Important News 1. Trump: Will announce tariff rates on Colombia. 2. White House National Economic Council Director Hassett said there's a chance of progress on the government shutdown this week. Stock News 1. Evercore ISI: Adds Apple (AAPL.O) to its

2025-10-20

Important News 1. Trump: Will announce tariff rates on Colombia. 2. White House National Economic Council Director Hassett said there's a chance of progress on the government shutdown this week. Stock News 1. Evercore ISI: Adds Apple (AAPL.O) to its tactical outperform list. 2. IBM (IBM.N) will acquire AI cloud service provider Cognitus to strengthen SAP. 3. Micron Technology (MU.O) shares rose over 4% in pre-market trading after Barclays raised its target price. 4. Nvidia (NVDA.O) and TSMC (TSM.N) launched the first Blackwell chip wafer manufactured in the United States. 5. Amazon (AMZN.O) Cloud Services (AWS): The underlying DNS issue has been fully mitigated, and most AWS services are currently operating normally. 6. Apple (AAPL.O) plans to expand its production operations in Vietnam to produce next-generation smart home devices, including a desktop robot. 7. AstraZeneca (AZN.O) and Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo's cancer drug Enhertu has improved treatment outcomes for patients with early-stage breast cancer. 8. Sources familiar with the matter: Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is expanding its infrastructure financing business and establishing a new team to seize investment opportunities brought by artificial intelligence. 9. Microsoft (MSFT.O) has placed a foundry order with Intel (INTC.O) for its next-generation AI chip, Maia2, which it plans to manufacture using the 18A or 18A-P process.