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☆ Ford rolls out Tesla Supercharging for EVs. Here's what drivers need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – Ford Motor is rolling out Tesla Supercharging capabilities to owners of its electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The Detroit automaker was the first to announce a deal with Tesla to utilize the EV maker's Supercharger network. Under the deals, companies such as Ford will adopt Tesla's charging port for future EV models. In the meantime, an adapter is needed to connect non-Tesla vehicles, which utilize different charging technology, to Tesla's network. Tesla, which designed the adapter and is handling distribution of them to automakers, did not respond to request for comment on specifics.

Persons: Tesla, Ford, Ken Williams, Williams Organizations: DETROIT, Detroit, Ford, EV, U.S Locations: U.S, Canada, Ford

☆ Google is starting to feel like any other business, and staging a comeback won't be easy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, we're looking at how Google has gone from the tech industry's vanguard of cool to just another boring company . AdvertisementGoogle has long stayed atop Silicon Valley's volatile popularity contest — but the best place to work in tech is starting to feel like any other business , Business Insider's Hugh Langley and Lara O'Reilly write. Bureaucracy, an aversion to risk, and deference to Wall Street over employees — things Google long eschewed — have become the norm. The latest example is the debacle surrounding Gemini — its flashy new AI model that faced backlash for being too "woke."

Persons: —, Rebecca Zisser, Hugh Langley, Lara O'Reilly, Alistair Barr, Sundar Pichai, Hugh, Lara, Mateusz Wlodarczyk, BI's Peter Kafka, it's, David Rosenberg, Gary Shilling, Snowflake's Frank Slootman, Ozgur Hakan Aslan Toyota, Boxabl, Elon Musk, Tesla, Hewlett Packard, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Gemini, Meta, Big Tech, OpenAI, Corporations, Nvidia, SEC, Universal Music Group, Universal, BI Locations: —, New York, London

☆ Nvidia's directors bagged $80 million last week in a selling spree following the company's blowout results
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia directors sold 99,000 shares worth about $80 million last week. Nvidia's insider stock sale last week was the most in a month since SeptemberNEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Last week, Nvidia directors sold 99,000 shares worth about $80 million, according to the Santa Clara-based company's Form 4 filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The share disposals by Nvidia directors were made in the days following Nvidia's earnings beat in the fourth quarter, sending the stock to its record high. Nvidia's stock surge has also made Huang one of the richest people in the world.

Persons: —, Jensen Huang, Huang Organizations: Nvidia, Service, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg, Washington Service Locations: Santa Clara

☆ Investing in Space: How Columbia's fabric tech landed on the surface of the moon
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Looking at Intuitive Machines ' Odysseus spacecraft, you may have noticed any one of four fairly visible images: The American flag, NASA logo, Intuitive Machines logo … and a Columbia Sportswear logo. Of course, Columbia wasn't just involved to keep a moon lander comfortable with its jacket liner. "A technology that's good enough to get a lunar spacecraft to the moon, that you can wear in your everyday life? Pioneers in space – I would have never attached that to our company, say, 5 years ago," Boyle added.

Persons: CNBC's Michael Sheetz, Joe Boyle, We've, Boyle, Columbia wasn't Organizations: Columbia, NASA Locations: Columbia

☆ 13 signs your Hermès bag is a fake, from a luxury reseller who's trained to spot counterfeits
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Alexis Clarbour has been buying and selling Hermès bags for a decade and knows how to spot a fake. I took an operations role at an e-commerce marketplace called Portero, where my passion for luxury handbags, specifically Hermès bags, began. Under a loupe, the engraving may look chiseled and not as smooth as a genuine Hermès bag. Serial codeEvery Hermès bag has a serial code inside the bag. There are no deals — if someone offers a new Hermès bag below market in the secondary market, I'd recommend staying away.

