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The Magnificent 7’s lousy year, by the numbers
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The Magnificent 7’s lousy year, by the numbers

Elon Musk attends the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 26, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters It’s been a painful year so far for megacap technology giants and 2025 is only getting started. Six members of the group are already tracking for significant year-to-date losses, led by […]

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Friday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
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Friday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Stocks’ attempt at extending the post-Fed rally failed on Thursday, with all three major averages notching modest losses. Here’s what CNBC is watching Friday. Source

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Nvidia CEO Huang says he was wrong about timeline for quantum, surprised his comments hurt stocks
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Nvidia CEO Huang says he was wrong about timeline for quantum, surprised his comments hurt stocks

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interviews executives from quantum computing firms at Nvidia’s annual developer conference in San Jose, California, U.S., March 20, 2025.  Stephen Nellis | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the […]

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S&P 500 seesaws as benchmark tries to continue comeback from monthlong rout: Live updates
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S&P 500 seesaws as benchmark tries to continue comeback from monthlong rout: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 20, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 fell on Thursday as the index attempted to build on the previous session’s strong gains, while some solid housing data assuaged some concerns about the U.S. economy falling into a recession. The S&P […]

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AMD’s Lisa Su has already vanquished Intel. Now she’s going after Nvidia
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AMD’s Lisa Su has already vanquished Intel. Now she’s going after Nvidia

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, attends the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025.  Benoit Tessier | Reuters When Lisa Su became CEO of Advanced Micro Devices in late 2014, the company was in dire straits and on the brink of potential bankruptcy. In its core market, […]

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Nvidia’s Huang says faster chips are the best way to reduce AI costs
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Nvidia’s Huang says faster chips are the best way to reduce AI costs

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduces new products as he delivers the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images At the end of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s unscripted two-hour keynote on Tuesday, his message was clear: Get the fastest chips that […]

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Microsoft announces new HR executive, company veteran Amy Coleman
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Microsoft announces new HR executive, company veteran Amy Coleman

Microsoft’s Amy Coleman (L) and Kathleen Hogan (R). Source: Microsoft Microsoft said Wednesday that company veteran Amy Coleman will become its new executive vice president chief people officer, succeeding Kathleen Hogan, who has held the position for the past decade. Hogan will remain an executive vice president but move to a newly established Office of […]

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Google, Apple hit with EU antitrust actions under cloud of Trump tariff threats
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Google, Apple hit with EU antitrust actions under cloud of Trump tariff threats

A man holds an Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max ahead of the launch of sales of the new iPhone 16 series smartphones in a store in Moscow, Russia September 20, 2024.  Evgenia Novozhenina | Reuters European Union regulators are taking steps to rein in Google and Apple on antitrust charges, even as U.S. President Donald […]

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China markets are set to outperform Wall Street as U.S. ‘exceptionalism’ comes to a pause
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China markets are set to outperform Wall Street as U.S. ‘exceptionalism’ comes to a pause

The Chinese national flag fluttering with the Lujiazui Financial District in the background. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images A rally in Chinese stocks since the start of the year is prompting investors to predict that mainland shares will outperform their American peers in a sign that attractive valuations are trumping the idea […]

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Google-Wiz deal is ‘litmus test’ for Trump administration’s handling of Big Tech
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Google-Wiz deal is ‘litmus test’ for Trump administration’s handling of Big Tech

The Wiz logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Seven months ago, Alphabet lost a marquee case against the Biden administration’s Justice Department, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in search. Weeks earlier, Google’s pursuit of cybersecurity vendor […]

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