Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, March 14, 2024. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images American AI chip darling Nvidia is expanding its partnerships in India, including with venture capital firms, as it bets on the country’s AI ecosystem that has…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story There’s nothing quite like the holiday rush in China for the Lunar New Year. The Beijing city streets start emptying out several days in advance…
Pumps and pipes divert raw sewage on Feb. 16, 2026, into the C&O Canal and around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor, a 6-foot-wide pipe that collapsed on Jan. 19 between the Clara Barton Parkway and the canal in Cabin John, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up…
Palo Alto Networks beat Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates after the bell on Tuesday but shares fell 6% on disappointing guidance. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.03 per share excluding items vs. 94 cents expected Revenue: $2.59 billion vs. $2.58 billion expected The cybersecurity company forecasted lackluster earnings for…
Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks during a U.S. Senate campaign launch rally in Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 9, 2025. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Stephen Colbert ripped CBS for barring him from airing on his late-night TV show an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate….
Containers at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 18, 2021. Japan’s trade deficit surged in September as imports overwhelmed export growth. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese exports climbed 16.8% year on year in January, sharply beating market expectations and growing at their fastest rate since November 2022 as shipment to…
Tesla Europe announced plans to add xAI’s Grok, an AI chatbot, to its vehicle infotainment systems in the UK and eight other markets across Europe. It remains to be seen if the addition of this technology will revitalize Europeans’ interest in buying Teslas. Elon Musk’s automaker saw EV sales in Europe decline by 27%, according…
The Port of Los Angeles is seen from the Goodyear Blimp on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images New data from the Port of Los Angeles shows that commitments made by China to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a trade bargain…
Meta’s 5-gigawatt Hyperion data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, Jan. 9, 2026. Meta Meta will use millions of Nvidia chips in its artificial intelligence data centers, including Nvidia’s new standalone CPUs and next-generation Vera Rubin systems, in a sweeping new deal announced Tuesday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that the…
Oil prices fell Tuesday after Iran’s foreign minister said progress was made during nuclear talks with the U.S., fueling hopes that negotiations could prevent another conflict in the Middle East. U.S. crude oil fell 56 cents, or 0.89%, to close at $62.33 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent lost $1.23, or 1.79%, to settle at $67.42….