Persons: Alexis Clarbour, authenticating, It's, Chanel, reselling, Hermès, —, we've, Kelly, Birkin, they've, it's, sloppily, there's, Le Duc, Price, I'd Organizations: Madison Avenue Couture, Nasdaq, MAC, Madison Avenue, Madison Locations: New York City, Hermès

☆ Investors get more reasons to like Apple as company abandons EV plans and CEO updates AI ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Many employees on the nearly 2,000-person team will be tasked to work on Apple's AI unit instead, Bloomberg said. There has been little public info about Apple's self-driving car ambitions, but reports first surfaced back in 2014 when the company poached automotive engineers from other firms. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. 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: Tim Cook, Bloomberg, Cook, we're, ChatGPT, Jim Cramer, Jim, Tesla, he's, it's, Apple's, Morgan Stanley, Siri, Jeff Marks, Jim Cramer's, Eduardo Munoz Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg News, Big Tech, General Motors, Club, Ford Motor, GM, Bloomberg, UBS, CNBC Locations: U.S, New York

☆ U.S. law on domestic abuse should cover carmakers, FCC chair says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel last month wrote to nine large automakers and three telecom providers seeking more information about their policies involving internet-connected car technology and domestic abuse. The federal Safe Connections Act gives the FCC authority to help domestic abuse survivors securely access communications, the letter said. In an interview with Reuters this week, Rosenworcel said issues involving connected cars and domestic abuse "seemed extraordinarily similar" to the work the FCC had already done implementing the Safe Connections Act. Meanwhile, Toyota said if a domestic abuse survivor on the title requests that connected services be disabled for another person, the company may ask for verification from law enforcement that the customer was a victim. "Through these steps, Toyota works to respond promptly to requests from domestic abuse survivors while also focusing on appropriate authentication in order to screen out fraudulent or abusive requests that could further harm the abuse survivor," the company said in its response.

Persons: Jessica Rosenworcel, Rosenworcel, Tesla Organizations: Federal Communications Commission, US Chamber of Commerce's Global Aerospace Summit, Washington , D.C, FCC, Reuters, Toyota Locations: Washington ,

☆ Cramer gives the portfolio's core holdings a makeover — 4 are booted, 6 are added including a trio of tech giants
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

COST 5Y mountain Costco's stock performance over the past five years. DHR 5Y mountain Danaher's stock performance over the past five years. ETN 5Y mountain Eaton Corp.'s stock performance over the past five years. "The megatrends are real serious, and [Eaton] is a real serious company," Jim said. TJX 5Y mountain TJX Companies' stock performance over the past five years.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jeff Marks, Morgan Stanley, Wall, Beijing's, Jim, Eaton, Linde, Lilly's, Eli Lilly, We've, Zepbound, Mark Zuckerberg's, Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI, Copilot, management's, Nvidia, TJ Maxx, TikTok, Gen Zers, TJX, Jim Cramer's, Satya Narayana Nadella, Lucas Jackson Organizations: GE Healthcare, Meta, Microsoft, Johnson, Natural Resources, Starbucks, Apple, Apple Music, Services, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Prime, Costco, Danaher, Eaton Corp, Investors, GE, LIN, Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, Novo Nordisk, Management, Nvidia, TJX Companies, Marshalls, CNBC Locations: Eaton, China, Manhattan, New York City

☆ FOMO? Data shows investors are still 'underweight' Nvidia even as they chase the stock ever higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia is still under-owned by portfolio managers even after the chipmaker's jaw-dropping advance, setting the stage for a continued rally powered by the "fear of missing out." Therefore, if investors start buying more Nvidia shares to merely catch up to the benchmark level, Nvidia could see added demand. Nvidia was the best-performing stock in the S & P 500 all of last year, boosted by enthusiasm surrounding AI. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia To be sure, portfolio managers overseeing large-cap equity funds have a tendency to underweight the biggest stocks, UBS strategists said. Nvidia' s fourth quarter revenue soared 265% year-over-year , and it topped analysts' highest estimates on both the top- and bottom lines.

