Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang speaks to the media as he arrives for a gathering with the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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A 2025 chorus many people doubtless have heard could be: “You are shopping for that? You are doing that? On this economic system?”
However this downside doesn’t appear to increase to the world’s Most worthy firm Nvidia, which is sitting on an issue most of us wish to have: having an excessive amount of money.
On the finish of October, Nvidia had $60.6 billion in money and short-term investments. That is up from $13.3 billion in January 2023, simply after OpenAI launched ChatGPT.
And that is even after forking out billions of {dollars} on stakes in firms: $1 billion for Nokia, $5 billion for Intel, $10 billion for Anthropic—and a jaw-dropping $100 billion dedication to OpenAI nonetheless underneath dialogue.
So as to add to this, Nvidia introduced it could make investments $2 billion in Synopsys this week.
Nvidia, which has gone from a distinct segment maker of graphic playing cards to the world’s Most worthy firm, has additionally made $37 billion in buybacks and dividends, with an extra $60 billion authorised.
When your greatest problem is determining the way to spend $60 billion, you are residing the final word company luxurious.
To take a line from ABBA: “Cash cash cash, should be humorous, in Nvidia’s world.”
What you might want to know right this moment
Microsoft Workplace value hikes. Microsoft stated Thursday that it’s going to enhance the costs of Workplace productiveness software program subscriptions for business and authorities purchasers on July 1. The corporate has been going through elevated competitors lately from Google.
Bitcoin falls, nevertheless it’s regular. Bitcoin’s greater than 30% drop from its report excessive underscores volatility, however historical past exhibits that value swings are all a part of bitcoin’s regular working sample and will typically precede a rally.
Extra departures from Apple. The agency’s normal counsel, Kate Adams, and Vice President for atmosphere, coverage, and social initiatives Lisa Jackson, are retiring from the corporate. This comes after the departure of its AI chief, and its chief working officer’s retirement.
Markets little modified. U.S. markets traded combined Thursday stateside as traders assessed a report displaying introduced job cuts in November from U.S. employers surpassed 1 million for the yr. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed 0.5% greater.
[PRO] AI shares at an inexpensive value? Traders ought to flip to much less explored pockets of the market to seek out shares which are a play on the bogus intelligence growth but in addition provide development at an inexpensive value, Citigroup analysts say.
And eventually…
Jensen Huang, chief government officer of Nvidia Corp., in the course of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) sports activities day occasion in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
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Ukraine, commerce, pandas: What China’s Xi and France’s Macron mentioned in Beijing
China stated it was open to importing extra items from France in trade for a “truthful, conducive atmosphere” for Chinese language companies within the European nation, President Xi Jinping informed his counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as they met in Beijing.
The French president kicked off a 3-day go to to China on Wednesday — his first journey to Beijing in additional than two years — on the heels of rising frictions over a variety of subjects together with commerce imbalance and the long-running struggle in Ukraine.
In a separate readout from the French authorities, Macron informed Xi that the 2 international locations should work collectively primarily based on “a balanced relationship,” whereas urging Beijing to assist finish the Russia-Ukraine struggle.
— Anniek Bao
