CNBC Daily Open: Money, money, money, in Nvidia's world

A 2025 refrain galore of america apt person heard would be: "You're buying that? You're doing that? In this economy?"

But this occupation does not look to widen to the world's astir invaluable institution Nvidia, which is sitting connected a occupation astir of america would similar to have: having excessively overmuch cash. 

At the extremity of October, Nvidia had $60.6 cardinal successful currency and short-term investments. That's up from $13.3 cardinal successful January 2023, conscionable after OpenAI released ChatGPT. 

And this is adjacent aft splashing retired billions of dollars connected stakes successful companies: $1 cardinal for Nokia, $5 cardinal for Intel, $10 cardinal for Anthropic—and a jaw-dropping $100 cardinal committedness to OpenAI inactive nether discussion. 

To adhd to this, Nvidia announced it would put $2 cardinal successful Synopsys this week.

Nvidia, which has gone from a niche shaper of graphic cards to the world's astir invaluable company, has besides made $37 cardinal successful buybacks and dividends, with a further $60 cardinal authorised. 

When your biggest situation is figuring retired however to walk $60 billion, you're surviving the eventual firm luxury.

To instrumentality a enactment from ABBA: "Money wealth money, indispensable beryllium funny, successful Nvidia's world."

Microsoft Office terms hikes. Microsoft said Thursday that it volition increase the prices of Office productivity bundle subscriptions for commercialized and authorities clients connected July 1. The institution has been facing accrued contention successful caller years from Google.

Bitcoin falls, but it's normal. Bitcoin's much than 30% driblet from its grounds precocious underscores volatility, but history shows that terms swings are each portion of bitcoin's mean operating signifier and whitethorn often precede a rally.

More departures from Apple. The firm's wide counsel, Kate Adams, and Vice President for environment, policy, and societal initiatives Lisa Jackson, are retiring from the company. This comes aft the departure of its AI chief, and its chief operating officer's retirement.

Markets small changed. U.S. markets traded mixed Thursday stateside arsenic investors assessed a study showing announced occupation cuts successful November from U.S. employers surpassed 1 cardinal for the year. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed 0.5% higher.

[PRO] AI stocks astatine a tenable price? Investors should crook to little explored pockets of the marketplace to find stocks that are a play connected the artificial quality roar but besides connection maturation astatine a tenable price, Citigroup analysts say.

Ukraine, trade, pandas: What China's Xi and France's Macron discussed successful Beijing

China said it was unfastened to importing much goods from France successful speech for a "fair, conducive environment" for Chinese businesses successful the European nation, President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Emmanuel Macron connected Thursday arsenic they met successful Beijing.

The French president kicked disconnected a 3-day sojourn to China connected Wednesday — his archetypal travel to Beijing successful much than 2 years — connected the heels of increasing frictions implicit a scope of topics including commercialized imbalance and the long-running warfare successful Ukraine.

In a abstracted readout from the French government, Macron told Xi that the 2 countries indispensable enactment unneurotic based connected "a balanced relationship," portion urging Beijing to assistance extremity the Russia-Ukraine war.

— Anniek Bao