Organizations: Nvidia, UBS

☆ The whole world is reaching all-time highs. Here’s what’s driving it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

On the surface, it may seem simple — global stocks are rallying, so there must be one universal driver, right? When this happens, the yen should strengthen and improve shareholder value in Japanese stocks, Arone said. "All of that gives you the ingredients you need to push stocks higher — not only U.S. stocks, but global stocks — in the next 12 months or so," he said. "I think that international stocks — Japan, Europe — have more room to go. Similar to Kelly, Kleintop recommended a more broad-based approach to playing this global rally.

Persons: It's, Charles Schwab's, Jeffrey Kleintop, they've, David Kelly, Michael Arone, Kelly, Arone, —, Kleintop, Fred Imbert Organizations: U.S, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Nikkei, CNBC, Nvidia, Asset Management, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Tokyo Stock Exchange, State, — Locations: United States, U.S, Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Asia, America, Eastern Europe, — Japan

☆ Kellogg's faces a backlash after encouraging cash-strapped shoppers to eat cereal for dinner: 'What the hell kind of dystopian hellscape is this?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kellogg's is advertising cereal for dinner as an alternative for people struggling with food prices. WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick told CNN last week that the messaging was "landing really well" with customers. Cereal prices shot up 13% in 2022Grocery prices soared during the pandemic as supply-chain chaos pushed up costs for producers. Advertisement"The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure," Pilnick told CNN. Pilnick told CNN last week that more than a quarter of cereal consumption is outside breakfast.

Persons: aren't, WK Kellogg, Gary Pilnick's, Pilnick's, —, Gary Pilnick, Marie Antoinette, Marianne Williamson, Pilnick, Sadie Garcia, Kellogg Organizations: Service, CNN, YouTube, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Graham

☆ How Ford can challenge a powerful Chinese EV maker's potential entrance in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Forget Tesla , the real competition in electric vehicles is low-cost Chinese automakers. Farley wants to be prepared even if the U.S. government were to step in to curtail Chinese automakers' access. Outlook Ford investors shouldn't be concerned in the short term since Chinese EV competitors won't enter the market overnight. To that end, a group of lawmakers has urged the White House to boost tariffs on Chinese vehicles and figure out a way to be "prepared to address the coming wave" of Chinese vehicles by way of U.S. other trading partners. The cost of production will become more efficient, resulting in a more competitive and hopefully profitable Ford EV product.

Persons: Forget Tesla, Jim Farley, BYD, Ford, Farley, —, Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Morgan Stanley, I've, Tom Narayan, Stellantis, Narayan, Tesla, Jim Cramer, Jim, It's, RBC's Narayan, Ford's Farley, Wolfe, Jeff Windau, Edward Jones, shouldn't, Biden, Windau, doesn't bode, Jim Cramer's, Charly Triballeau Organizations: Nikkei, Wolfe Research, Ford, RBC Capital Markets, U.S, EV, Detroit, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Blue, Ford Pro, Ford Model, CNBC, ICE, Ferrari, North, Outlook, Bloomberg, Ford EV, American EV, AFP, Getty Locations: U.S, Mexico, China, Europe, Indonesia, Hungary, Thailand, Inwood , New York

☆ 4 reasons why Wall Street fears that Nvidia's hard-earned gains could go up in smoke
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In the last 15 months, Wall Street analysts have hailed generative AI as the most impactful innovation in decades and compared its theoretical impact to that of the internet. While the full impact of AI isn't clear yet, companies are under immense pressure to convince investors that they're not falling behind. "We can't envision any of these large cloud companies or consumer companies pulling back on AI spending anytime soon," Colello said. UBS"This is not always a harbinger of slowing revenue growth and a concentrated H200/B100 launch could be adding to near-term opex," Arcuri wrote in a recent note. AdvertisementDespite what Nvidia's recent performance suggests, Wall Street is notoriously tough to please.

Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, Steve Sosnick, Wedbush's Dan Ives, who's, Marcelli, they're, Sosnick, Brian Colello, Colello, They're, we're, Vivek Arya, Arya, Michael Landsberg, Landsberg, Jason Draho, Draho, Timothy Arcuri, Arcuri Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Business, Nvidia, Interactive, Bulls, Bank of America, Wedbush Securities, UBS, UBS Global Wealth Management, Morningstar, Landsberg Bennett, Wealth Management

☆ Elon Musk's problems keep piling up as Tesla's value slides $188 billion this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The world's richest person has faced problems at Tesla, SpaceX and X, ranging from a tanking Tesla valuation to an X advertiser exodus. Tesla's stock slide has erased about $188 billion from its valuation this year, according to Business Insider's calculations. The stock closed at just under $192, leaving it worth just over $600 billion at the close of trading Friday. Before you start feeling too sorry for Musk, though, he's still worth $208 billion. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDelaware pay rulingTo add insult to injury, a Delaware judge also ruled against Musk's $55 billion Tesla pay package last month.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Tesla, Seth Goldstein, Morningstar, Roth, Craig Irwin, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Eli Lilly, he's, He's, Elon, Justin Sullivan, Musk, rkbH7mKNw2, Fidelity, Axios, Starlink, Russia's Organizations: Service, Elon, SpaceX, Business, Big Tech, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Meta, Tesla, EV, Bloomberg, Wall, Getty Images Delaware, Musk's, Lone Star, Twitter, Insider Intelligence, X Locations: Delaware, Tesla, Texas, Ukrainian, Chernihiv, Ukraine, Kyiv, Houston

☆ Nvidia is 'printing money at this point.' What investors are doing after the chipmaker's earnings blowout
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The chipmaker surged 16% on Thursday after posting robust earnings and guidance , contributing to the stock's 59% year-to-date run as investors feast on artificial intelligence stocks. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia shares over the last year Nvidia's impressive stock run brings its valuation to elevated levels. That's left some analysts questioning whether earnings upside is already priced in to shares as others wonder how long this astonishing growth cycle can last. Those worries eased after the chipmaker offered its first set of blockbuster earnings numbers, cementing its formidable AI position. NVDA 5D mountain Nvidia shares this past week "It gives me confidence that this story lasts much longer," Harvest's Meeks said.

Persons: That's, Hua Cheng, heightening, Paul Meeks, Ken Mahoney, Greg Bassuk, Nvidia's, Goldman Sachs, Hari, Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon, Jensen Huang, Harvest's Meeks, Tim Arcuri, Cheng of Mirova, Huang Organizations: Nvidia, Portfolio Management, AXS Investments, UBS Locations: Mirova, Charleston , South Carolina

☆ Nvidia’s wild ride and induction into the $2 trillion market cap club in two charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Both companies later breached $3 trillion in market valuation, but, as of Friday, only Microsoft remains above it, at roughly $3.07 trillion. Apple's market cap stands at around $2.8 trillion. After more than tripling in 2023, Nvidia's stock has soared more than 60% already in 2024. In February alone, Nvidia's market cap has swelled by nearly $500 billion. At that time, Nvidia's market cap stood at $583.5 billion.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, Microsoft —, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jensen Huang, Tom Williams Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Google, CNBC, CQ, Inc, Getty Locations: U.S

☆ Wall Street is loving AI while Big Tech is warning employees about how they use it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at Wall Street's love affair with Nvidia (and AI) while Big Tech still grapples with how to use the tools . Since Nvidia's GPUs sit at the center of the AI revolution, the company's success suggests the hype around the tech is warranted. One issue is bias showing up in AI tools . AdvertisementInternal documents show that Amazon is warning its employees not to use third-party generative AI tools for work , BI's Ashley Stewart and Eugene Kim report. It's an interesting acknowledgement of the risks involved with using AI tools — especially when Amazon is pitching its own chatbot to customers .

