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NVIDIA Leads in AI Innovation Driven by Ecosystem Strengths, Oppenheimer Says

Nvidia (NVDA) is “best positioned” in artificial intelligence with a bullish outlook on applications in the enterprise, robotics and automotive sectors as the company’s ecosystem supports a wide range of AI hardware and software needs, Oppenheimer said in a note Thursday. The Blackwell generation of AI accelerators demonstrates significant generational improvements but supply constraints and liquid cooling requirements could hinder short-term adoption for some configurations, the analysts said. Oppenheimer also said the company’s enterprise offerings, such as Nvidia Intelligent Models, Nvidia Model Optimization tools and Nemotron are tailored for business deployment and its partnership with Microsoft (MSFT) on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 enhances AI optimization on personal computers. Nvidia’s entrenched ecosystem, spanning data centers and AI innovation, is seen as core to the generative AI revolution, according to the note. The firm has an outperform rating on Nvidia’s stock.

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Nvidia Stock Dips. Why Investors Are Fretting About Tighter AI Chip Export Curbs.

By George Glover Nvidia could soon face tighter restrictions on sales to China and Russia, according to a report. The chip designer’s shares were falling in late trading on Wednesday. The Big Tech stock slid 1.1% to $138.54 after the closing bell. Markets are closed Thursday for a national day of mourning for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Nvidia shares climbed 4.3% over the first five trading days of 2025. According to Dow Jones Market Data, the stock rose 6.9% over the first five days of 2023 and 5.5% over the same period in 2024. It went on to rack up triple-digit gains in both of those years as the AI craze drove up demand for its products and led to its profit surging. The dip late Wednesday came after a report said that the Biden administration plans to impose a final round of chip export restrictions before leaving office.

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Most of the ‘Sweet 16’ Stocks Have Dominated. They Might Do It Again in 2025.

By Philip van Doorn This group was first identified by Jefferies in September 2020 and included Nvidia long before the company’s growth explosion began Investors, analysts and the financial media enjoy coming up with new nicknames or acronyms for groups of dominant stocks. But the “Sweet 16” – identified by analysts at Jefferies in September 2020 and unchanged since then – is worth a closer look in light of the group’s contribution to the U.S. stock market’s overall performance over the past five years and how much most members of the group are expected to increase revenue during 2025. One of the most recent names for a group of dominant stocks is “BATMMAAN.” This group is made up of Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) and the “Magnificent Seven”: Apple Inc. (AAPL), Tesla Inc. (TSLA), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) and Nvidia Corp. (NVDA). Read:

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Apple Executive Leaves Indonesia Without Securing Deal to Lift iPhone 16 Sales Ban

Apple’s (AAPL) Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Amman has left Indonesia without securing a resolution to the country’s iPhone 16 sales ban, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Despite Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s earlier approval of Apple’s $1 billion investment proposal, Minister for Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita reportedly maintained the ban during discussions this week. Kartasasmita reportedly insisted that Apple comply with local manufacturing requirements for smartphones and tablets. Apple’s investment plan included establishing AirTag production facilities on Batam Island and funding technology academies to advance local coding and technical skills. According to the report, while Amman returned to the US, Apple’s negotiation team remained in Jakarta, continuing efforts to address the stalemate.

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Nvidia Stock Had a Bright Start to 2025. Why Investors Face a Fresh Fear.

By George Glover and Adam Clark Nvidia could soon face tighter restrictions on sales to China, according to a report. The stock slid 1.1% to $138.54 after the closing bell Wednesday. Stock markets were closed Thursday for a national day of mourning for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Nvidia shares climbed 4.3% over the first five trading days of 2025. According to Dow Jones Market Data, the stock rose 6.9% over the first five days of 2023 and 5.5% over the same period in 2024. It went on to rack up triple-digit gains in both of those years as the artificial-intelligence craze drove up demand for its products and led to its profit surging. The dip late Wednesday came after a report said the Biden administration plans to impose a final round of chip export restrictions before leaving office. The regulations, which could be issued on Friday, would create three

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How Facebook Helps EBay in a Billion Ways

