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[^2]\n\nQuarterly revenue hit a record $384 million, a 62% jump year-over-year, versus estimates of approximately $299 million. [^3]\n\nThe company reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.76 for the quarter ended July 31, 2026, blowing past the Wall Street consensus of $2.66. [^4]\n\nUnited Microelectronics Corp. stock slipped 1.9% in morning trading to trade at $20.08, bucking a broadly positive market session. [^5]\n\nMichele Shapiro, in a Business Insider essay, regrets that her daughter never worked a minimum-wage service job during her upbringing, believing such jobs teach humility, teamwork, and a strong work ethic. [^6]\n\nThe Dow Jones Industrial Average opened with a gain of 0.38 percent. [^7]\n\nThe market's indecision is attributed to the reactivation of hostilities in the war in the Middle East. [^8]\n\nShapiro credits her teenage service jobs with teaching her teamwork, resourcefulness, humility, and determination, skills she says she still uses today. [^9]\n\nShapiro deliberately steered her daughter toward prestigious internships at financial institutions including BlackRock and Dow Jones during high school and college, rather than hourly service work. [^10]\n\nShapiro states that her 27-year-old daughter earns more than she did at age 57, but still cannot properly clean a coffee machine or remove sticky spills from kitchen countertops. 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