Jamie Dimon annual shareholder letter highlights AI potential

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Jamie Dimon, the veteran CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, said he was convinced … Read more

Apple supplier Foxconn posts 9% fall in first-quarter revenue

Pictured here is a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou city on Sept. 4, 2021. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn on Friday posted a dip of 9.6% in revenue for the first quarter of 2024, compared with the same period last year. The company, which trades as Hon Hai Precision … Read more

Nvidia to build a $200 million AI center in Indonesia amid Southeast Asia push

The logo of technology company Nvidia is seen at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 11, 2015. Robert Galbraith | Reuters Nvidia is planning to build a $200 million artificial intelligence center in Indonesia in partnership with local telco giant Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, as the U.S. tech darling continues its push into Southeast … Read more

Intel shares fall on $7 billion operating loss in foundry business

U.S. President Joe Biden tours the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., March 20, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Intel shares fell 4% at one point in extended trading on Tuesday after the company revealed long-awaited financials for its semiconductor manufacturing business, commonly called the foundry business, in a SEC filing. Intel said its … Read more

Fed must cut rates more aggressively due to jobs: Canaccord Tony Dwyer

The Federal Reserve may have new incentives in the second quarter to cut rates deeper this year. Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer thinks a deteriorating jobs market and easing inflation will ultimately push the Fed to act. “I’m not saying that they have to go back to zero, but they have to be more aggressive,” the … Read more

In AI race with US, China is behind on a key weapon: Its own OpenAI

People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence chatbot service Ernie Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.  China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Nvidia’s rocket-ship ride in the stock market underscores the extent to which chip … Read more

Bitcoin soaring to $150,000 this year

Hedge fund manager Mark Yusko is predicting bitcoin will more than double this year to $150,000. “Get off zero,” the Morgan Creek Capital Management CEO and chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” this week. Yusko thinks investors should have at least 1% to 3% allocated to bitcoin in their portfolios. “Bitcoin is the king. … Read more

FOMO drives tech heavyweights to invest billions in generative AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tech giants aren’t doing much acquiring these days, due mostly to an unfavorable regulatory environment. But they’re finding other ways to spend billions of … Read more

Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital for first time

With 92 billionaires, Mumbai ranks third behind New York and London, but ahead of Beijing, and Shanghai. Tuul & Bruno Morandi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Move over, Beijing. Mumbai is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, overtaking Beijing, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.  This is … Read more

Inflation battle may be far from over

Workers assemble printed circuit boards at the Intervala manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The US Census Bureau is scheduled to release factory orders figures on February 2. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily … Read more