Manufacturing — Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus Pandemic Threatens Semiconductor Industry Recovery Just as the semiconductor industry was poised to spring back from a cyclical downturn, the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is threatening its recovery. Some segments of the semiconductor industry remain healthy, such as those exposed to cloud-computing data centers, analysts say. Other segments, such as consumer electronics and automotive, are at greater risk from negative impacts from the pandemic and any resulting recession, they say. This week, Wall Street analysts have been picking which chip stocks are best and worst positioned in the current environment. "We are concerned that global chip shipments might be impacted...