CashNews.co Until this month, the oil-rich United Arab Emirates had modest ambitions when it came to renewable energy: to install roughly as many solar panels each year as the UK. But then Masdar, the country’s state-owned renewable energy company, decided to make a splash at a huge trade fair in Abu Dhabi. In front of […]
Why Nvidia investors are spooked by Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek #NewsMarket
CashNews.co A Chinese company’s claim of a $5.6mn artificial intelligence breakthrough wiped almost $600bn from Nvidia’s market value on Monday, shattering Wall Street’s confidence that tech companies’ AI spending spree will continue and dealing an apparent blow to US tech leadership. Yet many in Silicon Valley believe the broad sell-off is an overreaction to DeepSeek’s […]
Asia tech stocks slide in wake of Wall Street rout #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese markets extended their slide on Tuesday as the heavy sell-off in technology stocks headed into a second day, driven in part by the overnight plunge in Nvidia shares. In recent days, Chinese artificial […]
UK-listed companies divert cash from dividends to buybacks #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK-listed companies cut regular dividend payments last year while increasing purchases of their own shares, the latest sign that a market long targeted by income-hungry investors is shifting towards returning cash to shareholders. UK […]
Argentina loses last-ditch battle to block $300mn seizure in US #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US Supreme Court has declined to hear Argentina’s appeal against a ruling allowing creditors to seize more than $300mn from overseas accounts, in a blow to the cash-strapped nation’s efforts to avoid paying […]
DeepSeek sell-off shows the risks of a concentrated US stock market #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is an FT contributing editor The current sell-off in the tech sector triggered by the progress of Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek is a reminder of the risks of a concentrated stock […]
Nvidia leads sell-off in Big Tech stocks at Wall Street open #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Today will go down as the day the AI-focused hype cycle in markets ground to a halt. AI-adjacent stocks have been on a hell of a ride, centred on chipmaker Nvidia, which has catapulted from relative obscurity to become a $3.5tn giant. The storied Magnificent Seven in the US — comprising Nvidia and a […]
Venture Global saga undermines IPO recovery hopes #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An LNG tanker can, apparently, turn on a dime. So can an LNG export company — at least if Venture Global is anything to go by. The upstart operator of liquefied natural gas export […]
Davos Man collides with Trump 2.0 #NewsMarket
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How the Davos crowd responded to Trump’s return #NewsMarket
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