Wild that TSMC's Arizona fab took a 99% profit hit in Q3 because it outsourced gas supply to Linde and had a power fault (which would have otherwise been under TSMC's control in their Taiwan fab).
from yesterday's Matt Levine Money Stuff. Funnily enough in my last job I worked on a deal for a company that ran a portable toilet business. And the "upside" was "cleaning routes optimized for efficiency"/ lol
In the absence of govt data during the shutdown, big retailers' earnings forecasts serve as a decent proxy for US consumer health, and it isn't looking great
Share of CPI of items in the CPI basket whose prices are increasing at 3% or more. So inflation is not localized to just energy/ food. And the market has already priced in further rate cuts?
We’ve built machines that are capable of incredible feats. But Elizabeth Spelke, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard, has spent her career testing the world’s most sophisticated learning system—the mind of a baby. https://t.co/7lzhFmAQO7
congratulations Richa <3 here's to all that you've accomplished, and everything in store for you post graduation. Cant wait to celebrate with you in person (bubbly et all) #Stern2020@NYUStern
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