Apple(US:AAPL) 3 6 Ke·2025-10-22 10:07Group 1: Apple Developments - Apple's large-screen foldable iPad project faces technical bottlenecks, potentially delaying its launch to 2029 or later, originally planned for 2028, with an estimated price of around $3000 [1] - Apple is collaborating with Samsung Display to develop an 18-inch display panel that minimizes folding marks, which is a crucial part of its innovation strategy [1] - Apple has reportedly reduced production orders for the iPhone Air [4] Group 2: Charter Communications - Charter Communications plans to lay off nearly 1200 employees, which is over 1% of its workforce of 95,000, affecting internal corporate management positions while sales and service roles remain unaffected [2] Group 3: Mercedes-Benz - Mercedes-Benz is implementing its largest-ever layoff plan, targeting 30,000 employees, with around 4000 already accepting severance packages, including senior management receiving up to €500,000 in compensation [3] Group 4: Coca-Cola and Sugar Supply - Coca-Cola is facing supply chain challenges in its initiative to use American cane sugar for its products, limiting the scale of its rollout due to insufficient sugar supply and production capacity [3] Group 5: Airbus - Airbus has officially launched its second A320 series aircraft assembly line in Tianjin, with the new facility expected to be fully operational by early 2026 [5] Group 6: Huawei - Huawei announced that the number of devices running HarmonyOS 5 has surpassed 23 million, with upgrades to HarmonyOS 6 starting for over 90 models from October 22 [6] Group 7: Cainiao and Taobao - Cainiao is joining Taobao's flash purchase business, providing same-hour delivery services in select cities, with plans to expand to more key cities and cover various product categories [7] Group 8: New Product Launch - Songyan Power has released a new high-performance humanoid robot, Bumi, priced starting at 9998 yuan, marking a significant entry into the affordable humanoid robot market [8] Group 9: Nvidia Competitor - Axelira, a competitor to Nvidia, has launched the Europa chip, aiming to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market [9] Group 10: Investment Activity - BlackRock has invested over $3 billion in Meta Platforms' $27 billion private debt financing for a data center project in Louisiana, becoming one of the largest investors [10] Group 11: Shenzhen Market Goals - Shenzhen aims to exceed a total market value of 20 trillion yuan for listed companies by the end of 2027, with plans to cultivate 20 companies with a market value of over 100 billion yuan [12]