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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar emailed investors the day after three top execs suddenly left, per CNBC. Friar sought to soothe investor worries, saying the firm is still "laser-focused" on AI that can bring them returns. AdvertisementOpenAI's chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, is trying to assure investors that the company is still in good hands despite the sudden exit of three top executives, according to an email reported by CNBC. The outlet's Kate Rooney cited an email from Friar to OpenAI investors on Thursday night, a day after the firm saw the departure of its chief technology officer, Mira Murati. Murati, McGrew, and Zoph left OpenAI just a month after other top leaders stepped away from the company in August.
Persons: Sarah Friar, execs, Friar, OpenAI, , Kate Rooney, Mira Murati, Barret Zoph, Bob McGrew, helming Nextdoor, nix, Sam Altman, Zoph Organizations: CNBC, Service, Research, Post, Bloomberg, Business Insider Locations: OpenAI
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOcean Park Chairman discusses welcoming a pair of giant pandas to Hong KongOcean Park Chairman Paulo Pong talks about the arrival of new twin pandas at the park, and the boost they will bring to local tourism.
Persons: Paulo Pong Organizations: Ocean Locations: Hong
Since 2019, the company has had what Sam Altman called an "unusual" hybrid structure. AdvertisementAfter operating under what Sam Altman called an "unusual" structure for more than four years, OpenAI is reportedly preparing to become a for-profit business. OpenAI could be structured as a public-benefit corporation, Bloomberg reported, an entity that balances profit with mission. An OpenAI spokesperson told the outlet the nonprofit entity "will continue to exist" and was core to its mission. OpenAI was established as a nonprofit in 2015, but in 2019, it created a "capped profit" subsidiary, OpenAI LP.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, , Mira Murati, Anthropic, it's, Anat Alon, Beck, Alon, Eric Chaffee, Chaffee, OpenAI didn't Organizations: Service, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, Elon, Microsoft, Case Western Reserve University's School of Law, Case Western Reserve University Locations: OpenAI, Delaware
Google struck a $2.7 billion deal with Character.ai., largley to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, WSJ reported. It's an eye-popping example of how expensive and in demand top AI talent is as competition heats up. AI career experts told Business Insider it's a bit like pro sports — the superstars are worth it. AdvertisementThere are plenty of stories out there about just how ruthless the hiring wars for AI talent have gotten. Grennan predicted this pattern will continue as the AI talent window stays hot for the next three to four years.
Persons: Noam Shazeer, , Shazeer, he's, it's, Mustafa Suleyman, Karen Simonyan, Andree Mendoza, Mendoza, Sergey Brin, Zuckerberg, Meta, Altman, Conor Grennan, Grennan, Noam Shazeer isn't Organizations: Google, Service, Nvidia, Wall Street, Business, Microsoft, Carex Consulting, Big Tech, NYU's Stern School of Business, Wall, Apple
Piper Sandler upgrades Accenture to overweight from equal weight Piper upgraded the IT company following its earnings report. Goldman Sachs reiterates Costco as buy Goldman says it's sticking with the stock following earnings on Thursday. Citi downgrades Dollar General to sell from neutral Citi says it sees too many competitive challenges. JPMorgan adds Best Buy to the focus list JPMorgan says it sees an "improving product cycle" for Best Buy. Bank of America downgrades HP to neutral from buy The firm says it sees slowing earnings per share growth.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wynn, Piper Sandler, Piper, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's bullish, it's, Raymond James, Mercado, Roth MKM, Roth, Cantor Fitzgerald Organizations: Wynn Resorts, Deutsche Bank reinstates Dell, Deutsche, DELL, NASDAQ, Costco, " Bank of America, Apple, Bank of America, Apple Intelligence, UBS, Vista Energy, Citi, Pepsi Citi, Catalyst, Walmart, Cava, Mercado Libre, JPMorgan, Chesapeake Energy, Barclays, Netflix, HP Locations: UAE, Macau, BMBL, CAVA, HPQ
