Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production

Nexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world.The company wrote to customers this week informing them all supplies to a Chinese plant had been suspended.In September, the Netherlands used national security laws to take control of the chipmaker, citing concerns that its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technologies, was planning to shift intellectual property to another company it owned. The Dutch government said that threatened the future of European chip capacity, and removed the Wingtech chairman, Zhang Xuezheng, as chief executive.China responded by halting exports from all Nexperia’s factories in China, prompting warnings this week that the embargo would force production lines at EU car factories to close within days

JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking

JP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1bn in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.The largest bank in the US filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) in 2019, just weeks after Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell, about transactions linked to the paedophile financier and prominent business figures. It also flagged wire transfers made by Epstein to Russian banks.JP Morgan’s report said it had flagged about 4,700 transactions, totalling more than $1bn, that were potentially related to reports of human trafficking involving Epstein, the New York Times reported. The report, filed during the last Trump administration, also flagged sensitivities around Epstein’s “relationships with two U

Apple reports record iPhone sales as new lineup reignites worldwide demand

Apple reported its first quarterly earnings since the release of its new lineup of iPhones on Thursday, beating Wall Street analysts’ expectations. The company showed steady financial growth and a strong bottom line despite slow progress on artificial intelligence. The report comes just days after the company hit a $4tn market value for the first time.“Today, Apple is very proud to report a September quarter revenue record of $102.5 billion, including a September quarter revenue record for iPhone and an all-time revenue record for Services,” Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, said in a statement

Amazon reports strongest cloud growth since 2022 after major outage

Amazon has made its first financial disclosures since the disastrous outage suffered by its cloud computing division that brought everything from smart beds to banks offline.In spite of the global outage, Amazon Web Services has continued to grow, and this quarter reported a 20% increase in revenue year over year. Wall Street estimated that AWS would bring in $32.42bn in net sales in the third quarter, with the company reporting actual revenue of $33bn.“AWS is growing at a pace we haven’t seen since 2022,” CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement accompanying the earnings report

Breeders’ Cup 2025 horse racing: day one – live

Four down and one to go on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup, the Juvenile Turf is the last item on the menu and Gstaad is 2-1 in the early betting.To be fair to Ted Noffey, he did show the grit that is likely to be required if he makes it to post for next year’s Kentucky Derby, for which he is now likely to be the long-range favourite.SO TOUGH!TED NOFFEY BATTLES TO GLORY IN THE FANDUEL BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE!#BC25 @BreedersCup @PletcherRacing @ljlmvel pic.twitter.com/znKYpFGzqBThat was a bit more of a struggle for Ted Noffey that seemed likely a furlong out, when he ranged up alongside the front-running Brant and threatened to stride clear

World Series Game 6: Los Angeles Dodgers v Toronto Blue Jays – live buildup

Email!Richard Woods writes:“The strangest thing about this series is that the team on any objective measure has played the better throughout the series is still being seen as the underdog, and all that the classier team has to do is to reassert its authority after Yamamoto pitches another complete game. Hmmm. I’m not confident as such but not intimidated either. Let’s see how lucky (according to Blake Snell) we can be today. “Yeah, such is the cache of the champs