Persons: —, It's, Michael M, Tyler Le, it's, Matthew Fox, Wall, Jensen, Kathleen Brooks, XTB, BI's George Glover, Chelsea Jia Feng, — ChatGPT, Monica Melton, BI's Ashley Stewart, Eugene Kim, Paul Morigi, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Goldman, Joe Duran, Jensen Huang, Huang, Reddit, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Gemini, isn't, RJ Scaringe, Rivian, Scaringe, Steve Conine, Niraj Shah, Lucas Jackson, Wayfair, Bruce Dixon, they'd, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Big Tech, Getty, Nasdaq, Nikkei, GameStop, SEC, CNBC, EV, Warner Bros Discovery Inc, Hyatt Hotels Locations: Paul, New York, London, Chicago

☆ Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is on the cusp of becoming one of the richest 20 people in the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia's stock surge has boosted cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang's net worth. Huang, now worth nearly $70 billion, is close to entering the ranks of the world's top 20 billionaires. Nvidia's share price surge is thanks to a boom in artificial intelligence and impressive company earnings. Since the start of 2022, Nvidia's stock price has increased five times, sending the fortune of cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang skyrocketing. Now worth nearly $70 billion, the 61-year-old Huang — who owns 3.5% of Nvidia — is on the cusp of breaking into the ranks of the world's top 20 billionaires on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Persons: Jensen, Huang, —, Jensen Huang skyrocketing, Huang — Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Bloomberg, Business Locations: Santa Clara

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Rivian, DraftKings, Nio, Fox, Carvana, Pfizer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS double-downgrades Rivian The firm said to sell the electric vehicle maker's stock, joining a growing group of concerned analysts following the company's earnings report. Raymond James upgrades Carvana The investment bank moved Carvana to market perform from underperform following the fourth-quarter earnings results. Guggenheim initiates Pfizer The firm opened coverage of the biopharmaceutical stock with a buy rating and $36 price target. " Rosenblatt initiates Adeia The firm began coverage with a buy rating and $15 price target. Roth MKM initiates CPI Card Group Roth MKM started coverage of the financial technology stock with a buy rating and $40 price target.

Persons: Ross, ROST, Raymond James, EBITDA, 4Q23, Guggenheim, ATNI, Morgan Stanley, Brighthouse, Rosenblatt, Roth MKM, Fred Imbert Organizations: UBS, Barclays, CNBC, Citi, Fox, JV, Ross, Price, Pfizer, DRG, Equitable, JPMorgan, Traction, JPMorgan downgrades Locations: 1Q24, Xperi, 4Q22

☆ Here are Thursday’s biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Rivian, Sunrun, DoorDash and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley raises Nvidia price target Morgan Stanley increased its price target on shares to $795 from $750 after the chipmaker's earnings announcement. " UBS reiterates Nvidia as buy, but trims price target UBS reiterated its buy rating on Nvidia but reduced its price target to $800 from $850. Morgan Stanley upgrades DoorDash to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley's upgrade comes after the stock fell around 10% since its earnings report on Feb. 15. Morgan Stanley reiterates overweight rating on Rivian Automative Morgan Stanley kept its overweight rating on Rivian , but cited concerns on the company's outlook. Jefferies reiterates Sunrun as buy Jefferies also raised its price target on Sunrun to $31 from $25, implying shares nearly doubling from Wednesday's close.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Nvidia Goldman, Morgan, Rivian, Automative Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Sunrun, Bernstein, Wendy's, Wendy, TD Cowen, Cowen, COTY, Cantor Fitzgerald, Root, Cantor, Remitly Organizations: NVIDIA, UBS, Nvidia, Data Center, RBC, Rivian Automotive, EV, Petrobras, ITC, Coty, BMO, Markets Locations: Argentine, China, Brazil, 2024E

☆ Jefferies says buy this under-the-radar software stock with ties to Nvidia and nearly 20% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors looking for ways to play the artificial intelligence frenzy may want to take a look at this little-known communications software stock doing business with Nvidia . Jefferies analyst George Notter reiterated his buy rating on Amdocs , citing the company's key advantages within the artificial intelligence space. "There's a ton of opportunity to shift customers to Cloud," he wrote in a recent note. "The company also has a strong runway ahead in their AI opportunity, especially with their new Nvidia deal. Critical to the company's AI strategy is its recent partnership with Nvidia to customize large language models utilizing the chipmaker's AI foundry service, Notter said.