Most analysts think that September's top-performing stocks could continue their ascent. September is a traditionally dicey for stocks: It's the worst month of the year for the S & P 500 , according to the Stock Trader's Almanac . With October right around the corner, CNBC Pro used FactSet data to screen for this month's top-performing stocks in the S & P 500 and find out where analysts see them going next. Constellation Energy is up more than 30% on the month, making it September's second-highest performer in the S & P 500. Power company Vistra has surged nearly 196% in 2024, and it's the top performer in the S & P 500 this month.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, David Arcaro, Vistra, Jefferies, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Raymond James, Brian Gesuale Organizations: Federal, Dow Jones, CNBC Pro, Analysts, Constellation Energy, Microsoft, Constellation, Energy, Software, Palantir Technologies, Oracle, Delta Air Lines Locations: Thursday's
Of all Chinese internet stocks, one company has the "best risk-reward" for investors, Morgan Stanley says. Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Tencent from 450 Hong Kong dollars to 480 Hong Kong dollars ($57.80 to $61.70). Its shares have jumped since mid September, from about around 374 Hong Kong dollars to the current 424 Hong Kong dollars. As for its games unit, Morgan Stanley says the firm will enjoy "near-term catalysts," adding that there will be a "robust" pipeline, with its evergreen games set to continue netting growth. It estimates Tencent's games revenue growth could rise 13% and 10% year on year in the second half this year and in 2025, respectively.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Tencent, there's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Hong Locations: Hong Kong, Alibaba
Dell is mandating all global sales workers return to the office five days a week from Monday. AdvertisementDell has issued a return-to-office mandate calling for all of its sales workers to work from the office five days a week. The tech giant sent a memo to its entire global sales team on Thursday, requiring them to be in the office all week from Monday. Field sellers who can't go into a Dell office should prioritize time spent in person with customers and partners. Bill ScannellPresident, Global Sales & Customer OperationsJohn ByrnePresident, Sales, Global Regions, Dell Tech SelectImplementation will be subject to local laws, regulations and practices, including works council and employee representative consultation where applicable.
Persons: , Dell, Bill Scannell, John Byrne, Byrne, Vivek Mohindra, Mohindra, Andy Jassy, we're, Let's, John, Polly Thompson Organizations: Dell, Service, Dell Tech, Business, Global, Dell Technologies, Global Regions
Barclays has identified a handful of European stocks poised to benefit from China's anticipated economic stimulus measures. Mainland Chinese stocks jumped on the news. The investment bank suggested that China's current economic climate resembles April 2024, when Chinese and China-exposed stocks experienced a significant rally. According to Barclays, U.K.-headquartered insurer Prudential , cosmetics giant L'Oreal , carmakers BMW and Mercedes , and miner Rio Tinto are among the top European stocks that could benefit from China's stimulus efforts. China's recent economic challenges have been evident, with the country experiencing its longest period of deflation since 1999.
Persons: Anshul Gupta, Larry Hu, Hu, — CNBC's Michael Bloom, Evelyn Cheng Organizations: Barclays, People's Bank of China, Prudential, L'Oreal, carmakers BMW, Mercedes, Rio Tinto, U.S, Prudential plc, Macquarie Locations: China, Rio, China's
CNBC Daily Open: More all-time highs? Yes please
  + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Why are Treasury yields rising? Treasury yields tend to move in tandem with interest rates. When the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, it's not unreasonable to expect Treasury yields to dip.
Persons: Hong, it's, they've, Jeff Cox, Sam Altman, Bret Taylor, Sarah Friar, OpenAI's, Ishiba, Shigeru Ishiba, Sanae Takaichi Organizations: CNBC, Major, CSI, Treasury, U.S . Federal Reserve, Altman, PM, Liberal Democratic, Bank of, People's Bank of China, Barclays Locations: Major U.S, Asia, Pacific
CNBC Daily Open: A high of all-time highs
  + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. All-time high, againMajor U.S. indexes rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 notching a fresh closing high. When the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, it's not unreasonable to expect Treasury yields to dip. But 55% of respondents think Trump will be better for the economy and on inflation.
