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☆ Tesla skepticism remains centered on potential new models, says Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTesla skepticism remains centered on potential new models, says Bernstein's Toni SacconaghiToni Sacconaghi, Bernstein, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Sacconaghi would've liked to hear on Tesla's earnings call, the EV giant's full-self driving and robotaxi plans, and what happens in the next five to 10 years for Tesla.

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☆ Klarna scores major payment deal with Uber ahead of hotly anticipated IPO
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty ImagesKlarna on Wednesday announced a global partnership with Uber to power payments for the ride-hailing giant's Uber and Uber Eats apps. The partnership will see the Swedish financial technology firm added as a payment option in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden, Klarna said in a statement. In the U.S., Germany, and Sweden, Klarna will roll out its "Pay Now" option, which lets customers pay off an order instantly in one click, in the Uber and Uber Eats apps. The company will also offer an additional payment option for Uber users in Sweden and Germany which allows users to bundle purchases into a single, interest-free payment that gets taken out of their monthly salary. The firm recently launched a monthly subscription plan in the U.S. to lock in "power users" ahead of its anticipated IPO.

Persons: Rafael Henrique, Uber, giant's Uber, Klarna, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Siemiatkowski, SoftBank Organizations: Getty, Wednesday, Klarna, Bloomberg News, CNBC, Nike, Instacart Locations: Swedish, U.S, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine

☆ JD Sports to buy U.S. rival Hibbett in $1.08 billion sportswear retail deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

(Photo by May James/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)JD Sports Fashion has proposed to buy American athletic fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as Britain's biggest sportswear retailer looks to expand across the southeastern U.S. The deal comes as shares in athletic clothing retailers come under pressure globally after weak outlooks from sports apparel makers such as Nike and Puma. It will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. JD Sports shares, which have fallen more than 20% so far this year, were up 6% by 0900 GMT. The deal is expected to add to the British firm's earnings in the first full year of ownership, with cost savings expected to be at least $25 million, JD said.

Persons: May James, Foot Locker, Dominic Platt, JD Organizations: UNITED, Getty, Hibbett Inc, Nike, Puma, Adidas, JD Sports, Paris Olympics Locations: UNITED KINGDOM, England, premarket U.S, U.S, North America, Bury, Greater Manchester

☆ Earnings this week will be dominated by Big Tech. What analysts expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Big technology earnings this week could offer a much-needed catalyst for a market under pressure. Last week, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched their longest daily losing streaks since October 2022, with the broad index posting its worst week since March 2022. Big Tech's performance this week could set the tone for the rest of earnings season and revive the market momentum. Tesla Tesla launches the reporting period for the "Magnificent Seven" stocks, with results due out after the bell Tuesday. Meta Platforms Meta Platforms ' results are due out after the bell Wednesday.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, John Murphy, Longtime Deutsche Bank Tesla, Emmanuel Rosner, Brent Thill, Bernstein, Mark Shmulik, Doug Anmuth, Justin Post, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Jefferies, Bernstein's, Wells Fargo's Michael Turrin, Piper Sandler's Brent Bracelin, Kash Rangan, Brad Zelnick, OpenAI, Satya Nadella Organizations: Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Tesla Tesla, Bank of America, Barclays, Longtime Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Deutsche, NVIDIA Locations: China

☆ Meta Platforms gets billions from China without headaches many U.S. companies face there
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

As many American companies struggle to navigate the world's second-largest economy, Meta Platforms has found itself raking in billions of dollars from China without the direct challenges of doing business there. The influx in spending from Chinese ecommerce advertisers has been a "significant positive" for Meta, said Rohit Kulkarni, analyst at Roth MKM covering internet companies. Many American companies doing business in China have battled similar challenges as the post-Covid recovery there has progressed slower than expected. Meta has said it has a "diverse advertiser base" of Chinese companies. The concern is that as more Chinese advertisers target American consumers through Meta's platforms, that could drive up the price of ads for everyone.

