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Pull-Forward Demand Boosts PC Shipments Amid Memory Crunch Woes
Pull-Forward Demand Boosts PC Shipments Amid Memory Crunch Woes
The latest snapshot of the global PC market, from International Data Corporation's first-quarter shipment tracker, shows units rising 2.5% year over year to 65.6 million.
"Despite deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and memory shortage issues, the PC market recorded another quarter of positive growth," IDC wrote in the report published on Thursday morning.
IDC said last quarter's growth was "mostly fueled by the anticipation of rising component prices, Windows 10 migration, and new product introductions."
Jean Philippe Bouchard, research vice president at IDC, noted, "The...
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Feb 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Enough Is Enough": David Tepper Slams Whirlpool For Value Destruction In "Scathing" Letter
"Enough Is Enough": David Tepper Slams Whirlpool For Value Destruction In "Scathing" Letter
David Tepper, the billionaire behind Appaloosa Management, blasted Whirlpool’s board in a sharply critical letter, accusing the appliance maker of eroding shareholder value and demanding a strategic reset, according to CNBC, who viewed the letter.
Tepper said he watched with “a certain astonishment” as Whirlpool moved ahead with what he described as a sizable and avoidable equity issuance that diluted investors. He argued the capital raise carried a cost of more than 10% — far above the company’s...
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Feb 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Unsettling Truths The Epstein Files Reveal About Power And Privilege
The Unsettling Truths The Epstein Files Reveal About Power And Privilege
Authored by Patrick Keeney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The public fixation on the Epstein files has settled, predictably, on the most lurid elements of the story.
This is understandable.
Sexual exploitation, particularly of the young, is among the most corrosive of crimes, and the scale of Epstein’s abuse, as well as the apparent indifference of powerful institutions to it, demands moral outrage.
But to focus exclusively on the sexual scandal is to miss the deeper and more unsettling lesson the...
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Feb 16, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Huckabee Says US and Israel ‘Absolutely Aligned’ on Iran
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Monday that the US and Israel are “absolutely aligned” on the need to “deal” with Iran as Washington continues building up its forces in the Middle East to prepare for a potential attack on the Islamic Republic. Huckabee made the comments when addressing the Conference of Presidents […]
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