Persons: Europe's, it's, they've, Jeff Cox, Sam Altman, Bret Taylor, Harris, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: CNBC, Major, Micron, Swiss National Bank, Treasury, U.S . Federal Reserve, Altman, U.S Locations: Major U.S, China
The social-media giant held its big Meta Connect conference in Silicon Valley this week. Mark Zuckerberg is spending heavily on AI and AR technology. That effort continued into 2024 as the Meta CEO whittled down VP ranks and took more cost-cutting steps. Tech reporter Pranav Dixit attended and noticed that the WiFi password for the event was "effici3ncy." A post on Threads Pranav Dixit/ThreadsDixit posted about this on Threads and Zuckerberg liked the post.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, , Mark Zuckerberg's, bender, Zuckerberg, Pranav Dixit, Dixit, Mark Zuckerberg Pranav Dixit, Meta, didn't Organizations: Meta, Service, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta Connect, Silicon Valley . Tech Locations: Silicon, Silicon Valley
The e-commerce giant's shares in Hong Kong are around 18% higher this week. Chinese tech stocks, including beaten-down names like Alibaba, rallied this week, hitting highs not seen in more than a year after China's central bank announced measures to stimulate the world's second-largest economy. Prior to the cuts, investors had been cautious on Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba and Meituan which are sensitive to the economy and consumer in China. However, big-name investor have started to strike a bullish tone on Chinese stocks. Despite the latest upswing, Chinese tech stocks remain significantly off their all-time highs hit in 2021.
Persons: Alibaba, David Tepper, Evelyn Cheng Organizations: Hong, Hang Seng Tech, Hong Kong, People's Bank of, Billionaire, CNBC, U.S . Federal Reserve, Baidu Locations: U.S, Hong Kong, People's Bank of China, China
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers averted a government shutdown 40 days before the election, but they’ll face another funding crunch right before the holidays and a new Congress and president take office. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., predicted that the two parties could come to a deal and avoid a shutdown in December. Congratulations, congressmen.”The full House has already passed five of the 12 appropriations bills for the new fiscal year. The Senate Appropriations Committee sent 11 out of 12 spending bills to the floor, where none of them have had votes. "What Leader Schumer should have done is brought the appropriations bills to the floor.
Persons: WASHINGTON —, Mike Johnson, ” Johnson, Johnson, “ We’ve, , appropriators, they’ve, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, , doesn’t, Tom Cole, ” Cole, it’s Donald Trump, Harris, Chip Roy, Roy, we’ve, Schumer, Sen, Susan Collins, Chuck Schumer, Byron Donalds, ” Donald, Mitch McConnell, Hakeem Jeffries Organizations: WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, Republicans, CRs, Democrats, Wednesday's, Senate, White, Republican, GOP, Freedom Caucus, SAVE, Conservative Locations: Washington, haven’t, Texas, Maine, D
HONG KONG — Pandas An An and Ke Ke, a gift from Beijing to Hong Kong, arrived in the Chinese territory on Thursday to much fanfare, two days after Finland said it would return its own pair over mounting debts. Hong Kong officials welcomed the giant pandas at the city’s international airport with a red carpet on the tarmac and panda toys. The Sichuan-born male and female will increase the total number of pandas to six, the highest ever in the financial hub. Hong Kong leader John Lee said the pandas would soon receive new names through a public contest organized by the government. An An and Ke Ke’s arrival comes just after resident giant panda Ying Ying gave birth to twin cubs ahead of her 19th birthday.
Persons: Ke Ke, John Lee, Ying Ying, Xi Jinping, Jin Baobao, Roni Rekomaa, Ahtari, Risto Sivonen, Sivonen, ” Sivonen Organizations: HONG KONG —, Workers, Reuters, Nordic, Getty, Ahtari Zoo, Embassy Locations: HONG KONG, Beijing, Hong Kong, Finland, Sichuan, Guangdong Province, An, China, People’s Republic of China, Ahtari, AFP, Helsinki
Oppenheimer's top stock ideas heading into October
  + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
This comes after all three major averages recovered from the Aug. 5 global sell-off to close out last month higher. DKNG YTD mountain DKNG, year-to-date Biotechnology stock Viking Therapeutics also made the list. The stock has already surged more than 239% this year as its experimental obesity treatment advances through clinical trials. Telecommunications stock AT & T was another best idea, with its target of $23 implying more than 6% upside. Other names that made the list include Cigna , whose target implies more than 14% upside, and chip giant Broadcom .
