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New companies are coming to the Dow Jones

by Savannah Peters
Nov 5, 2024
The chipmaker Nvidia will replace its rival Intel on the stock index. And the paint company Sherwin-Williams will sub in for the chemical giant Dow.
Getting subbed out of the Dow “is a real kick in the pants,” said Hilary Kramer of Greentech Research.
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Nvidia and Sherwin-Williams to enter Dow Jones stock index as Intel, Dow exit

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 4, 2024
The ins and outs of membership in the 30-company group that represents success across industries and reflects stock market conditions.
An Nvidia display at an expo in Taiwan. The chipmaker will strengthen the DJIA's technology cohort.
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Inside China's "superchip" black market

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Aug 29, 2024
Powerful computer chips are sold in Shenzhen markets despite U.S. restrictions on exports, says Ana Swanson of the New York Times.
An electronics store in a Shenzhen tech market, where vendors are selling some restricted NVIDIA superchips.
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New Nvidia research shows AI can predict local weather

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 20, 2024
Weather forecasting typically relies on costly, large supercomputers to solve equations, but a new model shows that AI can make predictions that are just as good.
New research released this week by Nvidia presents a new model for quickly predicting local weather events, like thunderstorms, down to the kilometer.
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Just what is the 'Magnificent Seven' and why is everyone talking about them?

by Kristin Schwab
Jul 23, 2024
These seven tech companies have an outsize influence on the stock market.
The Magnificent Seven refers to seven tech companies that have an outsize influence on the stock market — and are named for the 1960 Western flick.
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Silicon Valley is feeling the AI boom on the ground

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 22, 2024
Real estate prices are getting unreal, thanks to the ripples of Nvidia's success.
San Francisco and much of the Bay Area real estate market are seeing a wave of luxury buying by tech workers who are cashing in their lucrative stock holdings.
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Nvidia goes up and down, a volatile week for the AI chipmaker

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 28, 2024
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Why Nvidia reigns supreme in the market for AI chips

by Matt Levin
Jun 20, 2024
Nvidia has an estimated 75% to 90% of the chip market, and they're well-positioned to keep it that way.
It’s not easy for other chipmakers to compete against one of the richest companies in the world.
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Nvidia dominates in AI, but others are trying to chip away

by Meghan McCarty Carino
May 22, 2024
The chipmaker's early focus on graphics processing technology created an advantage that is paying off hugely this year.
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What can the dot-com bubble teach us about the future of AI?

by Matt Levin
Apr 18, 2024
In the 1990s, Wall Street was very enthusiastic about the internet — and lost a ton of money because of that enthusiasm.
The burgeoning field of artificial intelligence is often compared to the birth of the internet in the 1990s, when many tech companies did too much too quickly and collapsed.
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