Aug 28, 2024

Will it be “chip, chip, hooray” later today?

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Nvidia release profits today. How much hardware are AI companies still buying though?

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Nvidia to report earnings today

by Nova Safo

Chipmaker Nvidia has an unenviable task today when it releases its quarterly results after the closing bell. Investors are looking for evidence that artificial intelligence is the earnings juggernaut they’ve been hoping for. Other Big Tech companies have produced strong results, but not strong enough for Wall Street.

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Race and Economy

Why the date August 28 has special significance in American history

by David Brancaccio , Lee Hawkins , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom

Aug 28, 2024

A number of events important to the Civil Rights Movement — from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to Emmett Till's murder — took place on Aug. 28.

On Aug. 28, 2008, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at the DNC in Denver, Colorado.

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