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China's Weak Demand Hits Profits

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Reuters reported that Chinese firms' profit margins are trailing global peers as domestic demand remains weak.

Houthi forces claimed a drone attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province; the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a drone over the Eastern Province and a ballistic missile aimed at the Medina region. The post's description of a “missile attack” on the Eastern Province does not match those reports.

The IRS announced higher federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for the 2027 tax year.

Asian chip and tech stocks fell Friday after a Nasdaq sell-off; CNBC reported SK Hynix, Samsung, SoftBank, and TSMC all tumbled.

The IRS announced higher long-term capital gains tax brackets for the 2027 tax year.

CNBC reported that Costco shares were approaching their May record high.

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Reuters reported that Chinese firms' profit margins are trailing global peers as domestic demand remains weak.

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Houthi forces claimed a drone attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province; the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a drone over the Eastern Province and a ballistic missile aimed at the Medina region. The post's description of a “missile attack” on the Eastern Province does not match those reports.

JUST IN 🚨 BREAKING NEWS | 🇸🇦💥SAUDI ARABIA Reports of a missile attack by Houthi forces targeting Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. #SAUDIARABIA https://t.co/w8T4ZxagEq

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Asian chip and tech stocks fell Friday after a Nasdaq sell-off; CNBC reported SK Hynix, Samsung, SoftBank, and TSMC all tumbled.

Nasdaq sell-off batters Asian chip stocks as SK Hynix, Samsung, Softbank, TSMC tumble - Asian technology stocks tumbled Friday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street overnight that sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite into correction territory.

Original post · CNBC

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BChinese firms are making less profit per sale than global rivals.
BThat sounds backward. We're told Chinese factories are taking over the world.
BThe factories produce plenty. Selling it at a profit is the problem.
BReuters posted the data on X. Domestic demand is weak, so margins trail global peers.
BExactly. If a company can't raise prices at home, it exports cheap.
BSo a weak Chinese consumer sends cheap goods flooding abroad.
BOr everyone else's discount. If China floods the world with cheap goods, that's good for shoppers here.
BShort term, yes. But it forces American firms to cut prices, and that squeezes wages.
BOh, come on. Consumers have been winning on cheap imports for thirty years.
BThey win until the factory closes. That's how steel towns became ghost towns.
BThis isn't the eighties. The American economy is services and tech now.
BA cheap Chinese appliance doesn't kill an app developer.
BIt kills the warehouse worker who made the parts. And weak demand means China is losing its middle class.
BThat's the deeper story. China built enormous capacity but forgot how to consume at home.
BFirms can't pass on costs.
BAnd Beijing won't fix it, because that would mean admitting its export model is broken.
BMaybe it can't fix it. It's trapped in a price war with itself.
BWhich is why Chinese firms are desperate for foreign buyers. That's pressure, not strength.
BFair. But desperate producers can still keep a lid on inflation here.
BSo the Federal Reserve should send Beijing a thank-you note?
BLet's not go that far. But maybe don't pretend every cheap import is a threat.
BI'll grant you: cheap goods aren't automatically bad. The problem is using the home market as a loss leader.
BThat's exactly what the margin data shows. China is exporting its weakness.
BBut don't mistake weakness for collapse. China isn't falling apart.
BRight. It's a giant that can't get its own people to spend. That's different from a crash.
BThe Communist Party can print money, but it can't make a family buy a second apartment.
BSo it uses exports as a relief valve. That's why the profit data matters.
BAnd that's why trade fights with Washington keep going. Both sides are dealing with domestic failures.
BThat might be the most honest explanation of the trade war I've heard.
BI'll take it. Different corner of the world now.
BGlobal Watch posted on X that a missile attack hit Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
BThat's not what the reports actually say.
BCorrect. Houthi forces claimed a drone attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.
BAnd Saudi officials say they intercepted a drone over the Eastern Province and a ballistic missile aimed at Medina.
BSo the post mashed two claims into one direct hit. That's misleading.
BBut the Houthis are still sending drones at Saudi Arabia. That isn't nothing.
BIt's a real security threat. It just didn't land the way the post described.
BAnd it keeps the Red Sea shipping crisis alive. Every drone makes insurers nervous.
BThat feeds into higher costs for anything that moves by sea.
BThe Houthis are Iran-aligned and have used these attacks to pressure Riyadh for years.
BWhich is why we should be precise. Exaggerating an intercepted attack does the Houthis' propaganda for them.
BSo the real headline is: attempt made, attempt stopped. Less exciting, but true.
BThat's the job. Global Watch should try it.
BSharp. Now to a different kind of viral claim.
BA batch of accounts on X, including Grace Omondi, is pushing a claim that a paralyzed man walked in Trans Nzoia, Kenya.
BThe posts are loud, with hashtags about the blood of Jesus.
BLoud is not evidence. No credible news organization has confirmed it.
BMiracle claims go viral because people want them to be true. That doesn't make them real.
BIf a man with total paralysis suddenly walked, it would be major news, not just a hashtag.
BUnless the point is the engagement, not the miracle.
BI don't want to mock anyone's faith. I just want proof before sharing.
BFair. Until then, it stays unverified, and probably isn't.

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