Following two consecutive weeks of jobless claims in the millions, economists expect that 5.25 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending April 4....
After months of ceding market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is slowly and steadily clawing back, according to the results of the March Steam Hardware & Software survey.Intel's share of PC processors was at 81.25% in March compared to AMD's 18.75%, according to the survey. Intel's market share represents an uptick from 78.2% in February, suggesting a 3.1% gain for the bigger rival.Source: Steam Hardware & Software SurveyThe work-from-home transition necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic is apparently helping Intel, according to PC Gamer.A shift is occurring from faster CPUs running at 3.7GHz and above to 3GHz and below, suggesting people are relying on their old Intel laptops in order to work from home.The Steam survey also showed that Intel gained more Linux usage than Windows.Intel integrated graphics usage also increased in March, according to the survey. Intel HD Graphics 4000 under DirectX 11...
The oil markets have crashed as the pandemic has sapped fuel demand, virtually shutting down commercial aviation worldwide and cutting off gasoline demand as people stay home and businesses remain shuttered. U.S. fuel demand has dropped by about one-third in the last three weeks, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, with last week's fall of 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd) the most ever. The weekly figures on refining activity and oil production show the industry making the painful adjustments to throttle back activities as worldwide demand is expected to drop by roughly 30%....
The South Coast AQMD released Program Announcements for the 2020 Carl Moyer Program, including the SOON (Surplus Off-Road Opt-In for NOx) Provision. Applications are now being accepted. ...
