Gary
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Time to look at $CHTR ? Have all the bulls gone extinct yet ?


$TSEM Tower Semiconductor signed $1.3B worth of silicon photonics contracts tied to 2027 revenue and received $290M in customer prepayments for capacity reservations, with even larger 2028 wafer commitments already being secured. The company is aggressively expanding silicon photonics manufacturing capacity and developing next-generation 400GHz/lane optical solutions aimed directly at AI infrastructure, optical connectivity, and high-speed switching demand.

What do the inventor of the periodic table, Isabel Allende, and the almost-creators of the iPhone have in common? @DavidEpstein joins @EconTalker to make the case that constraints—not unlimited freedom—are often what drive better thinking, better work, and better outcomes. Watch the full episode of EconTalk from the Hoover Institution, @Liberty_Fund, and @Econlib on X:

Proposal to acquire eBay. investor.gamestop.com/ebay





An offtake agreement / "guaranteed purchases" solves $INTC 's chicken & egg problem



So @MarkRuffalo and I wrote an oped for the NYT on what looks like a merger fight in Hollywood over Paramount/Warner, but it's really about how fear of oligarchs is overtaking America. And there's a lesson in how solidarity helps us fight back. nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opi…



The 10x larger pluggable optical module market is the biggest opp (OCC makes fiber optic cables) Copper cables are mentioned as an opportunity (OCC produces) The 10x in pluggable optical module per computing unit represents massive surge for optical interconnect suppliers $OCC







