A hearing kicked off today in Washington, D.C., that could determine whether Google remains in its current form, or if it could face penalties such as selling off its popular Chrome web browser. The so-called remedy hearing is the consequence of a court ruling last August that found Google is operating a monopoly and uses…
In This Story Shaken by geopolitical shocks, the S&P 500 was flat last week and the Nasdaq nosed just into the red — but the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished significantly lower, weighed down by a double blow from UnitedHealth (UNH) and Nvidia (NVDA). How Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500 UnitedHealth slashed…
2025/04/13 00:03 科技中心／李宜樺報導 Meta創辦人祖克柏（Mark Elliot Zuckerberg）近期遭遇還真是風波不斷！才被臉書前員工在美國國會上爆料，Facebook後台機制暗藏「中國直通車」，允許中港台三地用戶熱門貼文傳送中國審閱，如今又被美國聯邦貿易委員會（FTC）盯上，提起反壟斷訴訟，下週14日將開庭審理，外傳祖克柏與前營運長Sheryl Sandberg都將親自出庭，雙重壓力等於讓祖克柏陷入蠟燭兩頭燒的局面。 ▲祖克柏（Zuckerberg）陷入蠟燭兩頭燒！一邊被前員工爆出臉書「中國直通車」審查爭議，另一邊Meta又遭美國FTC提反壟斷訴訟，傳祖克柏14日將親上火線出庭。（示意圖／AI製圖） 據悉，FTC針對的是Meta於2012年收購Instagram與2014年買下WhatsApp提出質疑，指控Meta透過併購手段消滅競爭，壟斷社群市場。 消息指出，若Meta敗訴，將面臨三大重擊：旗下數十億用戶的產品生態將遭破壞、跨平台整合體系可能瓦解、美國科技巨頭的收購模式將全面重寫。 分析師表示，華爾街多數人期待Meta能以和解止血，避免官司曠日廢時進一步重創股價，這恐怕也是近期祖克柏找川普愛將Dina Powell McCormick入主Meta董事會以及其三進三出白宮，找川普商議的一個重要關鍵。但若法院最終判決Meta敗訴，不只震撼全球科技產業，更將重塑未來數位競爭與隱私治理的基本規則。 ▲祖克柏締造的Meta臉書王朝屢經風波，這回面對中國審查爆料與反壟斷訴訟雙壓夾擊，還能安然度過困境嗎？（圖／翻攝自推特） Zuck雙重危機 反壟斷與中國直通車風波交織 事實上，歐盟早在2021年起即針對Meta濫用市場優勢展開調查，2023年底更以臉書與其他服務綁定為由，開罰7.98億歐元（現約新台幣293億元），Meta目前仍在上訴中。 值得注意的是，就在Meta訴訟後一週，Google母公司Alphabet被FTC調查的案件也將登場，進行另一場業務拆分庭訊，美國政府全面狙擊科技巨頭的格局已然成形。 ▲現傳出川普（右）3月剛換掉FTC中兩名民主黨成員，不久後FTC就針對Meta在10年的兩起交易提出反壟斷質疑，近期祖克柏（左）三進三出白宮，被傳就是為了與川普談和解，以求解套！（圖／翻攝自川普、祖克柏臉書） 有趣的是，提到FTC現正要處理Meta的壟斷行為，你就不能不知今年3月，川普才開除了FTC中兩名明顯為民主黨背景的成員，被開除者現正打行政訴訟，為自己討公道，而目前FTC則由兩名共和黨成員接管中。 這場10年前交易，10年後被翻舊帳的開庭訴訟，外界認為不僅攸關Meta是否需強制分拆，更是美國併購審查制度的一場制度大地震。但究竟是真壟斷，還是當局的真追殺？值得探究。 Source link
Things could be turning around for the mega-cap Magnificent Seven stocks, and a reversal of their recent downtrend bodes well for US stocks as a whole. The group of high-flying tech names — Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla — has had a brutal start to the year, with Meta the only member…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey. The European import tax, which was unveiled in response to steel and aluminum tariffs by the U.S. administration, is expected to go into effect…
Big Tech firms like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft lead in shareholder value creation. Stocks with a wide economic moat can be a good long-term investment. But only Microsoft, Alphabet, and UnitedHealth Group are rated undervalued by Morningstar. Past performance does not guarantee future success; it’s a line frequently used for investing advice. That’s because stocks…
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped nearly 0.44% in early trading to 38,893.65. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slid just 0.04% to 8,517.20. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.23% to 2,530.79. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.35% to 31,173.35,…
STORY: Wall Street’s main indexes closed higher on Wednesday as investors brushed off disappointing earnings from Alphabet and weighed the prospect of future interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The Dow gained about seven-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 added about four-tenths and the Nasdaq ticked up roughly two-tenths of a percent. Google-parent…
US stocks recovered from losses on Wednesday to close higher on the day. Earnings from Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and AMD (AMD) fell short, but Big Tech got a boost from a jump in Nvidia (NVDA) shares. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose 0.2%, while the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) added 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Last week, the emergence of a new AI model from China’s DeepSeek sparked investor concern that the AI spending boom may cool off as companies find cheaper ways to fulfill their AI goals. This spawned a massive sell-off in Nvidia’s (NVDA) stock, with the prevailing thought being that companies may not allocate as much spend…