be appointed as an executive director. During his tenure as interim Group Chief Financial Officer, Zhuang Jingxing will retain his current position as Global Financial Supervisor. As the global financial supervisor of HSBC, Zhuang Jingxing is responsible for ... 阅读全文

The power of AI will drive the development of four major trends, namely chips, big models, autonomous driving, and robots. Xiaopeng Motors will enter these four directions. This year, Xiaopeng Motors will invest 3.5 billion yuan in AI and now has 2.51 EFLOPS of AI computing power, "said He Xiaopeng, Chairman of Xiaopeng Motors, at the Xiaopeng Motors AI Intelligent Driving Technology Conference on July 30th. At the AI intelligent driving technology conference, Xi ... 阅读全文

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has become an important cornerstone investor in Akums Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Company in India, which officially launched its initial public offering (IPO) subscription on July 30th. Akums Pharmaceuticals raised nearly INR 8.28 billion (approximately USD 103 million) in funding from institutional sources, including cornerstone investors, prior to its listing. Including BlackRock Smallcap World Fund、 Renowned i ... 阅读全文

On July 30th, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States, Tesla launched a large-scale recall, which involves Model 3, Model S, Model X from 2021 to 2024 and Model Y from 2020 to 2024, totaling 1.8496 million vehicles. The reason for Tesla's large-scale recall this time is that the software may not be able to detect the engine hood being unlocked, and the unlocked engine hood may be completely opened, obstructing ... 阅读全文

Say no to "online zero yuan shopping"? Hundreds of merchants gather at Temu headquarters, Pinduoduo responds: "The platform will not make money from merchants' violation fines." A video of hundreds of cross-border e-commerce platform (Temu) merchants going to Temu Guangzhou headquarters to defend their rights recently appeared on social media. On the evening of July 30th, Pinduoduo responded, "The platform will not make money from merchants' violation fines, and ... 阅读全文

According to informed sources, Intel plans to lay off thousands of employees to reduce costs and provide funding for its recovery plan. Currently, Intel is facing the dilemma of declining profits and market share. According to sources familiar with the company's layoff plan, the plan could be announced as early as this week. The company currently has approximately 110000 employees, not including some employees from separate departments that have been spun off. In ... 阅读全文

The slowdown and lower than expected growth rate of cloud business has triggered a decline in Microsoft's stock price. On July 31st, Microsoft released its financial report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 (ending on June 30th, 2024). According to the financial report, Microsoft's fourth quarter revenue was $64.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%. The net profit was 22 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10%. Due to the underperformance ... 阅读全文

Reporter Liu Songhui On July 30th, two plots of 14.475 acres of commercial and residential land were listed for sale in Weiyang District, Xi'an City. They are located east of Yongxing Road and on the north and south sides of Wei 27th Street, with a total transaction price of 133.8 million yuan. Both plots were acquired by Xi'an Jiajiazhihe Real Estate Co., Ltd. Tianyancha shows that Xi'an Jiajiazhihe Real Estate Co., Ltd. is wholly owned by Beihaojia (Xi'an) Real ... 阅读全文

On July 31st, Delta Air Lines hired "Wall Street's ace lawyer" David Boies to demand compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for their losses. On July 19th, a software update from CrowdStrike caused a historic interruption in Microsoft systems, resulting in many industries' systems going offline. Airlines have been hit particularly hard, with the US Department of Transportation stating last week that it is investigating Delta Air Lines, which has suffered wid ... 阅读全文

On July 30th local time, Micron Technology announced that the Micron 2650 NVMe SSD (Solid State Drive) based on the 9th generation (G9) TLC NAND technology has been shipped.

On Tuesday, Eastern Time, Microsoft released its fourth quarter financial report as of June 30th. The financial report shows that the quarterly revenue growth rate of its Azure cloud platform is lower than expected, and capital expenditures for the 2025 fiscal year starting from early July will continue to increase. As Wall Street is increasingly concerned about the returns on AI investments in large tech stocks, Microsoft's financial report further suggests that ... 阅读全文

On July 31st, according to Interface News, Bloomberg reported that Intel plans to lay off thousands of employees to reduce costs and provide funds for reversing profitability and stock price decline. Intel was asked to verify the news of layoffs, but the official response stated that they would not comment. According to Bloomberg citing informed sources, Intel will announce a layoff plan as early as this week, with approximately 110000 employees, excluding those ... 阅读全文