Large companies
Honor multiple executives quit? Company response: Fake news
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On April 27, some media quoted the enterprise chacha APP as saying that on April 26, the industrial and commercial changes occurred in Honor Terminal Co., Ltd., and Glory CEO Zhao Ming stepped down as general manager and director. In addition, Zhang Jing, Peng Qiu'en and many other directors and executives have also withdrawn from the company, and the current main personnel of the company are only chairman Wan Biao. In response, Glory responded that this was false information. (Wall Street News)
Twitter banned Musk from disparaging the company in tweets: It must be moderate
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According to a latest securities regulatory filing filed after Twitter announced the privatization deal, Elon Musk must not post content that "disparages the company or any of its representatives" when he tweets about news related to the acquisition of Twitter. The rule is part of the deal's fine print filed Tuesday, where the "Announcement" section restricts Musk's tweets. The billionaire, an active user of Twitter, has posted dozens of related tweets in a row before and after the deal. (Caijing Network Technology)
Tesla responded to the "rear-end accident" of the second high-speed highway at Beijing Airport: the driver slammed the acceleration pedal sharply during the steering
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April 27 news, in response to the previous Beijing airport second high-speed "Tesla rear-end accident", Tesla once again responded that after background data verification, the driver avoided the truck in front and turned the steering wheel to the left, in the steering under the acceleration pedal to cause the speed to rise and eventually led to the collision, the driver did not step on the brake pedal before the collision. (Three Words Finance)
Xiaomi announced the first-instance criminal judgment of the "Counterfeit Xiaomi Mobile Phone Back Cover Registered Trademark Infringement Case"
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On the evening of April 27, the Brand Protection Group of Xiaomi's Legal Department officially announced the first-instance criminal judgment of the "Counterfeit Xiaomi Mobile Phone Back Cover Registered Trademark Infringement Case". According to reports, since March 2019, defendant Li hired four other defendants to start processing and selling mobile phone covers counterfeiting registered trademarks such as Xiaomi. On May 13, 2021, the five defendants were arrested, and a total of more than 160,000 mobile phone covers counterfeiting registered trademarks of Xiaomi and other brands were seized at the scene, with a total value of more than RMB16 million. (Whiplash)
SpaceX used a four-handed rocket to send U.S.-Italy astronauts to the International Space Station
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On April 27, at the Kaho 36A launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX "four-handed" Falcon 9 rocket carried four astronauts and the Freedom Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket used this time, numbered B1067-4, is an old rocket that has been launched four times. About nine minutes after launch, the rocket successfully returned to land on a maritime recovery ship in the Atlantic Ocean and became a "five-handed rocket". (Three Words Finance)
Former employees exposed that Xiaopeng P7 had two power outages in the whole car in two months, and the difference between the car and the change of car had to be made up for 140,000 at their own expense
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April 27 news, recently, Xiaopeng former employees, Xiaopeng owners published an article on social media titled "A Letter to Master He Xiaopeng, Brother Xia Heng", saying that the Xiaopeng P7 he was driving had multiple power outages and vehicles offline. The owner called himself a loyal fan of Xiaopeng Motors in the article, and was also a part of Xiaopeng Motors, buying the first Xiaopeng P7 670N version in October 2020 and the second P7 670E version in July 2021, becoming the first double P7 owner in the country. After publishing dozens of experience reports, he successfully joined the Xiaopeng Automobile Hall of Fame. (Finance World)
Samsung plans to increase oem smartphone orders by 20 million units
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On April 27, according to The Elec, sources said that Samsung plans to increase its OEM production of smartphones in China by 20 million, bringing the total to 70 million. Sources said Samsung is facing competitive pressure from Apple in the high-end market and Chinese smartphone makers in the mid-range market, and plans to expand contract production to reduce costs. Due to strong demand, Apple plans to increase production of the iPhone 13 Pro model by 10 million units in the second quarter. (Interface News)
Investment and financing/financial reporting/IPO
Microsoft's fiscal third quarter revenue net profit exceeded expectations, cloud business sales increased 32% year-on-year
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On April 27, Microsoft announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2022. According to the financial report, Microsoft's third-quarter revenue was $49.4 billion, up 18% year-on-year, higher than the market expectation of $49 billion; net profit was $16.7 billion, up 8% year-on-year, also higher than the market expectation of $16 billion. Microsoft's cloud business grew 32% year-over-year, with overall cloud business sales reaching $23.4 billion. (Whiplash)
Tech moguls
Baidu responded to Robin Li's resignation as a supervisor of Xiaoman: normal industrial and commercial changes
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On April 27, in response to Robin Li's resignation as a supervisor of Du Xiaoman, Baidu responded that the specific details would not be disclosed for the time being, and it was a normal change in industry and commerce. Another insider revealed to Sina Technology that former director Ge Xin had left Du Xiaoman at the end of last year. Previously, Beijing Duxiaoman Payment Technology Co., Ltd., a third-party payment institution under Baidu, had a number of management changes, and there were changes in legal representatives, directors (directors), managers, supervisors and others. (Three Words Finance)
Buffett's last auction of charity lunches started at $25,000
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On April 27, Buffett, the god of stocks, will auction off a private charity lunch for the last time to raise funds for a homeless charity in California. The week-long auction will begin on June 12 with a starting price of $25,000. The winner will have the opportunity to invite 7 people to join Buffett for lunch at the Smith and Vronsky Steakhouse in New York City. The only topic that can't be talked about at the luncheon, though, is what Buffett might invest in next. (Zhengguan News)
Other highlights
Computerworld magazine announced the suspension of work and business, and was once ranked among the top ten newspapers in the country
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On April 27, ComputerWorld issued a notice saying that since April 27, 2022, the company has suspended work and business, all employees have been arranged to wait for work, and the company has paid living expenses (70% of the minimum wage) during the waiting period. After the company raises funds, it will make up for the employee's unpaid wages and living expenses as soon as possible. Founded in 1980, Computerworld has a glorious history. The journal was once ranked among the top ten newspapers in the country, and was also the thickest newspaper in China, selling for 1.5 yuan in early 2000, because the sales volume of hot advertisements was extremely large, and it maintained more than 300 pages for a long time. (36Kr)
Mars earthquake! InSight recorded the largest Martian earthquake to date
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On April 27, the seismometer on NASA's InSight rover recently recorded the two largest Martian earthquakes to date, with magnitude 4.2 and magnitude 4.1, respectively. This is the first Martian seismic event recorded from a distance by the lander, and its intensity is 5 times that of the previous largest earthquake. (Guangzhou Daily)