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Signage outside Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Jan. 30, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIntel is considering hiring an external candidate to replace ousted CEO Pat Gelsinger and has hired executive search firm Spencer Stuart to identify potential successors, according to people familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity due to the confidential nature of the discussions.Intel's board has also made overtures to recently departed director Lip-Bu Tan about whether he would be interested in the top job at the struggling chipmaker, said one of the people.An outside CEO would break from tradition at the chipmaker, which has historically promoted from within. While Gelsinger was hired from VMware in 2021, he had spent decades at the company in roles of in...

In the two years since the launch of ChatGPT, stocks have soared to new highs, megacaps have ballooned in size and AI chipmaker Nvidia has become the second-largest stock in the U.S. by market value. But the biggest winner has in fact been a little-known Ohio-based cooling technology stock named Vertiv Holdings. Vertiv has benefited since the debut of the widely accessible chatbot in late Nov., 2022 as investors scoured the market for secondary winners from the buildout of large language models and gargantuan data centers. The first order of attention was what became the megcap technology companies. Nvidia was the 13th largest company in the U.S. when the AI craze took off, notes Jefferies' sales desk. The S & P 500 has rallied about 49%. But while megacap technology stocks have domina...

The market has been generous to investors in 2024, and those who are themselves in the giving spirit can benefit from sharing some of those winnings with their favorite charities. On the holiday calendar, Giving Tuesday comes right after Cyber Monday, marking a day for individuals to consider donating to their favorite charities. With the S & P 500 up more than 26% in 2024, cash might not be the best way to give money to organizations. Instead, a direct gift of appreciated assets, be they stocks, mutual funds or even cryptocurrency, is the savviest way to share the wealth. "Cash used to be the No. 1 asset contributed to the program," said Brandon O'Neill, charitable planning consultant at Fidelity Charitable, a donor-advised fund sponsor. "If you gift an appreciated asset, not only do ...

Stock market trading has been acutely sensitive to economic data in the post-Covid era, with the averages moving sharply on upside and downside surprises. That could be about to change as Donald Trump plans to assume the presidency, bringing with him a high level of uncertainty and making policy possibly more important than the much-watched macro economic data that dominates Wall Street activity. The first test if that holds true: Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for November that Bank of America recommends market participants "tread carefully" when assessing due to noisy data. "The market has never been this reactive to macro data as it has post-COVID. Why? Likely a combination of high data volatility, extreme forecasting challenges, and the Fed's 'data-dependent' posture," Ohsung Kwon, B...

Signage for Bank of Korea is displayed atop the central bank's headquarters building in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. South Korea's central bank hiked interest rates for a second consecutive meeting on Thursday to wrestle consumer inflation down from 13-year highs, and further raised its projections for prices to rise to their highest since 2008.Jean Chung | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Korea is holding an emergency meeting after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted a surprise martial law declaration overnight.The central bank was set to convene an extraordinary board meeting at around 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Last week, the BOK cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points in a surprise move.Around that time, local news agency Yonhap reported th...

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce, speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024.Halil Sagirkaya | Anadolu | Getty ImagesSalesforce shares were up 9% on Tuesday after the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings report showed revenue and fiscal fourth-quarter guidance that exceeded analysts' expectations.Here's how the company did compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.41 adjusted vs. $2.44 expectedRevenue: $9.44 billion vs. $9.34 billion expectedThe company's revenue grew 8% year over year during the fiscal third quarter, which ended Oct. 31. Its net income was $1.5 billion in the quarter, up 25% from $1.2 billion a year ago.Salesforce said it is expecting fiscal fourth-quart...