The artificial intelligence trade is not just for traditional tech companies. We have three industrial stocks in the portfolio that will keep getting more and more business as AI proliferates and data centers are built and rebuilt to handle the increasing computing workloads. Beyond AI, there are other fundamental reasons to buy them as well. However, what price levels should you pay? Like Thursday’s look at buy levels for our four 1-rated megacaps — Amazon , Meta Platforms , Microsoft , and Nvidia — we like the business prospects of those industrial names and think their stocks will move higher…
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Pavel Durov, chief executive officer of Telegram, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe boss of messaging platform Telegram said late Thursday that charges against him by France are “misguided,” in his first public comments since being detained in the country nearly two weeks ago.Pavel Durov, who founded Telegram in 2013, was last week charged with enabling criminal activity on the messaging app — including dissemination of child pornography, drug trafficking, and fraud, and refusal to share information with authorities.One of the charges — complicity in the administration…
(This is CNBC Pro’s live coverage of Friday’s analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. Please refresh every 20-30 minutes to view the latest posts.) A chipmaker and a Chinese electric vehicle maker were among the stocks being talked about by analysts on Friday. Analysts gave their thoughts on Broadcom after the company’s latest quarterly figures. Meanwhile, JPMorgan raised its rating on Nio shares. Check out the latest calls and chatter below. All times ET. 6:06 a.m.: Mizuho upgrades Fortive following spin-off plan Mizuho joined the bull camp on Fortive following its spinoff announcement. Executive Director Brett Linzey upgraded the industrial…
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at the Throwback Brewery, in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on September 4, 2024.Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Eighty-eight current and former top executives from across corporate America have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a new letter shared exclusively with CNBC.Among the signers are several high-profile CEOs of public companies, including Aaron Levie of Box, Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp and Michael Lynton, chairman of Snap, Inc. Other signers appear to be issuing their first public endorsements of Harris since she became the…
The entrance to Google’s U.K. offices in London.Olly Curtis | Future Publishing | via Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google’s ad tech practices, which the regulator provisionally found are impacting competition in the U.K.In a statement, the Competition and Markets Authority alleged that the U.S. internet search titan “has harmed competition by using its dominance in online display advertising to favour its own ad tech services.”The “vast majority” of the U.K.’s thousands of publishers and advertisers use Google’s technology in order to bid for and sell space to display ads, the…
Pascale Gueret | Istock | Getty ImagesMillionaires are eyeing up European cities as they look to relocate — but London doesn’t make the top five, according to a new report.Some 83% of high-net-worth individuals — defined as those earning $1 million or more — who are considering moving countries favor city living for the cultural and economic opportunities it provides, Knight Frank’s European Lifestyle Report, published on Wednesday, revealed. Meanwhile, 17% cited a preference for rural and resort locations for the natural scenery and slower lifestyle. Real estate consultants Knight Frank surveyed 700 high-net-worth individuals from 11 different countries including…
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the Federal Reserve should deliver a half-point interest rate cut at its forthcoming meeting, accusing the U.S. central bank of going “too far, too fast” with monetary policy tightening and making the inflation problem worse.His comments come ahead of Friday’s pivotal release of U.S. jobs data, with investors closely monitoring the August nonfarm payrolls count for clues on the size of an expected rate cut this month. The jobs data is scheduled out at 8:30 a.m. ET.Strategists have typically said that the most likely outcome from the Fed’s Sept. 17-18 meeting is a 25-basis-point…
An icon of ASML is displayed on a smartphone, with an ASML chip visible in the background.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe Dutch government on Friday announced it is expanding export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, bringing more of ASML’s machines under curbs.More types of chipmaking tools are now subject to requirements that mean companies will have to apply for a license from the Dutch government to export their gear out of the country.”I’ve made this decision for reasons of security. We see that technological advances have given rise to increased security risks associated with the export of this…
A hiring sign is displayed in the window of a Chipotle on August 22, 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia. Anna Rose Layden | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis 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. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayHiring’s shrinkingPrivate sector companies hired 99,000 workers in August, according to payroll company ADP. That’s the lowest figure in more than three-and-a-half years, and sharply lower than the expected 140,000. Payroll reports…
Yi Gang was governor of the People’s Bank of China from 2018 to 2023. He is pictured here speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSHANGHAI — China’s policymakers need to focus on boosting domestic demand, Yi Gang, former head of the People’s Bank of China, said Friday at the Bund Summit in Shanghai.”I think right now they should focus on fighting the deflationary pressure,” Yi said, adding that “the key word is: how to improve domestic demand, how they can successfully deal with the…