Emily Dattilo The recent team-up with Meta Platforms could mean growth for eBay, Citi analysts argued. On Wednesday, eBay announced some of its listings can now be found on Meta’s Facebook Marketplace, and the stock soared 9.9% on the news. “While eBay listings will be shown on Facebook Marketplace, the entire process (from product inquiries to transaction and payment) will be handled by eBay,” analysts led by Ygal Arounian wrote in a Wednesday note. “We expect the channel expansion into Facebook Marketplace should significantly expand the audience and reach for eBay sellers’ listings.” They rate eBay stock at Buy with a price target of $75. It’s difficult to pinpoint a gross-merchandise-value estimate for Facebook Marketplace since the majority of its transactions are done off the platform, the analysts noted. But the platform has over 1 billion monthly visitors, while eBay had only 133 million active buyers as of the third

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Microsoft Plans Layoffs

Microsoft (MSFT) plans to reduce less than 1% of its 228,000 employees in the next few months, The Information reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The layoffs will reportedly be based on employee performance and span multiple divisions. Microsoft said in a statement to MT Newswires it is “planning terminations related to performance across the company, and that when people leave for performance reasons, the company typically backfills the roles.” A Microsoft spokesman added, “At Microsoft we focus on high performance talent. We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.”

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AMD Stock Falls After Downgrade. Why It’s Trailing in the AI Chips Race.

By Brian Swint Advanced Micro Devices, stock was falling in premarket trading Wednesday after it caught a downgrade. The semiconductor maker that competes with Nvidia and Intel, is not keeping up in the race to produce chips for artificial intelligence. Strategists at HSBC led by Frank Lee lowered their price target on the shares to $110 from $200 and cut the rating to Reduce from Buy. After noting the stock’s decline in the past three months, Lee said it could drop further. The company’s road map for producing AI graphics processors “is less competitive than we previously thought,” the analysts said in a note Wednesday. While Nvidia is still clearly the leader among AI chip makers, AMD, Broadcom, and Marvell Technology are also competing for market share as Big Tech firms such as Google-parent Alphabet and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms ramp up investment. AMD stock slid 2.3% to $124.54 in premarket

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EBay Stock Is Top S&P 500 Performer. What Meta Platforms Has to Do With That.

Shares of eBay were trading sharply higher after the online marketplace said some of its listings can now be found on Meta Platforms’ Facebook Marketplace. “This week kicks off our collaboration, with a pilot of select eBay listings appearing on Facebook Marketplace in the US, Germany, and France,” eBay said in a statement Wednesday. The announcement arrived after Meta last year was fined EUR797.72 million by the European Commission for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and “by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers.” EBay stock gained 11% to $70.32 in trading Wednesday, and was on track for its largest daily percentage increase since Feb. 1, 2018, according to Dow Jones Market Data. It also the best performer Wednesday in the S&P 500. Meta shares fell 0.7% to $613.54.

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Nvidia’s Stock Falls Further – but Analysts See a Future That’s Brighter Than Ever

Nvidia’s talk of huge market opportunities in autonomous driving and robotics is ‘potentially comforting for investors thinking about what might come next for the company’ Nvidia Corp. shares have turned lower Wednesday, adding to sharp losses from a day earlier, even as analysts urged investors to think big picture. While Chief Executive Jensen Huang’s Monday night keynote didn’t impress Wall Street, executives got another crack at things with a Tuesday afternoon analyst meeting, which touched on everything from attempts to get more on the specifics of January-quarter guidance to management’s perceived opportunity in areas like robotics and autonomous driving. Nvidia’s stock (NVDA) is down about 1% in Wednesday’s session after it had been up as much as 2.7% earlier in the trading day. It lost 6.2% on Tuesday. See also: Quantum-computing stocks sink as Nvidia CEO delivers a reality check Analysts saw some upbeat signs, particularly when taking a wide

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AI PCs and Chips Are a Highlight at CES. Demand Concerns Remain.

Artificial intelligence personal computers have made a splash at the CES conference this week, but concerns regarding demand haven’t gone away. Investors and consumers have been tuned into the annual CES trade show this week as tech companies from around the world visit Las Vegas to unveil their newest product and software updates. One highlight from the week has been the display of new gen-AI PCs and chips. Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a $3,000 AI personal supercomputer. Dell Technologies announced that it has redesigned its entire PC portfolio to make it more simple for the consumer as it develops new AI hardware. Meanwhile, Qualcomm and Advanced Micro Devices both showed off new AI PC processors. But while all of these new announcements are being made, there is still the question as to what the PC market will look like in the year to come. On one end, there’s excitement about

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