Snapshots That Wow!

Doing nothing is sometimes the most valuable thing to do

Apple became the most valuable company this week and the only one among the tech giants that did not announce an outlandish capex program to “win” the AI race.

Leg, meet kulhadi

“$73 billion in additional fuel costs for americans since the start of the iran war...or $562 per household.”

Source: GZero, Ian Brenner

No wonder it is so difficult to get out of BKC

With 47 PMSs registered in BKC area, its a whole 33% more than the number registered in the whole of New Delhi. Traffic jam toh banta hai.

Source: Nooresh Tech

Apple is also a services company now

Apple seems to have exhausted the volume potential in their product business and are now trying to rapidly expand their services business. Is that too showing signs of topping out?

Source: Zerohedge

Kaale megha kaale megha, paani toh barsao!

“The cumulative monsoon rainfall was 15% below normal, with 17 of the 36 meteorological regions seeing a 20% or more deficit in rains.

East UP and Bihar, two of the mos monsoon-dependent regions for agriculture, have seen over a 30% deficit in rains so far. Large parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have seen over a 25% deficit in rainfall as well “

Source: India Data Hub

Rhine making Europeans whine!

“The Rhine river, a key waterway for petroleum refined products, chemical commodities, coal and steel, is closing due to low water levels.

As a result, the freight cost for Rhine barges has zoomed to an all-time high.”

Source: Bloomberg