Why chipmakers are the stars of the week, plus Cramer on 3 reports

Why chipmakers are the stars of the week, plus Cramer on 3 reports

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Best in months: The S & … Read more

Nvidia jumps 15% this week as Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet ramp up AI spend

Nvidia jumps 15% this week as Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet ramp up AI spend

A week ago, Nvidia suffered its third-worst session on record, plunging 10%, in a broader wreckage for artificial intelligence stocks. Those losses have now been completely erased and then some – and not because of anything the AI chip king has said or done. Nvidia’s gains of 4.35% and 3.65% on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, … Read more

Microsoft shares jump 4% after the AI winner delivers in right places

Microsoft shares jump 4% after the AI winner delivers in right places

Microsoft delivered picture-perfect earnings after the bell Thursday, calming the market’s brief fears about runaway spending on AI infrastructure without the cloud revenues to show for it. Revenue increased about 17% year over year, to $61.86 billion, beating the Street consensus estimate of $60.8 billion, according to data from LSEG. Earnings per share (EPS) increased … Read more

Microsoft says cloud AI demand exceeds supply despite spending surge

Microsoft says cloud AI demand exceeds supply despite spending surge

Amy Hood, chief financial officer at Microsoft, speaks during a presentation on affordable housing in Bellevue, Washington, on Jan. 17, 2019. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft is increasing spending at a rate not seen since at least 2016. It still might not be enough. In its earnings report on Thursday, Microsoft said … Read more

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet went into its earnings report on Thursday facing concerns about the growth of its core Google ads business and the company’s ability to generate profits from its hefty investments in artificial intelligence. For the time being at least, the company put Wall Street’s fears to rest. Alphabet topped analysts’ estimates, reporting revenue growth of … Read more

Amazon aggregator Thrasio loses CEO, other execs in bankruptcy process

Amazon aggregator Thrasio loses CEO, other execs in bankruptcy process

Thrasio, an early leader in the big business of Amazon aggregators, had a booth at the popular Prosper Show for Amazon sellers in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 14, 2021. Katie Schoolov Thrasio, the top aggregator of Amazon third-party sellers, is losing its CEO and five other senior executives, months after the former highflier filed … Read more

Amazon CTO on opening Southeast Asia cloud regions

Amazon CTO on opening Southeast Asia cloud regions

Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data stored securely in their own countries, Amazon Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview. “The reason for this is that many of our customers have been asking for that. They really wanted something local such that they can meet, for … Read more

HashiCorp shares spike on report that IBM is in talks to buy company

HashiCorp shares spike on report that IBM is in talks to buy company

HashiCorp at the Nasdaq MarketSite on Dec. 9, 2021. Source: Nasdaq HashiCorp shares jumped as much as 26% on Tuesday following a media report claiming IBM was in talks to acquire the cloud software maker. Developers use HashiCorp’s software to set up and manage infrastructure in public clouds that companies such as Amazon and Microsoft … Read more

Walmart-backed fintech One introduces buy now, pay later

Walmart-backed fintech One introduces buy now, pay later

Customers shop in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Walmart’s majority-owned fintech startup One has begun offering buy now, pay later loans for big-ticket items at some of the retailer’s more than 4,600 U.S. stores, CNBC has learned. The move puts … Read more

CEO of world’s largest wealth fund says there’s a lot of froth

CEO of world’s largest wealth fund says there’s a lot of froth

The chief executive of Norway’s gigantic sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday said there is “clearly a lot of froth” in the tech sector, suggesting that whether there is too much of it could depend on this week’s tech earnings bonanza. U.S. tech behemoths including Tesla, Meta, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet are all scheduled to … Read more