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Wall Street Breakfast

Nippon Steel rethinks US Steel deal

Wall Street Breakfast

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Nippon Steel weighing 'bold' change to US Steel buyout bid, government official says. (00:27) TSMC expects Q1 revenue near lower end of guidance due to earthquake in January. (01:29)  Boeing plans to cut 400 employees from moon-rocket program. (02:35)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning! It is so good to have you with us today on this Eagles Monday, February 10th.

0:14.0

I'm Julie Morgan. Nippon Steel is considering changing its offer for U.S. Steel.

0:20.0

TSM is updating its Q1 Out, and Boeing is laying off workers in one program.

0:27.5

Nippon Steel is considering a bold change in plans from its previous approach of seeking to buy U.S. steel.

0:34.3

According to Reuters, Japan's cabinet secretary said Monday that the revision would

0:39.6

create a win-win situation for both Japan and the U.S. through significant investments and the

0:46.4

production of high-quality products sought by the U.S. and global markets. President Trump said on

0:52.5

Friday that Nippon Steel's buyout attempt of U.S. steel

0:56.1

would take the form of an investment instead of a purchase, although the Japanese steelmaker

1:01.4

reportedly has not yet withdrawn its bid. The president also said on Sunday that no one can take a

1:08.1

majority holding in U.S. steel and that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs

1:13.8

on all steel and aluminum imports on top of existing duties, with specifics to be announced

1:20.6

today. U.S. steel is up 7% in pre-market action after falling nearly 6% on Friday.

1:29.1

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said it expects revenue for Q1 2025 to be closer to the lower end of the guidance range of $25 and $25.8 billion, due to the earthquake that occurred in January. The chip maker estimates losses

1:46.4

from the earthquake to be about $161 million after insurance claims. The company maintains a Q1

1:53.8

gross profit margin between 57 and 59 percent and in operating profit margin between 46 and5 and 48.5%. TSM said that it is working to

2:06.8

recover the lost production and there is no change to his full year outlook. The company said in a

2:12.7

statement that a certain number of wafers and process were impacted and had to be scrapped due to the earthquake

2:18.8

and aftershocks. They added that there was no structural damage. The chipmaker reported

2:24.6

consolidated January net revenue rose 5.4% from the previous month, climbing 35.9% year over year. Boeing over the weekend said it was cutting staff in its

2:38.3

space launch system that is part of NASA's Artemis program to bring humans back to the moon

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