iPhone 18 Pro Price Hike Tied to Chipmakers With Criminal Antitrust Records
techtimes.com · Mon Aug-03 21:23:16 published · Mon Aug-03 21:43:20 alerted · alerted 20m after publish · read at www.techtimes.com ↗ · regulatory · mat 65
A federal antitrust class action lawsuit alleges Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix coordinated supply restrictions to inflate DRAM prices, contributing to higher costs for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.
verdict FRESH, direction bearish -> short MU (regulatory: A federal antitrust class action lawsuit alleges Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix coordinated supply restrictions to inflate DRAM prices, contributing to higher costs for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.) [skipped: post-close — wanted short MU after the 2026-08-03 session close; same-day exit window gone] → close +0.61%
overnight drift: short MU at close, exit next close (regulatory: A federal antitrust class action lawsuit alleges Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix coordinated supply restrictions to inflate DRAM prices, contributing to higher costs for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.) [skipped at close: duplicate — already holding S4 short MU exiting 2026-08-04]
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FRESH — |move since previous close| < 1.0%: a genuinely new move.
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