Micron hit with $445 million US verdict in Netlist patent trial

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Chipmaker Micron Technology owes computer-memory company Netlist $445 million in damages for violating Netlist’s patent rights in memory-module technology for high-performance computing, a U.S. jury said on Thursday. Jurors in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas agreed with Netlist that Micron’s semiconductor-memory products infringe two Netlist…

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Medtronic beats fourth-quarter estimates on strength in medical devices

(Reuters) -Health tech firm Medtronic beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, as a pickup in surgical volumes at hospitals lifted demand for its medical devices. Investor expectations around the financial performance of medical devices makers have grown lately, owing to a resurgence in demand as people, especially older adults, opted…

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Off-price retailer TJX posts upbeat Q1, lifts annual profit view on robust demand

By Anuja Bharat Mistry (Reuters) -TJ Maxx parent TJX Cos posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and raised its annual profit forecast on easing costs and strong demand for its affordable products, sending its shares up 6% on Wednesday. Lower prices compared to department stores and cooling inflation have allowed shoppers more room to shop outside just…

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Cryptocurrencies gain as investors turn optimistic on ether ETFs

LONDON (Reuters) – Ether was set for its largest two-day gain in nearly two years on Tuesday amid speculation about the outcome of applications for U.S. spot exchange-traded funds that track the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency, while bitcoin also approached a record high. Ether, which underpins the ethereum blockchain network, was 8% higher on the day…

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Amazon’s cloud unit pauses orders of Nvidia’s most powerful chip, FT reports

(Reuters) – Amazon.com’s cloud services unit has paused orders of Nvidia’s most advanced “superchip” to wait for a more powerful new model, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The new model called Blackwell, the chip sector heavyweight’s new flagship AI processor, is expected to ship later this year, Nvidia said in March. Amazon Web Services,…

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