Persons: Temu, Rohit Kulkarni, Roth, Meta's, Piper Sandler, Tom Champion, Estee Lauder, Meta, Susan Li, Shein, Kate Scott, Dawkins, —, Roth's Kulkarni, Piper Sandler's, they're, Josh Silverman, we're, Piper, doesn't, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Kenzo Tribouillard Organizations: Club, Super, U.S, Meta, Apple, Facebook, Tencent, Holdings, Nasdaq, CNBC, Wall Street, Google, European Commission, AFP, Getty Locations: China, Ireland, Shanghai, Singapore, U.S, Meta, Brussels

☆ We added to 5 portfolio stocks in last week's oversold market. Here's the breakdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It was a tough, choppy week for stocks, but the oversold market gave us many opportunities to put some of our cash to work selectively. Club Director of Portfolio Analysis Jeff Marks said Friday, "We're still waiting for that truly ugly open before stepping up our buys." The PC market is embarking on an upgrade and replacement cycle, which should usher more demand for Best Buy's offerings. BBY YTD mountain Best Buy YTD Tuesday Tuesday was our busiest for trades, with adds to three companies: Oil and natural gas producer Coterra Energy , Mexican beer king Constellation Brands and Best Buy. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jeff Marks, We're, Jim Cramer's, Wednesday Abbott, Abbott, Estee Lauder, Fabrizio Freda, Lauder, ABT, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brendan Mcdermid Organizations: Federal Reserve, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Club, Coterra Energy, Constellation Brands, Coterra, Hamas, Constellation, Wednesday, Abbott Laboratories, Traders, New York Stock Exchange Locations: Here's, Iran, Israel, Ukraine

☆ Earnings playbook: Your guide to trading a huge week of reports, including Meta Platforms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Tesla is set to report earnings after the bell. What history shows: Bespoke data shows Tesla beats earnings estimates 63% of the time. What history shows: Boeing shares have risen in four of the past five earnings days, Bespoke data shows. Meta Platforms is set to report earnings after the closing bell. What history shows: Microsoft earnings have beaten earnings estimates in six straight quarters, Bespoke data shows.

Persons: Michael Wayland, FactSet, Tesla, TSLA, Emmanuel Rosner, Dave Calhoun, Peter Saleh, Saleh, Chipotle, Morgan Stanley's, Ford, Jim Farley's, Ronald Josey, Jordan Novet Organizations: General Motors, CNBC, Tuesday, GM, Wall, Motors, Investment, Deutsche Bank, EV, Boeing, Ford, Management, Ford Motor, Detroit, Investors, Citi, Meta, Bloomberg News, Apple, Microsoft Locations: California

☆ I tried Starbucks' new line of spicy drinks, and I'd order 2 of them again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Starbucks has released three new drinks — Spicy Pineapple, Spicy Dragonfruit, and Spicy Strawberry. It also released a new Spicy Cream Cold Foam. I didn't enjoy the spicy cold foam, but I would order the Spicy Strawberry Refresher again. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It might sound like a strange offer at Starbucks, but these were no ordinary drinks.

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☆ This portfolio health-care stock is a buy if its post-earnings pullback continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. U.S. stocks rose Thursday as the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite attempted to recover from its four-day losing streak. The market has moved further into oversold territory, per the S & P 500 Short Range Oscillator. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Lauder, we've, Mizuho, Linde, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Abbott Laboratories, Linde, LIN

Analyst Laura Champine also lowered her price target to $80 from $85, implying a 6% increase for the stock. "New York City office is one of the few REIT subsectors seeing improved demand," the analyst wrote. The bank double-upgraded the e-commerce platform to overweight from underweight and hiked its price target to $62 from $35. Feather added that eBay stock is currently trading at a discount versus peers, with Etsy trading around 35% higher. "JetBlue's DNA aligns with our broader preference for loyalty, premium, and international exposure ... albeit with less vigor than the Big 3," the analyst wrote.

Persons: TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Needham, Laura Martin, Andy, Martin, — Jesse Pound, Laura Champine, Champine, — Lisa Kailai Han, Tesla, Emmanuel Rosner, Elon Musk, Rosner, Fred Imbert, John Kim, Kim, SLG, KeyBanc, Eric Heath, Heath, Nathan Feather, Feather, James West's, West, Jamie Baker, Baker, Lisa Kailai Han, Matthew Ramsay, Ramsay Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Amazon, Wholesale, BJ's Wholesale, Deutsche Bank, Tesla, Reuters, BMO Capital Markets, Green Realty, New York City, SL Green Realty, SL Green, SL, KeyBanc, eBay, EBAY, GE, ISI, GE Vernova, General Electric, JPMorgan, JetBlue JPMorgan, JetBlue, Jetblue, Technology, NVIDIA, Match Group Locations: China, Manhattan, York City, Wednesday's, York

