By Yuvraj Malik, Samrhitha A and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -When the pandemic forced Nvidia Corp to hold a major product launch virtually, CEO Jensen Huang beamed video to promote the event from his kitchen, where he pulled the company’s latest chip out of his oven. “I’ve got something I’ve gotta show you,” Huang says while…
By Hyunjoo Jin and Akash Sriram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – China was the biggest market for Tesla’s Model Y electric sport utility vehicles, helping it become the world’s top selling vehicle in the first quarter of this year, according to data from market research firm JATO shared with Reuters. Elon Musk on Tuesday visited China…
(Reuters) – HP Inc missed Wall Street targets for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday as inflation-hit customers spent less on the company’s personal computers, sending its shares down nearly 3% in extended trading. Companies such as HP, Lenovo and Dell Technologies have seen demand ease from peaks hit during the pandemic, when work-from-home trends had driven…
By Akash Sriram and Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp briefly joined an elite club of U.S. companies sporting a $1 trillion market value on Tuesday, as investors piled into the chipmaker that has quickly become one of the biggest winners of the AI boom. The stock’s value has tripled in less than eight months,…
(Reuters) – A Fidelity fund has marked down the value of its stake in Twitter for the third time since Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the social media platform in October, a monthly disclosure by the investment firm showed on Sunday. Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund’s stake in Twitter, which now exists under Musk’s…
By Chris Prentice (Reuters) – A former product manager for Coinbase Global Inc and his brother have agreed to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges related to insider trading of crypto asset securities. The SEC said Ishan Wahi and his brother, Nikhil Wahi, agreed to settle civil charges that they engaged in a…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco next month to discuss how the company will implement the bloc’s world-leading rules on artificial intelligence (AI), EU officials said on Tuesday. Breton will also discuss an AI pact with Altman with the goal…
(Reuters) – Activist investor Legion Partners has met Twilio Inc officials several times, urging the cloud computing company to make changes to its board and consider divestitures, The Information reported on Tuesday. Legion has held at least six meetings over the past few months and has discussed topics including improving cost structure, balance sheet and…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A mammoth run in shares of Nvidia Corp has vaulted the chipmaker into a rarified club: U.S. companies that have reached $1 trillion in market value. Nvidia’s market cap ended at about $990.7 billion on Tuesday, according to Reuters data, after hitting $1 trillion during the session. Only seven U.S. companies…
By Sinéad Carew and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Even after Nvidia Corp’s blistering rally in recent days, the chip developer’s valuation has actually fallen, at least by one measure widely used by analysts and investors. The chip developer has risen more than 31% in the last three sessions including a 3%…
