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It’s Time to Start a Tariff Emergency Fund
The only thing that’s certain about the current tariff situation is that a lot of things are about to get more expensive for U.S. consumers. The impact of the new tariffs is estimated to be more than $5,000 per year for the average household, which means all the work you’ve put into figuring out your home budget and personal finances…
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Five New Scams That Prey on Tariff Confusion
If you’re like most people, you probably didn’t think a whole lot about tariffs before this year. And if you’re like most people, you’ve probably spent this year thinking a lot about tariffs—specifically, how they’re going to impact your life. Whether it’s worry over higher prices and empty store shelves or more generalized economic anxiety, these certainly are exciting times.…
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Google Weighs India for Pixel Production Amid Tariff Uncertainty
Google primarily manufactures its phones in Vietnam. But not too long ago, the giant shifted some of its manufacturing to India for its “Make in India” campaign. Still, most of the Pixels that ship to the US and across the world are largely still made in Vietnam. Well, that might change soon, as Google is considering moving more of its…
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Indian IT services firms face project delays amid the US tariff war – Computerworld
K. Krithivasan, CEO and MD at TCS, while announcing the quarterly results, stated that while the overall business environment was positive till February, the company started witnessing some amount of uncertainty since March. This has resulted in some project delays and some ramp-downs. “The Consumer Business Group saw heightened caution and delays in discretionary projects, especially in the US. This…
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How to deal with tech tariff terror – Computerworld
What can you do? Buy. Buy now. Prices won’t be getting any better anytime soon. Even if you accept Trump’s economic theories — that this will all lead to a resurgence of American high-tech manufacturing, which I don’t believe for one minute — it will be years before US-based computer and component factories are ramped up and releasing hardware. If…
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Tech Tariff Exemptions Are Temporary, Looking at ‘Whole Electronics Supply Chain’
U.S. President Donald Trump. Image: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons U.S. President Donald Trump and his team have stated that the reciprocal tariff exemptions on electronic products are temporary. The administration excluded smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other tech items from the 125% tariff on Chinese imports on April 11. Trump said his team is taking a look at the “whole electronics supply…
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iPhone Price Could Triple Due to Escalating US-China Tariff War
The iPhone 16 Pro lineup has new colors and a fully recycled aluminum chassis for the first time. Image: Apple, Inc. Apple is scrambling to figure out a solution after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports. Reciprocal tariffs for a number of countries were set to take effect on April 9, but Trump granted a 90-day…
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Google shakes off tariff concerns to push on with $75 billion AI spending plans – but analysts warn rising infrastructure costs will send cloud prices sky high
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed the company will still spend $75 billion on building out data centers despite economic concerns in the wake of US tariffs. While many were paused or reduced yesterday, heavy tariffs still remain on China, potentially raising the cost of infrastructure projects deemed necessary to enable the development and rollout of AI. Speaking at the…
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‘We would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss’: Framework says it’s ‘temporarily pausing’ some US laptop sales amid tariff disruption
Modular laptop designer Framework says it is “temporarily pausing US sales” in response to the disruption caused by US tariffs on Taiwanese imports. The sales pause will apply to a limited number of Laptop 13 configurations, the company confirmed in a statement on social media this week, with models impacted by the decision set to be removed from its online…
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Apple feels gravity as the Trump tariff hammer falls – Computerworld
Another thing Apple can do is use this moment as a golden opportunity to re-purchase its shares. It announced a $90-billion-share repurchase budget in January, and the state-mandated damage its stock is currently taking means it will be able to buy more shares for the same money — assuming it doesn’t use some of this capital to defer the impact…
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