☆ The man who led Google Photos to 1 billion users is now the newest group partner at Y Combinator
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lieb, having a background in semiconductors and not server management, reached out to his fellow Y Combinator founders for support. After a year and a half of advising at the accelerator, he's stepping up as a group partner, Y Combinator tells Business Insider exclusively. It was never released, but many of the ideas would later come back in the form of Google Photos. From there, he reached into the Y Combinator alumni network to find other promising upstarts. David Lieb, second from left, speaks to a group of Y Combinator founders.

Persons: David Lieb, Lieb, Alex Polvi, Combinator —, Garry Tan, Jared Friedman, Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel, Sam Altman, it's, Y Combinator, " Lieb, Dan Lieb, Y, Xoogler, Patrick, John Collison's, Mixpanel, Jake Mintz, Forbes, Kevin Systrom, Flock, Andy Huibers, Mary, 72m2YgJZq8 — David Lieb, Ryan Peterson, He's Organizations: Apple, Business, Investors, Google Locations: Cloudkick, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Flexport

☆ Satya Nadella just tried to show everyone who's boss in AI, again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Satya Nadella is hoping to prove he's the shrewdest dealmaker in AI. Microsoft just put $1.5 billion in UAE firm G42 while getting it to divest its China ties. G42 has been linked to a chip venture led by Microsoft's other main AI bet, OpenAI. Last month, Nadella pulled off a big coup by hiring Mustafa Suleyman, a DeepMind cofounder and Inflection AI CEO, and several of his software engineers to head up a new AI division at Microsoft. InflectionThe move involved a $650 million payment to Inflection AI that would also allow Microsoft to license Inflection's AI models.

Persons: Satya Nadella, —, Redmond, Peng Xiao, hasn't, Sam Altman, Nadella, Brad Smith, who's, …, Altman, Mustafa Suleyman, Mistral Organizations: Microsoft, Service, OpenAI, Huawei Locations: UAE, China, Abu Dhabi, DarkMatter, Beijing, @G42ai, OpenAI, Paris

☆ Tesla's awful 2024 is getting much worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Tech: A "social walkie-talkie" app is the newest thing tech insiders are excited about . Tesla's awful 2024 got much worse this week when the company cut 10% of its workforce , and a major executive resigned after 18 years at the EV maker. AdvertisementSlaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIIn the meantime, Tesla's stock keeps falling. Even worse, people who are in the market for EVs aren't necessarily interested in Teslas .

Persons: —, NASA's Chandra, Tesla, we've, Elon Musk, Steve Granitz, Scott Olson, Jia Feng, Graham, Elon Musk's, robotaxis, Slaven, Chelsea Jia Feng, Tesla's, Musk, Andy Sieg, Merrill Lynch, Abanti Chowdhury, who's, Piper Sandler, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, Business, Tech, Adobe Stock, The New York Times, EVs, Teslas, Trump, SWANSON, Apple, Microsoft, BI, CNBC, Economy Summit Locations: Chelsea, China, Teslas ., States, New York, London

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Eli Lilly, Travelers, United Airlines, Alcoa and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Travelers — Shares fell nearly 5% after the insurance company reported an earnings and revenue miss for its first quarter. Revenue was $10.18 billion compared with the $10.51 billion expected. J.B. Hunt Transport Services — Shares sank 8% a day after the transportation and logistics company reported an earnings and revenue miss for its first quarter. ASML Holding — U.S.-listed shares sank 5% after the Dutch semiconductor company posted revenue and new bookings that came in below consensus estimates. Omnicom — The stock added nearly 3% a day after the communications company reported an earnings and revenue beat for its first quarter.

