Apple (AAPL) news that moved the stock

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Apple has told some suppliers to cut production of components for its newly launched iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, Nikkei Asia reported Friday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. October component orders are down at least 15% from what was originally requested (15-20% range per later coverage), with Apple having grown more conservative on shipments since early September. Soaring memory chip costs and price increases have dampened consumer demand. Apple did not respond to requests for comment; Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report.

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Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives, the longtime prominent tech bull, initiated coverage on 49 names across the tech landscape on Wednesday with Outperform ratings across the board, including: Apple (AAPL) $400 and Alphabet (GOOGL) $400 price targets, Amazon (AMZN) $300, Meta (META) $900, Microsoft (MSFT) $615, Nvidia (NVDA) $300, Tesla (TSLA) $500, plus SpaceX at $225. SoftBank was initiated at Outperform with a $290 target and CrowdStrike (CRWD) at Outperform with a $335 target. Ives' thesis centers on the infrastructure layer staying supply-constrained 'through at least 2027,' with companies owning scarce compute, memory, and power capturing growth; enterprise software has recovered, cybersecurity takes a growing share of IT budgets, and 'physical AI' is the newest front. The initiation comes a month after Ives launched the Ives Ultra AI Opportunities closed-end fund (IVAI) targeting late-stage private AI companies.

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The Financial Times reported on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 that the European Commission is working on ways to capture more revenue from large U.S. tech groups — including Apple (AAPL), Meta (META) and Google (GOOGL) — through a broad levy on large corporations, in a bid to raise EU revenue while avoiding backlash from the Trump administration. Brussels is considering changes to its 'Corporate Resource for Europe' (CORE) proposal that would require all companies operating in the EU with revenue of more than €100 million ($112 million) a year to pay an annual lump-sum tax contribution, currently set at between €100,000 and €750,000 per company. The reporting cites six EU officials with knowledge of the discussions. Reuters could not immediately verify the report, and the Commission, CCIA, Apple, Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.

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The seven mega-cap companies — Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Tesla — ended Monday's trading with a combined market capitalization of $24.836 trillion, a new record, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Nvidia, the largest company by market cap, finished the day with a record-high stock price, closing at $237.58 (+2.1%) for a market capitalization of roughly $5.76 trillion. Microsoft rose 1.5%, ending at its highest level since last October and moving back toward a $4 trillion market cap. The record aggregate is larger than the nominal GDP of every country in the world except the United States.

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BofA Securities said Apple faces competitive risks — and potential loss of service revenue — because of Meta's Muse, Meta's enterprise AI assistant. Apple fell 2.1% on Tuesday while Meta rose 2.1%, making the pair one of the day's clearest cross-currents: a Mag 7 winner (Apple, +20%+ YTD) pressured by a competitive AI threat, and a Mag 7 laggard (Meta) getting credit for its enterprise AI push.