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The World Has Its First $5T Company
The World Has Its
First $5T Company
Oct 29, 2025 9:06 AM CDT

The World Has Its First $5T Company

AI chipmaker Nvidia hit the milestone on Wednesday

(Newser) - Nvidia just made Wall Street history, becoming the first company to hit a $5 trillion market valuation after its stock surged more than 4% on Wednesday—for a more than 50% rise year to date. CNBC calls it an "extraordinary milestone [that] reflects a remarkable rise for the company,...

Apple Hits $4T Milestone
Apple Briefly
Joins the $4T Club
UPDATED
Oct 28, 2025 5:29 PM CDT

Apple Briefly Joins the $4T Club

Microsoft rejoins the club after OpenAI deal

(Newser) - Apple became the third company to officially join the $4 trillion club on Tuesday, with its market capitalization crossing the milestone during trading Tuesday afternoon. It later dropped slightly, closing with a value of $3.99 trillion. Microsoft, which first hit the $4 trillion mark in July, rejoined the club...

Nvidia Makes Massive Investment in OpenAI

They plan to build a 'superbrain'

(Newser) - Nvidia is making a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, teaming up with the company behind ChatGPT to build data centers on a scale that rivals the world's largest power plants. The deal, announced Monday, will see Nvidia provide OpenAI with at least 10 gigawatts of computing systems for...

Nvidia to Pump $5B Into Intel, Partner on Data Center Initiative

It's a lifeline for Intel, a Silicon Valley pioneer that's struggled in recent years

(Newser) - Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, announced a new partnership on Thursday with struggling semiconductor company Intel. Nvidia and Intel will team up to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence infrastructure, as well as personal computer products, Nvidia said in a press release, per...

Nvidia's Stock Tumbles After China Accusation

Beijing accuses chip-maker of antitrust violations

(Newser) - China has accused American chip-maker Nvidia of breaking its antitrust laws—a move that intensifies already fraught economic relations between Beijing and Washington. China's top antitrust regulator accused the tech giant of breaking the country's competition law, which the New York Times sees as a "tit...

Nvidia Results Add to Investors' AI Concerns

Profit beat analysts' expectations, but there was a miss in key segment

(Newser) - Nvidia's sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets rose at a slower pace than analysts anticipated during the company's latest quarter, a letdown likely to stoke worries that the AI craze has been fool's gold.
  • The results announced Wednesday were hotly anticipated because Nvidia has emerged as a
...

In One Area, Trump Is Praised on the Left, Bashed on the Right

President's deals with private companies described as akin to state socialism

(Newser) - A strange dynamic is playing out in regard to President Trump's new moves on the economy—he and liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders are fully in sync. After the Vermont independent backed the idea of the US acquiring a stake in Intel and other chipmakers, Reuters observed that the "...

Tech Stocks Suggest Cracks in the AI Hype

Investors sell, shift to 'defensive plays'

(Newser) - After months of blockbuster gains, Wall Street's top tech stocks are suddenly stumbling as questions about artificial intelligence and stretched valuations unsettle even their most loyal investors. While the prospect of lower interest rates are energizing real estate, banks, and manufacturers, tech stocks are showing signs of fatigue....

US Strikes an Unprecedented Deal Over Chip Sales to China

Government allows Nvidia, AMD to sell them—in exchange for a 15% cut

(Newser) - The Trump administration has struck a highly unconventional deal with two tech giants: It will allow them to sell chips to China in exchange for a 15% cut, reports the New York Times .
  • The companies are Nvidia, which will ship an artificial intelligence chip called H20, and Advanced Micro
...

The World Now Has Two $4 Trillion Companies

Microsoft crosses the threshold to join Nvidia

(Newser) - Nvidia got there first , but Microsoft on Thursday became the second company to reach the $4 trillion threshold. The company hit the milestone after its fourth-quarter earnings report pleased investors, reports the Wall Street Journal . Shares were up more than 5%, which pushed the company's market cap above the...

