Biden is taking significant actions! He has signed an executive order to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure.
① The President of the USA, Biden, signed an executive order to advance AI infrastructure development, focusing on the Energy demands of Datacenters; ② The order requires the USA Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal land for the private sector to build AI Datacenters and clean Energy facilities; ③ The policy aims to accelerate the construction of the next generation of AI infrastructure in the USA, enhancing economic competitiveness, National Security, and the use of clean Energy.
Express News | Meta Microsoft initiates a new round of layoffs.
ChatGPT promotes the 'Tasks' feature aiming at Asia Vets! Could a major change in the Industry occur in 2025?
OpenAI is working to transform its popular chatbot ChatGPT into a more dynamic digital assistant to compete with products like Amazon's Alexa.
Microsoft urges enterprises: prepare for the quantum revolution!
Microsoft forecasts the arrival of the quantum computing era, but experts indicate that this process may be slower than expected.
DataParser Adds Support for Collecting Microsoft Teams Custom Emojis and Reactions
"Concerns about technological monopolies" are increasing, and weighted ETFs like S&P are becoming popular.
In the second half of last year, Invesco's S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF attracted approximately $14.4 billion, bringing its total inflow for the year to $17 billion, far surpassing the record inflow set in 2023. Analysts believe that investors are currently most concerned about concentrated risks, fearing that the market is too top-heavy. It is expected that this year, apart from the largest technology companies, other companies will achieve double-digit growth in earnings.
Apple Joins Forces With Industry Giants In AI Data Centre Innovation
Microsoft Halts Hiring in US Consulting Unit as Cost-cutting Measure, CNBC Reports
Microsoft, Applied Digital, Rigetti Computing, Eli Lilly, Tesla: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today
On the eve of Microsoft's (MSFT.US) Q2 Earnings Reports, Wells Fargo & Co has issued a "Shareholding" rating, expressing a "Bullish" outlook, expecting Azure to drive revenue acceleration in the second half of the year.
Wells Fargo & Co reiterated its "Shareholding" rating for Microsoft before the announcement of Microsoft's second quarter performance for fiscal year 2025, maintaining a Target Price of $515.
Microsoft (MSFT.US) has paused the hiring of new employees in its USA consulting department and is implementing small-scale layoffs to reduce costs.
Microsoft plans to lay off employees in the security, experience and devices, gaming, and sales sectors. A Microsoft spokesperson stated that the number of layoffs is expected to be minimal.
Futu Morning Report | USA's December PPI unexpectedly cools down! Wall Street nervously prepares for CPI release day; quantum computing stocks rebound strongly, RGTI surges 48%.
In December, the USA's PPI unexpectedly cooled, growing by 0.2% month-on-month. The year-on-year growth of the December PPI and core PPI were 3.3% and 3.5% respectively, both the highest growth rates since February 2023; Biden has signed another executive order to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure.
Top 20 by transaction volume | Bitcoin once reached over $97,000, MSTR rose over 4%; Technology stocks declined, with Tesla and NVIDIA falling over 1%.
On Tuesday, Meta Platforms, ranked 4th in U.S. stocks, closed down 2.31% with a transaction volume of 8.084 billion USD; Eli Lilly and Co, ranked 5th, closed down 6.58%, marking the largest single-day decline since March 2021, with a transaction volume of 7.702 billion USD; Quantum Computing concept stock Rigetti Computing, ranked 15th, closed up 47.93% with a transaction volume of 2.724 billion USD.
US stocks closed with mixed results | The three major Indexes had varied performances, Quantum Computing stocks rebounded sharply, with RGTI surging 48%; China Concept Stocks saw a general increase, with Xiaopeng Autos rising nearly 7%.
① The seven tech giants all fell, with Meta down more than 5%; ② China Concept Stocks collectively rose, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index up 2.10%; ③ Eli Lilly and Co fell 6.6%, marking its worst single-day performance since March 2021.
Express News | Microsoft has laid off employees in the Hardware, Sales, and Gaming departments.
Microsoft Options Spot-On: On January 14th, 264.85K Contracts Were Traded, With 2.42 Million Open Interest
On January 14th ET, $Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ had active options trading, with a total trading volume of 264.85K options for the day, of which put options accounted for 35.13% of the total transactions,
Microsoft Plans Pause of Hiring in U.S. Consulting Unit, CNBC Says
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