Persons: Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs, Jed Kelly, DKNG, Jay Olson, NASH, Timothy Horan, Horan isn't Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Biotechnology, Viking Therapeutics, Telecommunications, AT, JPMorgan, Broadcom
AdvertisementSalesforce will close its office in Hillsboro, Oregon, and is asking many of its employees based there to either relocate or accept a severance package. In virtual meetings Thursday afternoon, the cloud software giant notified staffers who report to its Hillsboro office, thirty minutes outside of Portland, of its decision. AdvertisementSalesforce opened its Hillsboro office in 2013. The Hillsboro office was Salesforce's only location in the Portland metro area. The Hillsboro office closure also comes as Salesforce, which makes and sells cloud-based software for customer relationship management, attempts to rebrand as a company powered by artificial intelligence.
Persons: Salesforce, , Marc Benioff, Ellen Thomas Organizations: Service, Hillsboro office's, Business, Oregonian Locations: Hillsboro , Oregon, San Francisco, Hillsboro, Portland, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Seattle, Seattle .
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company's office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Monday, April 22, 2024. SK Hynix is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 25. SK Hynix said the chip would have a 36 gigabyte capacity, the largest among existing HBM chips. The South Korean giant has been a main supplier of the high-bandwidth memory chips catering to AI chipsets for companies like Nvidia . The development came as the world's second-largest memory chipmaker seeks to continue its dominance in the AI memory chip market.
Persons: SeongJoon Cho, SK Hynix Organizations: SK Hynix Inc, SK Hynix, Bloomberg, Getty, SK, Nvidia Locations: Seongnam, South Korea
The good times should continue to roll for shares of Micron Technology , according to Wall Street analysts. The move put the company on pace for its best day since 2011 and put shares up more than 31% year to date. MU YTD mountain Shares performance this year The analyst reiterated his overweight rating and $180 price target, reflecting 88% upside from Wednesday's close. Goldman Sachs' Toshiya Hari reiterated his buy rating and adjusted his price target to $145 from $158, still pointing to a 51% gain. The analyst has a price target of $146 on Micron, signaling a 46% increase.
Persons: Harlan, Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Mark Li, Tim O'Malley, O'Malley Organizations: Micron Technology, Wall Street, Wall, MU, Micron, Barclays Locations: Harlan Sur
Analyst Jared Shaw raised his rating on the regional bank to overweight from equal weight and upped his price target by $4 to $14. Analyst Rob Dickerson downgraded the chocolate maker to underperform from hold and slashed his price target by $21 to $163. Analyst Lincoln Kong upgraded U.S.-listed shares to buy from neutral and raised his price target to $22.60 from $16.50. — Alex Harring 5:51 a.m.: BofA hikes Meta price target following Connect event Bank of America sees more room for Meta Platforms to run due to its artificial intelligence possibilities. Starbucks shares are flat year to date, but they have popped more than 20% over the past three months.
Persons: Bernstein, Jared Shaw, NYCB, Shaw, — Alex Harring, Sell Hershey, Jefferies, Rob Dickerson, Dickerson, flatlining, Hershey, Alex Harring, BofA, Ralph Lauren, Christopher Nardone, Justin Picicci, Corey Van der, Nardone, Picicci, Goldman, Bilibili Goldman Sachs, Lincoln, Kong, Bilibili, Justin Post, Post, Metaverse, Meta, Brian Niccol, Danilo Gargiulo, Gargiulo, Niccol, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, . Bank of America, Barclays, Bancorp New, Bancorp New York Community, Wall, Hershey, America's, Lincoln Kong, Bank of America, Facebook, Meta, Orion, Taco Bell Locations: Bancorp New York, Wednesday's, Thursday's premarket, Bilibili, U.S
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesSwedish firm Klarna is partnering up with Dutch payments fintech Adyen to bring its popular buy now, pay later service into physical retail stores. Klarna will be included as an option across more than 450,000 Adyen payment terminals in brick-and-mortar locations as a result of the deal, according to the companies. Klarna's buy now, pay later, or BNPL, service allows users to spread the cost of their purchases over a period of interest-free installments. Earlier this year, Klarna sold Klarna Checkout, the company's online checkout solution for merchants. The recently elected U.K. Labour government is expected to set out plans for buy now, pay later regulation soon.
