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Nvidia partner Foxconn reports 22% revenue surge as AI buildout ramps up
Foxconn, a major partner for Nvidia, has reported a 22% surge in revenues in the final quarter of 2025, as tech firms continue to ramp up spending on AI infrastructure. Also known as Hon Hai, Foxconn reported revenues of 2.6 trillion Taiwan dollars ($83 billion) in the quarter up to December, as its components and […]
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Chip stocks rally to start 2026 after third-straight winning year
Chipmaking stocks rallied to kick off 2026 as investors piled into the winning artificial intelligence-fueled sector following another big year of gains. Dutch chip equipment maker ASML surged 9%, while Micron Technology jumped 8% to start the new trading year. Lam Research and Intel rallied about 7% each, while Marvell Technology rose 5%. Advanced Micro […]
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S&P 500 is little changed as first-day gain sputters, chip stocks remain strong: Live updates
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell in New York on Jan. 2, 2026. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The S&P 500 was relatively unchanged on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, as gains in semiconductor names kept losses in check. The […]
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Meet the 2026 stock market. It’s the same AI-reliant market of 2025
Key Points The first trading day of 2026 kicked off Friday, with tech leading the way as it had last year. The Magnificent Seven stocks are all higher, with Nvidia and Alphabet advancing more than 1%, each. Semiconductors are rising as a group, with Broadcom gaining more than 1.5%. “The winners, in our view, are […]
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Buffett hands over the reins, the stock market’s losing streak, airline class wars and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday and happy 2026! I began my year at the movie theater watching an Amanda Seyfried-led movie-musical (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” not “Mamma Mia!”). Stock futures are up this morning. The market is on a four-day losing streak. Here are […]
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China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is building robots and fortune-telling AI apps at the same time
HANGZHOU, China — In what is sometimes dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, tech giants and startups in Hangzhou are racing to build cutting-edge chips, robotics and brain-computer interfaces. Across town, aspiring founders are creating AI pets and fortune-telling apps. The city on China’s southeastern coast is reinventing itself as an artificial intelligence hub. A year after the […]
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Baidu’s semiconductor unit Kunlunxin files for Hong Kong listing amid AI chip boom in China
A general view of the Baidu logo is seen at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 in Shanghai, China, on July 28, 2025. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced plans to spin off its artificial intelligence chip subsidiary, Kunlunxin, and list it […]
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Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images West Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings to skin and the inside of your mouth, a fine grit that turns every […]
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Google wraps up best year on Wall Street since 2009, beating megacap peers as AI story strengthens
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters After a tough start to the year, Google closed out 2025 with its strongest performance — from Wall Street’s perspective — since 2009, when the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nike, Corcept Therapeutics, Taiwan Semiconductor & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Nike — Shares of the sneaker giant rose around 4% after board members Tim Cook and Robert Holmes Swan, as well as Nike CEO Elliott Hill, increased their stakes, Verity data shows. The action comes as Nike wraps up a tough year. Corcept Therapeutics — Shares […]
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