Lineage begins trading in stock market’s largest IPO of 2024

Lineage begins trading in stock market’s largest IPO of 2024

Lineage, the largest temperature-controlled warehouse real estate investment trust (REIT) in the world, rose by as much as 5% in its Nasdaq Stock Market debut on Thursday, after going public under the ticker symbol “LINE.” Lineage priced 57 million shares at $78 apiece on Wednesday, near the top of its initial $70 to $82 target range. … Read more

Nvidia rebounds after TSMC says AI chip demand remains strong

Nvidia rebounds after TSMC says AI chip demand remains strong

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Conference at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia shares rose about 3% during trading on Thursday, rebounding one day after the stock plunged 7% on geopolitical concerns sparked by comments from U.S. … Read more

Global chip stocks from Nvidia to ASML fall as geopolitics, Trump weigh

Global chip stocks from Nvidia to ASML fall as geopolitics, Trump weigh

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Global chip stocks fell sharply, with ASML, Nvidia and TSMC posting declines amid reports of tighter export restrictions from the U.S. … Read more

App compatibility, battery life shine

App compatibility, battery life shine

With Microsoft’s new Surface Pro Flex Keyboard, you can type and use the trackpad without the accessory being physically connected to the 11th edition of the Surface Pro. Jordan Novet | CNBC When Microsoft announced its new line of Windows PCs in May, the company said the computers were “designed for AI” with new chips … Read more

SoftBank shares hit record high after 24 years on Arm and AI boost

SoftBank shares hit record high after 24 years on Arm and AI boost

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo on June 20, 2024. Kosuke Okahara | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank Group shares hit a record high on Thursday, just as the company’s massive tech investment arm shows signs of recovery and its outspoken founder Masayoshi Son emerged back into … Read more

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Pedestrians pass the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley is known for producing tech businesses that start in garages and turn into massive publicly traded companies ubiquitously known across the globe. From Oracle and Microsoft to Google and Facebook, the public … Read more

SoftBank to raise $1.86 billion in debt as CEO talks up ‘super’ AI

SoftBank to raise .86 billion in debt as CEO talks up ‘super’ AI

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 20, 2024. Son sketched out ambitions to help create AI thousands of times smarter than any human, making his most grandiose pronouncements since the Japanese conglomerate began taking steps to shore … Read more

Nvidia slides 13% in three days after becoming most valuable company

Nvidia slides 13% in three days after becoming most valuable company

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters Since briefly becoming the world’s most valuable company last week, Nvidia has dropped for three consecutive trading days and is now down 13% from its peak. Monday’s slide was the chipmaker’s second-steepest … Read more

Nvidia rally overnight lifts chip-related stocks in Asia on AI optimism

Nvidia rally overnight lifts chip-related stocks in Asia on AI optimism

A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Amber Wang / AFP) Amber Wang | Afp | Getty Images Asia’s semiconductor and associated stocks rose on Wednesday after chipmaker Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, riding … Read more

S&P 500 record, Japan trade, Tankan

S&P 500 record, Japan trade, Tankan

Cherry trees in bloom near the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, April 7, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose after key U.S. benchmark indexes hit fresh highs overnight as artificial intelligence chip firm Nvidia overtook Microsoft as the most valuable public company. Shares of the chipmaker jumped 3.5% overnight on … Read more