Persons: Eli Lilly, ResMed, Eli Lilly's, Zepbound, J.B, Hunt, Joe Biden, TD Cowen, Ferrari, Bernstein, —, Dealbook, Kate Spade, Jesse Pound, Hakyung Kim, Sarah Min, Fred Imbert Organizations: LSEG, Revenue, Travelers, United Airlines, Hunt Transport, ASML, Urban, Jefferies, Autodesk, Alcoa, United Steelworkers, Ferrari, Abbott, Abbott Laboratories, New York Times, Federal Trade Commission Locations: J.B, China, Pittsburgh

☆ Apple will 'look at' manufacturing in Indonesia, CEO Cook says, as China diversification push continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as he arrives for a meeting with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company will "look at" manufacturing in Indonesia, following a meeting with the country's President Joko Widodo, at a time when the iPhone giant continues to diversify its supply chain away from China. "We talked about the president's desire to see manufacturing in the country and it's something that we will look at," Cook told reporters after the meeting. "I think the investment ability in Indonesia is endless. Over the past three years, Apple has been accelerating its push to diversify its manufacturing base beyond China after the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the Cupertino giant's reliance on the world's second-largest economy.

Persons: Tim Cook, Joko Widodo, Cook Organizations: Apple Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, China, Cupertino

☆ Apple believes that AI is the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple wanted all eyes to be on the Vision Pro when it launched. A report about AI chips coming to next-gen Macs helped boost Apple's stock by $112 billion. AdvertisementTwo months ago, Tim Cook was busy marking Apple's bold new vision of the future with the launch of expensive nerd goggles. Second, the future of the Vision Pro remains highly uncertain. Just don't expect the Vision Pro to steal the show in the same way a big AI reveal would.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple, Peter Kafka Organizations: Apple, Service, International Data Corporation, Publishing, Getty, Huawei, Apple's, Vision Locations: Cupertino, Shanghai, China

☆ Is Meta ready to deal with AI porn fakes of female public figures? Its oversight board wants to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Meta's oversight board is investigating two cases of AI-generated images of female public figures. The board will review Meta's policies on how to handle explicit AI images. AdvertisementMeta's oversight board announced on Tuesday it will investigate the company's policies around explicit AI deepfakes of women. The tech giant's board said it's looking into two specific cases, one on Instagram and one on Facebook. One of the cases involves an AI-generated image resembling a nude female American public figure with a man groping her.

Persons: — Organizations: Facebook, Service, Business

Stock market volatility is ramping up, and some companies slated to report earnings this week could see some sharp moves. Overall, nearly 40 S & P 500 names will have reported earnings by the end of the week, according to FactSet. Amid an uncertain market environment, investors may want to buckle up ahead of certain earnings reports this week. Some semiconductor names also made the cut. Financial heavyweight Blackstone and regional bank names Citizens Financial , Fifth Third and Comerica could also make significant post-earnings moves this week.

Persons: Dow, Bryan Kraft, ASML, Vijay Shilpiekandula Organizations: CNBC Pro, Netflix, United Airlines, Deutsche Bank, TAM, Taiwan Semiconductor, Blackstone, Financial, Third, Comerica

☆ Live Nation could be hit with antitrust suit as soon as next month: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Live Nation is expected to be hit with an antitrust lawsuit as soon as next month, The WSJ reported. Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, has long faced criticism over its ticket fees. The Justice Department could sue Live Nation, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, as soon as next month following a probe into its handling of venue and ticket negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Related storiesThe department is prepared to file the antitrust suit alleging Live Nation leveraged is dominance in the market to suppress competition, The Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Swift released a statement shortly after the incident saying she was "pissed off" and described the outage as "excruciating," The New York Times reported at the time.

Persons: —, Taylor, Swift, I'm, Swifties Organizations: WSJ, Ticketmaster, Service, The, Street, Legal, Institute of Cornell Law School, LiveNation, Justice Department, Business, New York Times, Times, Billboard

☆ UnitedHealth's first-quarter report will offer a window into Change cyberattack costs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bertha Coombs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Everybody looks to United as the bellwether of all of health-care services. This will be different," said Lisa Gill, managing director and health care analyst at JPMorgan. The data breach at the Change Healthcare unit forced the firm to take down its massive billing and payment processing service. While the company has restored services for pharmacies, the outage has continued to disrupt operations for health-care providers across the country. Larger providers, such as home infusion services firm Option Care Health , have also warned that the outage could impact their quarterly results.

