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On 27-28 June 2026 Apple quietly lifted Mac and iPad list prices by up to $200 (≈20%)—its first broad mid-cycle hike in decades—blaming an AI-driven memory crunch; the move immediately sliced 6% off Apple’s market value and signalled further rises.
On 26–27 June 2026 Volkswagen internally tabled a proposal to cut about 100,000 jobs—roughly 15 % of its workforce—close the Hanover, Zwickau, Emden and Audi-Neckarsulm factories, and trim five-year capital spending by 15 %, signalling the company’s largest restructuring ever.
Posting on Truth Social on 26 June 2026, President Trump declared that any country imposing a digital-services tax on U.S. tech firms will face an immediate, across-the-board 100 % tariff on all exports to the United States, overriding last month’s 15 % U.S.–EU tariff cap.
Following a late-June 2026 U.S.–Iran cease-fire and sanctions waiver, Brent crude tumbled to roughly $73 per barrel on 26 June, erasing the $50-plus war premium added since April.
On 24-26 June 2026 South Korea confirmed talks with Samsung and SK Hynix to locate a new semiconductor ‘mega-cluster’ and, days later, leaks showed Samsung will announce a ₩1,000 trillion ($648 bn) 10-year plan that drags fab capacity scheduled for the 2040s forward to 2034-35.
On 25 June 2026 Amazon raised its five-year India plan from $35 B to $48 B by pledging an extra $13 B, mostly for new AWS AI-driven data-centre capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
On 25 June 2026 Apple instituted its first across-the-board hardware price hike—up to 25% on MacBooks, iPads, Vision Pro and accessories—saying runaway DRAM/NAND costs from the AI datacenter boom left it no choice.
On 24 June 2026, SK Hynix lodged SEC paperwork to sell 17.79 million American Depositary Receipts and raise up to ₩45.45 trn (≈$29.4 bn), targeting a 10 July Nasdaq debut that would eclipse Alibaba’s 2014 ADR as the largest ever.
On 24 June 2026 SpaceX sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds, refinancing higher-coupon junk loans from Musk’s 2022–25 X and xAI deals and cutting expected annual interest outlay by roughly $300 million.
On 24 June 2026 Bitcoin sank roughly 5% to about $59,000—its first dip below $60K since 2024—after a two-day semiconductor and AI-stock sell-off triggered broad risk aversion and accelerated institutional withdrawals.
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