Pony.ai wins first permit for fully driverless taxi operation in the center of China’s Silicon Valley
Key Points In the latest step towards building a revenue-generating robotaxi business, Chinese startup Pony.ai said it has obtained the first permit to charge fares for fully driverless taxis in core parts of a business district of Shenzhen. The permit allows Pony.ai to charge fares for rides — without any human staff inside — from […]
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: General Motors, Petco, GameStop, Alibaba, Cava and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Auto stocks — Major automobile manufacturers slipped following President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 25% tariff on “all cars that are not made in the United States,” effective April 2. Shares of General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis respectively fell 6%, 2% and 1%. […]
Wall Street analysts say Elon Musk is the clear auto tariff winner: ‘Tesla wins, Detroit bleeds’
Several analysts on Wall Street see a clear winner emerging from President Donald Trump ‘s new auto tariff policy: Tesla . Trump announced on Wednesday that all cars not made in the U.S. would be slapped with a 25% tariff beginning next week. The news sent shares of major American car producers in diverging directions […]
GameStop shares drop, reversing Wednesday’s rally, on planned debt issue to buy bitcoin
In this article GME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Traders work at the post where GameStop is traded on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters GameStop shares are set to give back much of Wednesday’s rally after the video […]
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: General Motors, GameStop, Nvidia, Jefferies and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading: Auto stocks — Shares of major automakers dropped after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all cars not made in the U.S. that will go into effect next week. General Motors slid more than 6%, while Stellantis lost 1%. GameStop — The video game […]
Alibaba has staged a quiet $100 billion rally — AI and Jack Ma’s return are at the heart of it
The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug. 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images In November 2023, Jack Ma posted an internal memo at Alibaba, urging the e-commerce giant he helped create to “correct its course.” The message was as a rallying cry by one of China’s most prominent […]
CoreWeave prices IPO at $40 a share, below expected range
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 13, 2024. Carlos Rodrigues | Sportsfile | Web Summit | Getty Images CoreWeave on Thursday priced shares at $40 in the company’s IPO, raising $1.5 billion in the biggest U.S. tech offering since 2021, CNBC has confirmed. The company, […]
AppLovin shares plunge 20% after third short-selling firm slams company’s ad technology
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of AppLovin sank 20% on Thursday, their steepest drop on record, as another short-selling firm raised concerns about the company’s digital ad technology and claimed that it’s violating app store rules. AppLovin tumbled $65.92 to close at $261.70. The stock soared more than 700% last year, the […]
Robinhood CEO sees Amazon-like subscription model as path to ‘loyalty’ in financial services
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is betting that by rolling out a large enough portfolio of digital investment products, more consumers will be willing to pay a monthly subscription for its product suite. Subscribers to Robinhood Gold pay $5 a month or $50 a year for perks like 4% interest on uninvested cash, access to professional […]
Silicon Valley bubble risks heighten as investors pile into funds that bet on a single buzzy startup
One of the most popular acronyms in Silicon Valley these days is SPV. It stands for special purpose vehicle. In tech startup land, it’s a type of investment fund that typically involves concentrating all of its assets in one company. SPVs have blown up in recent years as investors clamor to get a piece of […]