Persons: UnitedHealth Group's, Lisa Gill, Scott Fidel, UnitedHealth, they'd, James Allred, he's, Allred Organizations: JPMorgan, Healthcare, Optum, OptumRx, Stephens, American Medical Association, Aesthetics, Care Locations: Nashville

☆ Amazon hired an ex-Trader Joe's employee to access company secrets and replicate products from the grocer: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

According to the Journal, Amazon appeared to have a model it wanted to replicate for Wickedly Prime: Trader Joe's. AdvertisementAccording to the report, Amazon wanted to replicate the top 200 items sold at Trader Joe's. The Amazon manager also pressed the ex-Trader Joe's employee for data on the margins for each product. The former Trader Joe's employee's experience gives an inside look at Amazon's broader, aggressive efforts to compete with other grocers. Trader Joe's established a cult following with its customers partly by developing snacks and foods through its private label.

Persons: —, Joe's, Nakia Rohde Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Amazon, Business, Wickedly Prime, The, Foods

☆ Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Vietnam — one of the iPhone giant's most important manufacturing hubs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cook will meet with Apple users, developers and content creators during the two-day visit, local media reported. In December, the Nikkei reported Apple was moving some of its key iPad engineering resources to Vietnam. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) walks near Hoan Kiem lake in downtown Hanoi during his visit to Vietnam on April 15, 2024. India has also emerged as a key hub for iPhone manufacturing. Cook's visit to Vietnam comes after 61 environmental and human rights groups called on Apple to oppose the country's detention of climate activists.

Persons: Tim Cook, Cook, Bryan Ma Organizations: Apple, International Data Corporation, IDC, Samsung, Nikkei, Apple Watch, Getty, CNBC, Bloomberg Locations: Hanoi, Vietnam, U.S, China, Cupertino, Hoan, Giang Huy, Afp, India, iPhones

☆ Blackstone hires Walmart AI whiz to supercharge its portfolio companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private equity is ramping up its AI hiring efforts, with Blackstone snagging a key executive to oversee how AI will be applied at its some 230 portfolio companies. Mehrotra will lead Applied AI within Blackstone's data science team, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's global head of data science, told Business Insider in a written statement. Mehrotra comes to Wall Street from Walmart, where he led applied AI efforts at the retailer and managed a team of more than 400 data scientists. Related storyWhile at Walmart, Mehrotra was the vice president of applied AI, leading a team responsible for how AI was mixed into merchandising, including assortment, pricing, and inventory management. AdvertisementLike its peers, Blackstone is eager to take advantage of AI, which stands to shake up businesses across virtually all industries.

Persons: Blackstone, Prakhar Mehrotra, Mehrotra, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's, Franz Edelman, Katz, Deepali Vyas, Zac Maufe, Manoj Mahenthiran, Thomas H, Lee Organizations: Service, Walmart, Twitter, CalTech, Blackstone, Blackstone . Data Locations: Boston, Blackstone

☆ A top Nvidia shareholder reveals his trigger for selling growth stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia shares have continued to soar this year, up more than 80%. "We emphasize risk management much more than many growth investors," Shant told CNBC Pro. When should investors sell growth stocks? When asked about the right time to sell a growth company like Nvidia, Shant pointed to the firm's latest research note titled "Buy and Hold Forever?" [As in] they can't actually make enough to meet expectations in that quarter," Shant told CNBC's Squawk Box Friday.

Persons: they've, Raj Shant, Shant, We're, CNBC's, Jennison, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Nvidia, Jennison Associates, CNBC Pro, Global Equity, Novo Nordisk, Norges Bank, Barclays

☆ How Spotify AI plans to know what's going on inside your head, and find the right track for it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Trevor Laurence Jockims | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Over the past decade or more, Spotify has been investing in AI and, in particular, in machine learning. Its recently launched AI DJ may be its biggest bet yet that technology will allow subscribers to better personalize listening sessions and discover new music. The AI DJ combines personalization technology, generative AI, and a dynamic AI voice, and listeners can tap the DJ button when they want to hear something new, and something less-directly-derived from their established likes. Behind the dulcet tones of an AI DJ there are people, tech experts and music experts, who aim to improve the recommendation capacity of Spotify's tools. A Spotify spokesperson said the generative AI tool allows the human experts to "scale their innate knowledge in ways never before possible."

Persons: Y, we've, they're, it's, Julie Knibbe, —, Knibbe, they've, Ben Ratliff, Ratliff Organizations: Spotify, Discover, Technology

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