Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

HSBC Holdings plc

HSBC buys out Hang Seng Bank for $37 billion, strengthening its position in Asia. AMD is surging after a deal with OpenAI, which could get up to 10% of the chipmaker's shares. Nvidia, for its part, has received US authorization to export chips to the UAE. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of October 9.

Highlights for this morning: HSBC buys out a bank, Nvidia enters UAE, Google defends itself in court

Alphabet Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

This week Elon Musk became the first person whose fortune reached $500 billion, and on Friday it became known that Tesla shareholders are not ready to pay him a $1 trillion reward. Nvidia shares hit an all-time high, raising the company's capitalization above $4.5 trillion. Alphabet's stock posted its best quarter in 20 years, with the company's market value temporarily exceeding $3 trillion thanks to advances in Elon and a successful ruling in an antitrust case. You can read about the main events from September 29 to October 3 in our review.

Highlights of the week: Musk's bonus, US shutdown, Nvidia and Alphabet break records

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Everything you say to the chatbot will be used in targeting ads to you

Meta will use correspondence with its AI to personalize ads

In the third quarter, the company's capitalization jumped nearly 40% and briefly exceeded $3 trillion

Alphabet shares had their best growth in 20 years. Is it worth buying them now?

The first shutdown in years has begun in the USA: the publication of macroeconomic statistics has been halted, and civil servants have been sent on forced leave en masse. Berkshire Hathaway is preparing to buy OxyChem for $10 billion - one of the largest in recent years. Nvidia broke a record, raising its capitalization above $4.5 trillion thanks to deals with OpenAI and growing spending on AI infrastructure. These and other topics are in our review of the key events for the morning of October 1.

Meta responded to reports about the possible use of Google's AI model in advertising

Strategy Inc

Starbucks Corporation

Donald Trump has imposed stiff duties - 100% on brand-name drugs, 25% on heavy trucks and up to 50% on furniture - as part of a drive to bring manufacturing back to the US. Meta, despite its investment in AI, is discussing using Google's Gemini models to boost its advertising algorithms. Starbucks announced a $1 billion restructuring with the closure of 500 coffee shops and the layoff of 900 employees in an attempt to bring back sales growth. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of September 26.

Highlights for the morning: Anthropic under pressure, Starbucks slashes costs and new US duties

Microsoft Corporation

Google remains "the benchmark in generative AI search" and is "no longer cautious," assured analyst firm MoffettNathanson

Alphabet could become the world's most valuable company, says analyst. What are the chances?

Oracle Corporation

Oracle has returned to a "two-headed" management structure after six years

Oracle shares are up 97% this year. Are they still worth buying after the CEO change?

The catalyst for recovery could be Microsoft's next quarterly earnings report, says Ben Reitzes of Melius Research

Microsoft is the most unpopular stock among bigtechs. But that could change soon

Apple Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Companies' spending on human resources may increase due to a more than 10-fold increase in visa fees for foreigners, but the market has so far reacted with restraint to this risk

Trump has made it harder to grant visas to talented foreigners. How might this affect bigtech?

If Gemini becomes a mainstream consumer AI app, the consequences for OpenAI would be "catastrophic," experts say

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