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(Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp’s (COST.O) gross margins fell in the first quarter, as the warehouse operator paid higher wages, ramped up investments in its online business and cut prices amid intense competition in the grocery industry. Costco shares, which have gained 21.7 percent this year, were down 3.2 percent at $219.13 in extended trading on Thursday. Higher gas prices also pressured gross margins, leading to a 50 basis points drop to 10.75 percent in the first quarter ended Nov. 25. Excluding gas, margins fell 26 basis points.

Costco, which sells everything from personal computers to groceries, has been adding more organic and fresh food products as it takes on Walmart’s (WMT.N) Sam’s Club, which after shutting some stores last year has sterling silver 3d captain america shield cufflinks amped up competition, “We’ve seen a little bit more margin pressure as there’s been a little bit more retail competitive pressure out there, not only from supermarkets but Sam’s as well,” Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said, referring to its grocery business..

Costco also raised hourly minimum wages for about 130,000 store employees by $1 to between $14 and $14.50 in June, as it becomes harder to find workers in a tight job market. The wage increase in part drove overall, selling, general and administrative expenses up 11 percent. Still, total revenue rose 10.2 percent to $35.07 billion, beating analysts’ average estimate of $34.80, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Sales at established stores, excluding the impact of fuel and currency changes, rose 7.5 percent, well above estimates of 5.8 percent.

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled that evidence provided by chip supplier Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) that major phone makers like Apple Inc (AAPL.O) have moved to competing suppliers like Intel Corp (INTC.O) cannot be used to fight allegations Qualcomm acted to preserve a monopoly sterling silver 3d captain america shield cufflinks on some mobile phone chips, The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit in the U.S, District Court for the Northern District of California alleges that Qualcomm’s patent licensing and chip sale practices were anticompetitive and sought to preserve a monopoly on so-called premium LTE modem chips, which help mobile phones connect to wireless data network..

At the hearing in San Jose, California, an attorney for the FTC said there are “still discussions going on” with Qualcomm about settling the case, but a Qualcomm attorney said there was “no news” about the status of the talks. The two sides disclosed they were in talks in October. The case, which began in 2017, is headed to trial in January, but the cutoff for the two sides to gather evidence ended in March. Since March, Qualcomm has disclosed that Apple completely stopped using its modems in its newest iPhones and switched to chips from Intel Corp. Qualcomm has also broadened its use of a lower-cost licensing model for technology for the next generation of mobile data networks, with several phone makers already signing the deals.

Qualcomm argued in court papers that the new market conditions sterling silver 3d captain america shield cufflinks would likely show that it does not have the monopoly on modem chips that the FTC alleges, But Judge Lucy Koh rejected the request in a pre-trial decision, saying that the case was about Qualcomm’s business conduct and not its market power, “Qualcomm does not argue that any post-discovery evidence shows a change in Qualcomm’s own business conduct, All of the proposed evidence relates to alleged shifts in Qualcomm’s market power,” Koh wrote in her decision..

The decision is the second pre-trial blow Judge Koh has dealt to Qualcomm. Last month, she ruled that Qualcomm must grant patent licenses to its technology to rival chipmakers if they request it. If the FTC wins its case against Qualcomm, regulators could impose fines and force the company to change some of its business practices around patent licensing, which drive more of the chip supplier’s profits than chip sales. Regulators in South Korea, Taiwan and elsewhere have reached decisions against Qualcomm and imposed billions of dollars in fines.

(Reuters) - sterling silver 3d captain america shield cufflinks Instacart said on Thursday it will stop delivering groceries for Whole Foods next year, ending a partnership that has been under stress since Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) bought the upmarket grocer last year, Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods in August 2017 has been a double-edged sword for Instacart, throwing the Whole Foods relationship into doubt while driving rival grocers such as Kroger (KR.N), Aldi and Costco (COST.O) into Instacart’s arms, “Amazon’s intent from day one ., was to integrate Whole Foods with its own grocery-delivery efforts such as Amazon Fresh and Prime Now,” Tom Forte, an analyst with D.A, Davidson said..

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