Alphabet Inc.

Intel Corporation

US President Donald Trump has escalated relations with Canada, halting trade talks in the wake of the Ronald Reagan "fake" voiceover ad scandal. Intel reported revenue and profit growth with multi-billion dollar US support and investment from Nvidia, while OpenAI continues to expand with the purchase of Mac AI developer Sky. These and other topics are covered in our review of key events for the morning of October 24.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Reddit, Inc.

Brent crude oil futures soared almost 6% after new US sanctions affected Russia's largest crude producers. Meta laid off about 600 employees from its AI division. IBM posted gains: beating Wall Street forecasts, raising its full-year revenue guidance and reporting a record $9.5 billion in AI orders in its portfolio, while shares plummeted. These and other topics - in the review of key events for the morning of October 23.

Highlights for the morning: new US sanctions, Meta cuts AI staff, IBM grows, Reddit sues

Netflix, Inc.

Google is in talks with Anthropic to provide tens of billions of dollars worth of computing power, including access to Google's own TPU chips, to accelerate the development of its Claude line of language models. Samsung and Google showed off the Galaxy XR headset and Android XR operating system, laying the groundwork for future AI glasses with support for the Gemini assistant. About these and other topics - in our review of the key events for the morning of October 22.

Highlights for this morning: Google prepares Anthropic deal, Samsung and Meta expand horizons

Apple Inc.

Alcoa Corporation

In Japan, Sanae Takaichi won a key vote in parliament and will now become the country's first female prime minister. Apple shares hit an all-time high thanks to record sales of the iPhone 17. Australian rare earth producers soared after an $8.5 billion U.S.-Australia mineral deal, and Wall Street posted its best rally since June amid strong corporate earnings and expectations of easing trade tensions with China. On these and other topics - in the review of key events for the morning of October 21.

NVIDIA Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Societe Europeenne

BYD Company Limited

LVMH returned to growth, which was a sign of recovering demand for luxury goods. Gold once again became the main safe haven for investors, displacing bitcoin. Walmart agreed with OpenAI to integrate shopping into ChatGPT. Oracle and AMD announced an AI deal challenging Nvidia's leadership, and Microsoft, Nvidia and xAI are investing $40 billion in Aligned data centers. The main events of October 13-17 are in our review.

Highlights of the week: luxury rises, gold overtakes bitcoin, Walmart and OpenAI deal

Micron Technology, Inc.

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Meta Platforms is preparing the largest private equity deal in history - nearly $30 billion to deploy a Hyperion data center in Louisiana. New York State approved the construction of a power line for Micron's $100 billion megafactory, which is expected to produce a quarter of all U.S. chips by 2030. These and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of October 17.

The main thing for the morning: new megaprojects of Meta and Micron and a $300 trillion mistake

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Salesforce, Inc.

Samsung shares reached an all-time high amid growing investor optimism about the semiconductor industry. Salesforce quotes rose after the publication of ambitious revenue targets of over $60 billion by 2030 and the announcement of new AI products. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of October 16.

Main by morning: Samsung breaks record, Trump softens geopolitics

Walmart Inc.

OpenAI seeks new revenue streams and partnerships to cover trillion-dollar costs and relaxes content policy to allow adult erotic material. The gold price hit a record $4185 per ounce, reflecting rising tensions between the US and China and expectations of a Fed rate cut. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of October 15.

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Top stories for the morning: Trump quarrels with Canada, Anthropic has a deal with Google, Korea has a record in Korea

Highlights for the morning: new US sanctions, Meta cuts AI staff, IBM grows, Reddit sues

Highlights for this morning: Google prepares Anthropic deal, Samsung and Meta expand horizons

Top stories for the morning: Japan has a new PM, Apple has a record, AWS fails, Australia gets richer

Top stories for the morning: Asia rises, US pressures on China and India, Europe loses confidence

Highlights of the week: luxury rises, gold overtakes bitcoin, Walmart and OpenAI deal

The main thing for the morning: new megaprojects of Meta and Micron and a $300 trillion mistake

Main by morning: Samsung breaks record, Trump softens geopolitics

Main by morning: OpenAI relaxes erotica policy and seeks money for $1 trillion spending spree