Missed UPS Email Allowed China to Obtain F-35 Parts

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Missed UPS email let China obtain F-35 parts; Samsung and TSMC report big AI-driven gains; Houthis strike Saudi airports. Bloomberg guests discuss market and geopolitical implications.

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Bloomberg reports a UPS shipment of F-35 parts ended up in China after a UPS employee missed an email instructing the package not to route through Hong Kong, a concrete operational breakdown with national-security consequences. The clip pairs that story with corporate headlines, Samsung’s quarterly operating profit surged and TSMC’s sales jumped 51 percent on AI spending, and a Middle East escalation as Iran-backed Houthis struck Saudi airports, creating a bundle of logistics, tech, and geopolitical headlines in one segment.