KeyBanc analyst Weston Twigg says that on the heels of the Apple (AAPL)/Qualcomm (QCOM) deal, Intel (INTC) announced that it plans to exit the 5G smartphone modem business, which was originally expected to ramp in 2020 but was likely running behind schedule. The analyst believes that continued investment in its low-margin modem business made "little strategic sense" amid fab capacity constraints. Twigg does not expect this to impact Intel's 2019 outlook, though it is possible that it could improve the company's longer-term revenue and margin profile.

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Maxim initiated coverage of Apple with a Hold rating and $178 price target.

Apple will consider making some of its products in Indonesia as the company plans to ramp up investment in Vietnam, Kimberley Kao and Ben Otto of The Wall Street Journal reports. "We talked about the president's desire to see manufacturing in the country, and it's something that we will look at," CEO Tim Cook said at a press conference, according to state news agency Antara. Cook did not offer a timeline for the investment or say what form it could take. Reference Link

The U.K. plans to hold talks this month with Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), Alphabet (GOOGL) and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens, Bloomberg's Ellen Milligan reports. According to people familiar with the matter, ministers want to launch a consultation later this month to gauge ways of limiting the potential harm to children caused by social media, and the proposed voluntary charter may involve tech firms agreeing to alert parents when their children are repeatedly looking up disturbing content. Reference Link