Persons: George Notter, Notter, Jefferies Organizations: Nvidia, Jefferies

☆ Dealmaking is showing signs of life, but it comes with some downsides
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at why M&A could be staging a comeback and which bankers made the most of 2023 . The big storyDealmaker's delighttatomm/iStock, Tyler Le/BIThree monster deals announced in less than a week has Wall Street wondering: Is M&A back? But after a dreadful 2022 and 2023, dealmaking is showing signs of life, Business Insider's Theron Mohamed writes. Capital One, Truist, and Walmart announced acquisitions totaling $53 billion this week, leaving bankers hopeful the good times (and fees) are back. Deals represent an exit opportunity for companies, giving their investors (some of whom are employees) a chance to cash out.

Persons: Tyler Le, Theron Mohamed, Biden, Alex Morrell, Reed Alexander, Alyssa Powell, Emily Stewart, Wall, it's, M, Getty, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Jensen Huang, Goldman Sachs, Carlos Delgado, Associated Press Rivian, Rivian, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb, George Glover Organizations: Business, Federal Reserve, Walmart, Activision Blizzard, ExxonMobil, Cisco, Acquisitions, Activision, Wall Street, Big Tech, Nvidia, ING, Microsoft, Associated Press, BI, Google, Walgreens, Sunshine State, CVS, Intuit, Nestle, Square Locations: Europe, Florida, VillageMD, New York, London

☆ Chip analysts boost Nvidia price targets in race to catch up to chipmaker's relentless 'joyride'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That led several Wall Street banks to hike their price targets to account for the unrelenting demand. Bernstein and other Wall Street shops raced to catch up with Nvidia's share price, hiking their price targets in reaction to nonstop demand and the company's enormous total addressable market. Rasgon's new target was the equivalent of 48% upside from Wednesday's close, while the average price target according to FactSet implied more than 22% upside. Bank of America's Vivek Arya also lifted his Nvidia price target to $925 per share, equal to about 37% upside. JPMorgan analyst Harlan Sur boosted his price target to $850 to reflect strong data center growth and future product launches.

Persons: Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon, Bernstein, America's Vivek Arya, Harlan Sur, allaying, Sur, Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Morgan Stanley's Joseph Moore, Moore, Deutsche Bank's Ross Seymore, Seymore, Timothy Arcuri, Arcuri, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, Bank, America's, JPMorgan, Deutsche, UBS Locations: CY24

☆ Demand for Nvidia's chips is so high that Jensen Huang had to assure analysts the company is allocating them 'fairly'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CEO Jensen Huang assured analysts that the company is distributing chips "fairly." Nvidia's fourth-quarter revenue surpassed Wall Street expectations, reaching $22.1 billion. AdvertisementHot chip stock Nvidia has a problem — a good one. The company is seeing so much demand for its AI chips that cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang had to give assurance that the company is allocating them "fairly." Nothing is more difficult than to have anything sit around," said Huang, saying Nvidia wants to avoid "allocating unnecessarily."

Persons: Jensen Huang, —, Huang, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Cathie Wood Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Street

☆ Rivian workers won't be getting much sleep tonight
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Grace Kay | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRivian left thousands of its workers in limbo after announcing it was laying off 10% of its salaried staff on Wednesday. AdvertisementIn an email to BI, Rivian did not specify exactly how many salaried staff members would be cut, but said that it has 16,700 total employees, including both salaried and hourly workers. High interest rates, slowing demand, and pressure from Tesla's pricing strategy have put pressure on the US electric car market. "Most notably the impact of historically high interest rates which has negatively impacted demand."

Persons: —, RJ Scaringe, they'd, Scaringe, Rivian, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Ford, General Motors

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