Big Tech’s AI spending plans mean big things Nvidia, Broadcom, Eaton

Big Tech’s AI spending plans mean big things Nvidia, Broadcom, Eaton

A busy week of Big Tech earnings left us feeling more assured about our investments in Nvidia , Broadcom and Eaton as spending on artificial intelligence chips and data centers remain clear-cut priorities. The quarterly reports from Club holdings Alphabet , Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Amazon this week varied in overall quality, but a … Read more

Tech’s longtime highfliers are growing up by getting smaller

Tech’s longtime highfliers are growing up by getting smaller

Visitors take photos in front of the Meta sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, December 29, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Technology companies are learning an old lesson from Wall Street: maturing means shrinking. Meta and Amazon saw their shares spike on Friday following their fourth-quarter earnings reports. While … Read more

Spend money to make money

Spend money to make money

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images It was a big week for tech earnings, with Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple all reporting over the past few days. Artificial intelligence … Read more

Mega tech earnings grab attention

Mega tech earnings grab attention

Information about Facebook stock shares is displayed on a monitor as traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the closing bell, November 19, 2018 in New York City.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

More mega tech earnings in spotlight

More mega tech earnings in spotlight

The share price of Facebook stock is seen at the Nasdaq stock market in New York. Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can … Read more

Company cuts 150 jobs, 2% of workforce

Company cuts 150 jobs, 2% of workforce

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on September 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Zoom is cutting about 150 jobs, CNBC confirmed on Thursday, the latest tech company to slash headcount this year as investors continue to push for efficiency. A Zoom spokesperson confirmed … Read more

Meta to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell

Meta to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Meta will report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly Refinitiv, are expecting: Earnings: $4.96 per share Revenue: $39.18 billion … Read more

Hopes sink for March rate cuts

Hopes sink for March rate cuts

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more

Mastercard launches GPT-like AI model to help banks detect fraud

Mastercard launches GPT-like AI model to help banks detect fraud

BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 01: A view of the MasterCard company logo on their stand during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images) Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty Images Payments giant Mastercard says it has built its own … Read more

Dashed hopes for March rate cuts

Dashed hopes for March rate cuts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more