Persons: Jakub Porzycki, Klarna, David Sykes, Alexa von Bismarck, Adyen, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, BNPL, Tulip Siddiq Organizations: NurPhoto, Getty, Klarna, Adyen, EMEA, Alexa, CNBC, Labour, Conservative Locations: Amsterdam, Europe, North America, Australia, Swedish
Distance TechnologiesDistance Technologies, a Finnish startup that aims to bring mixed-reality technology to any car windshield or plane cockpit, has raised 10 million euros ($11.1 million) of funding from GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet and other investors. Distance raised the cash injection in a seed round led by GV, with existing investors FOV Ventures and Maki.vc also stumping up more cash for the startup, the company told CNBC on Thursday. Konttori was formerly chief technology officer of Varjo, another Helsinki-based mixed-reality firm. "The main difference here is that we are driven by the software," Mäkinen told CNBC. For now, Distance has had to use simple optics and normal LCD displays to demonstrate its technology to prospective partners and investors.
Persons: Maki.vc, Konttori, Roni Hiranand, Meta, Jussi Mäkinen, Mäkinen, he's Organizations: Technologies, GV, FOV Ventures, CNBC, Helsinki, Google Ventures, Companies, Huawei, Bosch, Continental, Panasonic, Distance Technologies Locations: Finnish, Helsinki, China
In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. At an all-hands meeting on Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a "giant equity stake" in the company, calling that information "just not true," according to a person who was in attendance. Regarding his potentially attaining an equity stake, Altman said, "There are no current plans here," the person said. Altman said the departures were not related to the company's potential restructuring, contrary to some media reports. Days later, Altman was back at the company and Murati moved from interim CEO back to the role of CTO.
Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Sarah Friar, Bret Taylor, Sam, Taylor, Mira Murati, Bob McGrew, Barret Zoph, Murati, OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, John Schulman, Anthropic, it's Organizations: OpenAI, CNBC, Italian Tech, Microsoft, Tiger Global Locations: Turin, Italy
The event, originally scheduled for August, is where CEO Elon Musk has promised to release a final design and more detailed plans for Tesla's Uber-like self-driving car service. AdvertisementIn typical form, Musk's promise that the robotaxi business was taking shape offset a major earnings miss and juiced Tesla's languishing stock price. Spak wrote. In the same note, Spak raises questions about Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD)'s rate of improvement compared to competitors like Waymo. Advertisement"Tesla's future valuation is highly dependent on its ability to develop, manufacture, and commercialize autonomous technologies," Jonas wrote.
Persons: , Elon Musk, Tesla's Uber, Musk, juiced, Joseph Spak, Spak, Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas's, Jonas, Tesla's FSD Organizations: Service, Business, Tesla, UBS, Hertz, California Locations: Tesla's, robotaxi, Los Angeles
Amazon workers have until January before they'll be expected in corporate offices five days a week, but some aren't expecting to stick around that long. In a recent survey of 2,585 Amazon employees on anonymous job review site Blind, 73% said they are considering looking for a new job following CEO Andy Jassy's recent memo announcing a full-time return-to-office. Further, 80% of the Amazon professionals polled reported that they know of a colleague considering looking for another job because of the announcement. Another survey from Glassdoor finds that 74% of Amazon workers are "rethinking" the future of their careers, whether at the tech giant or elsewhere. Amazon workers are "strongly dissatisfied" with the policy change, according to an anonymous survey created by employees, reported by Fortune.
Persons: they'll, Andy Jassy's, Jassy, we've Organizations: Slack, Amazon, CNBC
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