November 19, 20240 Comments

S&P 500 closes higher as Nvidia powers tech ahead of earnings By Investing.com

Investing.com– The S&P 500 closed higher Tuesday, as an Nvidia-led climb in tech helped stocks shrug off earlier concerns about increasing Russia-Ukraine tensions. At 4.00 p.m. ET (2100 GMT), the fell 120 points, or 0.3%, the index gained 0.4%, and the added 1%. Nvidia leads tech higher ahead of earnings NVIDIA (NASDAQ:), the world’s most valuable listed company, gained more than 4% just a day ahead of its quarterly earnings report. Nvidia

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November 18, 20240 Comments

Trump taps Musk-allied big tech critic Brendan Carr to head FCC

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling Carr a “warrior for Free Speech” in a statement on Sunday. Carr has “fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms” and will “end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America,” Trump

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November 11, 20240 Comments

Web Summit kicks off in Lisbon as tech leaders weigh Trump’s return By Reuters

By Martin Coulter LISBON (Reuters) – Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.  Senior executives from firms such as Apple (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:), and Meta (NASDAQ:) will join high-ranking officials from Europe for debates about the future of artificial intelligence, social media regulation, and

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November 8, 20240 Comments

Is Big Tech running out of time? – On Watch by MarketWatch

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jeremy Owens: Hello, and welcome to On Watch by MarketWatch. I’m Jeremy Owens. It’s been another busy week here at MarketWatch as we cover the election. While the Newsroom continues to dive into Donald Trump’s win and what it means for the economy, we wanted to make sure you

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