Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks rose on Thursday as traders anticipated that the latest reading of a key consumer inflation gauge won’t stand in the way of the Federal Reserve lowering its benchmark interest rate next…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Semtech — The semiconductor maker rallied 17% on better-than-expected second-quarter results and strong third-quarter revenue guidance. The company posted a Q2 profit of 41 cents per share, excluding certain items, on revenue of $27.6 million. Analysts expected earnings of 40 cents per share on revenue of…
Taiwanese chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co made headlines last week following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks that buying its stock would be “very smart. ” “Well, first of all, I think TSMC is one of the greatest companies in the history of humanity, and anybody who wants to buy TSMC stock is a very smart…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters It’s been two years since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence started to transform Nvidia’s business. Since then, the chipmaker’s revenue has more than tripled and profits have quadrupled. Nvidia‘s fiscal second-quarter earnings…
President Donald Trump‘s dealings with Intel and Nvidia amount to a “scattershot method of crony capitalism,” Walter Isaacson said Thursday. “That state capitalism often evolves into crony capitalism, where you have favored companies and industries that pay tribute to the leader, and that is a recipe for not only disaster, but just sort of a…
These are some of the stocks making the biggest moves during midday trading: Viking Therapeutics — Shares tumbled 42% after phase 2 trial results showed Viking’s experimental oral obesity drug had more side effects than expected. About 20% of the patients in the trial quit using the drug due to symptoms such as nausea and…
Nvidia is developing a new AI chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than the H20 model it is currently allowed to sell there, two people briefed on the matter said. U.S. President Donald Trump last week opened the door to the possibility of more advanced Nvidia chips being sold in China. But the sources noted U.S. regulatory approval is far from guaranteed amid…
The White House has signed a number of notable trade deals in the months since President Donald Trump slapped sharply higher tariffs on imports in early April. But some on Wall Street are cautioning that turmoil surrounding relations between the U.S. and its major trading partners is far from over. “Our views have been at…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, speaks alongside President Donald Trump about investing in America, at the White House in Washington, on April 30, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Six Senate Democrats on Friday released an open letter asking President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to allow tech giants Nvidia and Advanced…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stocks slipped on Thursday after a new inflation report showed that wholesale costs rose more than expected last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 125…
