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CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s earnings beat and AI developments provide some respite for markets
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Nvidia Live at CES 2026 ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images It’s a good day for the artificial intelligence sector. New partnerships and earnings reports from AI-related companies lifted sentiment […]
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‘Software will eat AI,’ HSBC says. Here are the bank’s top picks
“Software is already eating AI” and will continue to do so, according to HSBC, with the bank shrugging off recent market fears about the sector being displaced by artificial intelligence. Software stocks plunged earlier this month as widespread concerns that AI could make software-as-a-service, or SaaS, business models obsolete, sparked a sell-off and warnings of […]
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AI disruption didn’t show up in Salesforce results. But the fears are hard to shake
Salesforce on Wednesday evening delivered better-than-expected 2026 fourth-quarter results as its Agentforce artificial intelligence platform became increasingly embedded across the business. However, the stock dropped in after-hours trading as investors remained anxious about the potential of AI disrupting traditional enterprise software companies. Revenue in the quarter ended Jan. 31 rose 12% year over year to […]
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Wall Street priced an AI apocalypse in software, but Jim Cramer says reality is less dire
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that he believes plenty of software companies will survive the threat of AI disruption, rejecting the most doomsday predictions. Still, he cautioned that investors also shouldn’t hold their breathes for a return to the glory days when investors paid major premiums for their stocks. “The software companies are survivors. They […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Nvidia, Salesforce, Snowflake, Nutanix & more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Nvidia — Nvidia reported strong earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth-quarter , leading shares to add more than 1% in extended trading. Nvidia reported adjusted earnings of $1.62 per share, while analysts expected $1.53 per share, according to LSEG. The chipmaker’s revenue of $68.13 billion […]
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Salesforce commits $50 billion for new buybacks as revenue guidance falls short
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares slipped 3% in extended trading on Wednesday after the customer service software maker reported healthy results and boosted its long-range revenue goal, although its […]
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Why has the software sell-off been so extreme? Look to this arcane way to value stocks
Why has the sell-off in software stocks — driven by artificial intelligence disruption fears — been so dramatic and seemingly unending? In this Club Check-in, CNBC’s Paulina Likos and Zev Fima answer that question by diving into an important concept that investors use to evaluate stocks called terminal value. Software profits have not collapsed, and […]
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Stocks rise, adding to Tuesday’s comeback as Nvidia and Oracle shares gain: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on February 25, 2026. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images U.S. equities rose on Wednesday, supported by Nvidia and Oracle, as stocks look to build on the gains from the prior trading day. The […]
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Microsoft Japan raided over suspected violation of anti-monopoly law: Reuters
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 29: A Microsoft corporate logo hangs on the side of their office building on Eighth Avenue on April 29, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Japan’s Fair Trade Commission raided Microsoft Japan’s offices on Wednesday as part of […]
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Trump’s State of the Union, Lowe’s earnings, Panera Bread’s value menu and more in Morning Squawk
1. Trump’s talk US President Donald Trump, right, and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump touted his economic […]
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