FAST NEWS: SMIC forecasts continued gross margin decline
The Latest: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC)(0981.HK; 688981.SH) on Thursday reported a 68.9% year-on-year drop in its third-quarter profit to $71.79 million, as its gross margin plunged by 7.1 percentage points to 13.7%.…
PODCAST: China EVs Under Attack, and Alibaba’s Sputtering Split-up
China accuses US of unfair EV subsidies at the WTO. Will the US fight back with a counter claim against Chinese EVs? And Alibaba cancels an IPO for its Cainiao logistics unit. Is its bigger plan to break up the company falling apart?