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Intel Corporation

The administration of US President Donald Trump has made an unprecedented deal with Intel - the government becomes the owner of almost 10% of the company's shares. This is not the first time that the American authorities have entered into the capital of companies in distress, but it is the first time when there is no economic crisis in the country.

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NVIDIA Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Donald Trump's administration could acquire stakes in companies from other sectors of the economy, Scott Bessent allowed

U.S. participation in Nvidia's capital is off the table, the Finance Ministry said. The market is waiting for its report

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

On Friday, August 22, Intel officially <a href="https://newsroom.intel.com/corporate/intel-and-trump-administration-reach-historic-agreement">confirmed</a> that the U.S. government received 9.9% of the company and became its largest shareholder. Measures of this kind are usually taken in crisis situations, when the collapse threatens entire industries. This was the case, for example, with General Motors and Chrysler in 2009 - then the Obama administration bought their shares to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-21/heres-why-you-dont-want-the-trump-administration-to-buy-stock-in-intel">save</a> 1.9 million jobs. Intel employs 96,000 people and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/intel-is-cutting-more-jobs-ceo-tan-tries-fix-manufacturing-missteps-2025-07-24/">will</a> have 75,000 by the end of the year - a significant reduction, but not a national disaster. Yes, the computer giant has been making serious losses lately, but it has already raised $2 billion from Softbank and is now <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/intel-investors-equity-softbank-trump.html">looking for</a> other big investors. The point seems to be different: Intel is virtually the only U.S. company capable of producing state-of-the-art computer chips, and this production is exactly what the government does not want to lose.<br>

Intel's share went to the White House: what do U.S. officials fear losing? 

Mission Produce, Inc.

Avocados have <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/22/the-sudden-rise-of-the-avocado-americas-new-favorite-fruit/">been called the</a> favorite fruit of Americans. The global avocado market will reach $19.8 billion in 2025 and grow to $30.2 billion by 2032, representing <a href="https://www.persistencemarketresearch.com/market-research/avocado-market.asp">a</a> compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2%, according to Persistence Market Research. However, long before Instagram breakfasts and health promotion, entrepreneur Steve Barnard saw the potential of delicious, ripe avocados and figured out how to capitalize on it. That's how Mission Produce came to be: a company with a capitalization of about $880 million that puts ripe avocados on store shelves.

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Events around the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been developing at a rapid pace over the past few days, and a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible in the next two weeks. Askar Akhmedov, Investment Director at ATLAS Capital, wrote for Oninvest how investors should react to everything that is happening.

Markets are watching the negotiations on Ukraine. What could be the reaction of investors? 

But the Kremlin did not mention the issue of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in its commentary

Trump says preparations have begun for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, August 15, on his way to Anchorage that duties on US semiconductor imports could <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-tariffs-semiconductors-9b62f5ca">reach </a>300%. And early last week, he allowed Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to supply China with chips for artificial intelligence, the export of which was previously restricted. The condition is that the companies will contribute 15% of such sales to the budget.

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The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump in Alaska was the main event of August, but expectedly did not bring the main thing - a ceasefire agreement. Instead of signed documents, the market received impressive decorations: a red carpet, handshakes and smiles at the military base and promises to continue dialog. For some, this is Russia's return to the world stage; for others, it is a Trump-style theater of peacemaking. And for investors, it is an important reminder that inflated expectations quickly fizzle out, says <a href="https://asterofalcon.com/">Astero Falcon</a> portfolio manager <a href="https://asterofalcon.com/">Alyona</a> Nikolaeva.

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Alphabet Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Shuanglin Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Changsheng Sliding Bearings Co., Ltd.

In early August, Chinese startup Unitree unveiled its new robot - A2 Stellar Hunter. The "robot dog" <a href="https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1952672597558309136">demonstrates</a> incredible tricks, from dancing on one leg to confidently traversing difficult terrain off-road. Almost simultaneously, Google's Deepmind lab announced the <a href="https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1952732150928724043">development of</a> Genie 3, its new AI capable of generating not just videos, but entire three-dimensional worlds that can be freely explored. Why, out of all the huge stream of news, do these two seem the most interesting to me? They demonstrate two vectors of technology development that, when combined, are capable of turning the world upside down.

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Nvidia and AMD made a deal with the U.S. government and agreed to give 15% of the proceeds from sales of certain chips in China in exchange for export licenses. Nvidia has been at the center of a conflict with China over allegations that its H20 AI chips are unsafe, which the company categorically denies. At the same time, hedge funds in the energy sector changed their long-term strategy: they started to actively short oil stocks and cut their bets against solar energy. These and other topics are discussed in the review of key events by the morning of August 11.

Highlights for the morning: Nvidia to share revenue with the U.S., SoftBank's bid and a play against oil

Russia has proposed a plan to the U.S. that would require Ukraine to make territorial concessions, WSJ sources say