Nvidia Beats Apple, Microsoft to the $4T Mark

AI chipmaker is the first to hit that market cap

(Newser) - Nvidia has become the the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market value, leaping past Apple and Microsoft as its AI-powered chips fuel a new era of tech growth. CNN reports the company's stock jumped 2.5% on Wednesday, and in doing so pushed it...

Nvidia Results Eclipse Analysts' Predictions

'Global demand for NVIDIA's AI infrastructure is incredibly strong,' CEO says

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human.
  • Nvidia earned $18.8 billion, or 76 cents per share, for the period, a 26% increase from the
...

A Big Problem for AI: 'Hallucinations' Getting Worse

New York Times examines the problem as artificial intelligence systems gain power

(Newser) - A strange thing is happening in the world of artificial intelligence: As the bots grow more powerful, they are generating more mistakes—"hallucinations"—than ever, reports the New York Times . And as the story by tech writers Cade Metz and Karen Weise explains, "It is not entirely...

Biggest Inauguration Donor Was a Poultry Company

Pilgrim's Pride gave $5M of Trump's record $239M haul

(Newser) - President Trump not only won the 2024 election, the campaign to raise cash for his inauguration also hit the jackpot. As NBC News reports, Trump's inaugural committee raised a staggering $239 million, smashing the previous record—also held by Trump from his first inauguration—of about $107 million. Bloomberg...

Lutnick: Don't Count on Tech Exemptions From Tariffs

The products will be included in a future round, he says

(Newser) - That exemption from President Trump's tariffs for certain electronics and the computer chips that power them is nice while it lasts, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested Sunday. "They're exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, but they're included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a...

The Top 10 Companies That Have Innovation in Spades

Waymo tops Fast Company ranking of the most groundbreaking firms across the globe

(Newser) - There are global firms that aren't only "keeping up," but also "setting the pace." Fast Company has taken a deep dive into the world's most innovative companies, across all major industries, and come up with the best of the best, many of which are...

Nvidia Tumbles 8.5% Despite Strong Profit Report
S&P 500's Post-Election
Rally Almost Wiped Out
MARKETS
Feb 27, 2025 3:27 PM CST

S&P 500's Post-Election Rally Almost Wiped Out

Nvidia's 8.5% drop was a heavy weight on index

(Newser) - US stock indexes fell sharply Thursday as Wall Street's frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology faltered some more.
  • The S&P 500 sank 94.49 points, or 1.6% to 5,861.57 for its fifth drop in six days after setting an all-time high last week. Wall Street's main
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Nvidia's Profit, Sales Beat Wall Street's Expectations

Jensen Huang says demand for Blackwell chips is 'amazing'

(Newser) - Nvidia reported a surge in fourth-quarter profit and sales Wednesday as demand for its specialized Blackwell chips that power artificial intelligence systems continued to grow. For the three months that ended Jan. 26, the tech giant based in Santa Clara, California, posted revenue of $39.3 billion, up 12% from...

The World's Most Admired Companies
The World's Most
Admired Companies
Jan 31, 2025 10:41 AM CST

The World's Most Admired Companies

Apple takes top spot on Fortune list for 18th straight year

(Newser) - Fortune has released its annual list of the world's most admired companies—based on what it says is "a poll of thousands of executives, directors, and analysts"—and one of the things they appear to admire most is market capitalization. Four of the top five are...

Stock Rout Costs CEO $20B in One Day

Net worth of Nvidia's Jensen Huang fell by 20% thanks to China's DeepSeek

(Newser) - Monday's market rout of chip-maker Nvidia cost its CEO a pretty penny: Jensen Huang lost about $20 billion, or 20% of his net worth, reports Bloomberg . The company's shares plunged 17% thanks to the stunning success of Chinese startup DeepSeek in the world of artificial intelligence, and pretty...

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