Greatland Resources will join the S&P/ASX 100 at the Sydney market open Monday, following a 7.25% drop in its ASX share price Friday to A$10.11. The company reported a half-year net profit
Apple released the iOS 26.4 release candidate to testers on March 18, signaling an imminent public launch. The update adds new Apple Music playlist tools, podcast video support, and features for the upcoming AirPods Max 2, which go on sale March 25. Some functions will require iOS 26.4 or later. Availability of features will vary by region, device, and language.
Greatland Resources will join the S&P/ASX 100 at the Sydney market open Monday, following a 7.25% drop in its ASX share price Friday to A$10.11. The company reported a half-year net profit of A$342.9 million and ended December with A$948.3 million cash, no debt. Investors await the Telfer resource update for the March quarter. Gold fell 1.8% Friday to $4,563.64 an ounce.
Microsoft shares fell $1.26 to $398.46 in after-hours trading Thursday after going ex-dividend. The company announced plans to invest $50 billion in AI for developing markets by 2030. Director John W. Stanton bought 5,000 shares on Feb. 18, raising his direct stake to 83,905. CrowdStrike shares rose 1.5% after expanding its partnership with Microsoft.
Global semiconductor sales topped $600 billion in 2024 and could reach $1 trillion by 2030. TSMC held 55% of the foundry market in 2023, with Taiwan controlling 92% of advanced chip capacity. The 2021 chip shortage caused an estimated $210 billion loss in auto sales. The U.S. and EU have pledged over $100 billion combined to boost domestic chip production.
SpaceX’s Starlink now lets standard smartphones send texts via satellite in live regions, requiring no extra equipment. Partner carriers including T-Mobile and Telstra will expand satellite SMS, location sharing, and emergency calls in 2025. Data and voice services are planned for later phases. Competitors AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global are also testing direct-to-phone satellite links.