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Wall Street Breakfast

Intel sued: Shareholders claim cover-up

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Intel (INTC) shareholders sue: chipmaker was hiding problems. (00:24) Boeing (BA) boosts output of key Patriot missile components. (01:34) Costco (COST) to scan membership cards at store entrances to deter non-members. (02:30)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning. Today is Thursday, August 8th. I'm Julie Morgan.

0:12.0

Intel is hit with a lawsuit. August 8th, I'm Julie Morgan.

0:12.6

Intel is hit with a lawsuit.

0:14.6

Boeing is boosting production of key components all in the name of defense.

0:19.5

And Costco says your membership is for you and nobody else but you. The

0:25.0

shareholders filed a lawsuit against Intel on Wednesday,

0:28.0

claiming the chipmaker had falsely concealed issues.

0:31.0

The lawsuit says this resulted in sub-par Q2 earnings that led to the suspension of

0:36.4

dividend payments and a 15% workforce reduction. Shareholders claim they were misled

0:42.3

regarding its foundry business

0:44.1

which they alleged was floundering and costing the company billions even as

0:48.5

revenue declined. They said that the materially false or misleading statements inflated the stock price from January 25th to August 1st.

0:58.0

The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco accuses Intel and its executives, the CEO and CFO, of hiding problems that led to weak financials.

1:08.8

The lead plaintiff of the lawsuit, Construction Laborer's Pension Trust of Greater St. Louis filed on behalf of other Intel investors.

1:17.0

The 30% drag in stock price wiped out more than $32 billion in market cap in a single day.

1:24.4

Shares of Intel fell to $18.99 on Wednesday,

1:28.9

a total decrease of 34.6% since the announcement.

1:34.1

Boeing on Wednesday said its defense units had expanded production of key parts for Patriot

1:39.8

Air Defense missiles.

1:41.4

The components are known as PAC3 seekers, which provide guidance data to help identify, track and intercept air and missile threats.

1:50.0

The company said it is set this year to break its annual production record of seekers by more than 20%.

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