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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for the first state visit to China by a US leader in nine years, as the world’s two largest economies look to stabilize ties with a summit playing out against the backdrop of the Iran war.Most Read from BloombergAmbani’s Cola War With Coke, Pepsi Spurs Fridge Bonanza in IndiaNvidia’s CEO Joins Trump in China With AI in the SpotlightMamdani Scraps Property Tax Hike, Counts Second-Home RevenueInside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart

Apple (AAPL) has backed Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) concerns on risks to privacy, security and safety d

FEATURE Micron Technology stock was gaining early Wednesday. Labor unrest at Samsung Electronics could intensify the memory-chip supply crunch.  Micron shares were up 3.1% in early trading. Talks between Samsung and its labor union to avert a walkout collapsed on Wednesday.

Intel (INTC) foundry business has finally hit its stride after years of setbacks. Intel's 18A process node, its most advanced yet, is in commercial production. The company has secured business from marquee external customers. Its U.S.-based manufacturing assets are increasingly treated as strategically irreplaceable. The markets have taken notice, with the stock up roughly 3x year-to-date and nearly doubling in the past month alone.

Intel's rally added more than $440 billion in market value as AI optimism and Nvidia backing lifted semiconductor shares.

Apple is back at the top of every watchlist after the latest quarter showed iPhone revenue rebounding and CEO Tim Cook touting “extraordinary demand for iPhone 17 lineup”. The setup beneath the headline numbers is more interesting. Nintendo just raised hardware prices to offset rising memory chip costs, and memory can constitute 10% to 15% ... Tim Cook Just Sold Apple Stock Near All Time Highs. Here Is Why One Analyst Says Alphabet Is the Smarter Trade

Apple on Wednesday echoed Google's criticism of EU antitrust regulators' efforts to force ‌the search giant to help AI rivals access its services, warning ‌the proposed measures pose risks to privacy, security and safety. Apple was responding to the ​European Commission's call last month for feedback on draft measures to help Google comply with the Digital Markets Act, aimed at curbing Big Tech's power. Alphabet-owned Google has said the proposals, which would let competing AI services interact ‌with Android apps to ⁠send emails, order food or share photos, would undermine key privacy and security safeguards for European users.

US equity futures were mixed pre-bell Wednesday as Nvidia (NVDA) stock rose ahead of a globally sign

Artificial intelligence has become the market’s version of an industrial revolution. Every corner of the economy — cloud computing, utilities, networking hardware, data centers, and even power generation — is being reshaped by AI spending. At the center of that spending spree sits Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). Its graphics processing units, or GPUs, have become the picks ... Nvidia Will Soon Make More than Apple and Microsoft Combined

Iconic founders and long-tenured CEOs rarely walk away entirely. They migrate to the executive chairperson seat, retaining board voting power, equity alignment, and strategic influence. The pattern signals whether a handoff is clean and time-boxed or whether it carries shadow-CEO risk and strategic drift. Here is how seven landmark transitions compare. 7. Bill Gates, Microsoft ... From Bill Gates to Tim Cook: 7 Iconic CEOs Who Chose Executive Chair Over Retirement

The SEC requires companies to disclose the ratio of CEO pay to the median worker pay. According to the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) proxy, “2025 annual total compensation of our CEO was $74,294,811, the 2025 annual total compensation of our median compensated employee was $139,483, and the ratio of these amounts is 533 to 1. “ ... Apple’s CEO Cook Made 533 Times More Than Workers

Good Morning Traders! Today's economic calendar for Wednesday is lighter overall, but markets will still be closely watching inflation related data and Treasury activity. The key release comes at 8:30AM ET with Producer Price Index data, including headline and core PPI figures, which will provide additional insight into inflation pressures following yesterday's CPI report. Markets may react sharply if producer inflation comes in materially above or below expectations. Additional events include c

On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Jim Lebenthal, partner at Cerity Partners, said Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) continues to bring money while energy prices are high. Lending support to his choice, Exxon Mobil, on May 1, reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter. Adjusted earnings were $4.9 billion, or $1.16 per share, while earnings excluding identified items and estimated timing effects were $8.8 billion, or $2.09 per share. Jason Snipe, founder and chief investm

US equity futures were mixed pre-bell Wednesday as Nvidia (NVDA) stock rose ahead of a globally sign

ASML is the sole provider of EUV lithography machines vital to advanced AI chips from Nvidia and more. ASML stock is testing a breakout to a record high.

President Trump is trying to drum up business for Tesla, and other American companies, in China this week.

President Donald Trump has put together an exclusive group of CEOs, representing the best the U.S. has to offer, to join his key summit with China’s Xi Jinping.

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Tech is the standout perform in a narrowing market, with oil, trade, and inflation issues brewing on the sidelines.

Corning stock has quadrupled during the past 12 months, and it probably isn't done yet.

(Updates include details of other CEOs in the second paragraph.) Nvidia (NVDA) Chief Executive Je

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) strengthened its position in the U.S. smartphone market during the first quarter of 2026 as analysts at Counterpoint Research said delayed rival launches, stronger carrier performance, and pressure on lower-cost Android brands reshaped industry dynamics. Apple Outperformed A Weak Smartphone Market Counterpoint Research noted on Tuesday that Apple's U.S. iPhone sales volume rose 1.3% year over year in the first-quarter of 2026, while the broader U.S. smartphone market dec

Intel Corp secured a major boost to its foundry business after Apple Inc agreed to a manufacturing deal. Still, Intel shares are down during Tuesday’s premarket session, trading 4.7% lower, as traders digest AI-related commentary highlighting intensifying competition in data-center...

U.S. stock futures were mixed on Wednesday after Monday’s mostly lower close. Dow Jones futures fell, whereas S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices were rising. This follows President Donald Trump‘s visit to China along with Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang, Tesla Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk, Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Tim Cook, BlackRock Inc.‘s (NYSE:BLK) Larry Fink, and Qualcomm Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:QCOM) Cristiano Amon. Before leaving, Trump said on Tuesday that Americans' financial struggle

Qualcomm Tumbles as Inflation Shock Sparks Semiconductor Selloff

Qnity Electronics (NYSE:Q) reported first-quarter financial results on Tuesday. The transcript from the company's first-quarter earnings call has been provided below. This transcript is brought to you by Benzinga APIs. For real-time access to our entire catalog, please visit https://www.benzinga.com/apis/ for a consultation. Access the full call at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5304863/13B583BE38AAAC829D30E77A12130D1F Summary Qnity Electronics Inc reported an 18% year-over-year increase in net sa

Bitcoin price climbed to a 24-hour high of $81,000 as Trump-China trade news pushed BTC toward its most structurally significant resistance in months. The question now is whether the geopolitical narrative has enough legs to carry BTC through $90,000, or whether the move is front-running an outcome that hasn’t materialized ...

Just five stocks account for 60% of Berkshire's holdings -- that percentage was even higher in the past.

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A last-minute addition to the group of CEOs joining President Trump on his trip to China was Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang, who wasn’t initially included on the travel list. Huang met the U.S. delegation in Alaska, where Air Force One was refueling. Trump called Huang on Tuesday to invite him after seeing media reports that he wasn’t coming, a person familiar with the matter said.