Nvidia stock dips despite optimistic forecast for ‘Age of AI’

The Claman Countdown panelists Scott Bauer and Jay Woods unpack the companys earnings. Nvidia released its earnings report on Wednesday and projected that fourth-quarter sales were above Wall Street estimates, but investors balked as those figures fell short of the lofty expectations the artificial intelligence (AI) giant has garnered during its historic rise. Nvidia forecast fourth-quarter … Read more

Snowflake snaps up data management company Datavolo

Cloud giant Snowflake has agreed to acquire Datavolo, a data pipeline management company, for an undisclosed sum. Snowflake unveiled the deal at the close of the market bell on Wednesday, when it also announced its Q3 2025 earnings. The purchase hasn’t yet closed, and it’s subject to customary closing conditions, Snowflake noted in a release. … Read more

Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) earnings show mixed performance

Target‘s stock tumbled to a 52-week low on Wednesday, a day after Walmart shares soared to an all-time high — as the rival retailers’ earnings reports again underscored how their performance has diverged. Target posted its biggest earnings miss in two years and cut its forecast. The company spoke about a “deceleration in discretionary demand” … Read more

German tax revenue rose by 8.2% in October, finance ministry says By Reuters

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal and state governments’ tax revenue rose 8.2% in October compared with the same month last year, the finance ministry said in its monthly report on Thursday, reaching a total of 60.9 billion euros ($64.11 billion). Despite some volatility in revenue levels, the positive trend has persisted in … Read more

The model, British tech and Russia’s war machine

Instagram Part-time model Valeria Baigascina appears to have a jet-set lifestyle High-tech equipment made by a UK firm worth $2.1m (£1.6m) has been sold to companies in Russia connected to the military, customs documents seen by BBC News suggest. The documents indicate the British-made camera lenses were shipped by a company registered in Kyrgyzstan, apparently … Read more

Gautam Adani indicted in the US for alleged bribery scheme

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York in connection with an alleged years-long scheme to bribe Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms on solar power contracts projected to … Read more