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» Why Intel (INTC) Is Up 12.1% After Apple Foundry Talks And New AI Chip Alliances - And What's Next
In late January 2026, Intel reported a quarterly and full-year loss alongside softer revenue, then filed an omnibus shelf registration covering debt, common and preferred stock, warrants, purchase contracts and units, while guiding to a loss per share for the first quarter of 2026. At the same time, reports of Apple exploring Intel as a chip manufacturing partner and a new AI-focused memory collaboration with SoftBank’s Saimemory have reframed Intel’s foundry and data-center ambitions as a...
Texas Instruments on Wednesday agreed to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories in a deal valued at $7.5 billion, expanding its footprint in wireless connectivity chips used for industrial and consumer applications. Texas, whose core strength lies in analog chips that manage signals and power in electronic equipments, will deepen its push into internet-of-things markets by adding Silicon Labs' wireless technology. As part of the deal, Texas will acquire Silicon Labs for $231 per share, implying a premium of about 69% to Silicon Labs' last unaffected closing price on Tuesday, when the talks were first reported.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On February 2, Bernstein SocGen Group analyst Stacy Rasgon lowered the price target on the stock to $200.00 (from $215.00) while maintaining an “Outperform” rating. Despite certain risks, the firm is constructively positive on the stock driven by a developing undervalued growth narrative. […]
The ECB is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 2% for a fifth consecutive time at its meeting on Thursday.
The most-talked-about stocks in the Reddit subforum Wallstreetbets were mixed hours before Wednesday
and global markets today , Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets The AI wave clearly doesn't float all boats. Tuesday's withering shakeout in the shares of software, data analytics and professional services operations shows how new AI development can cut both ways.
Earnings season marches on. Two more Magnificent Seven tech companies—Alphabet and Amazon—will report, following on the heels of disappointing results from Microsoft that helped send software stocks tumbling last week.
Arista Networks (ANET) is back in focus after recent research coverage and institutional letters highlighted its zero long-term debt, sizeable liquidity, and central role in AI data center buildouts for hyperscalers such as Meta and Microsoft. See our latest analysis for Arista Networks. Those bullish research notes and fund letters come after a period where momentum has cooled in the short term, with a 7 day share price return of 4.98% and a relatively flat 90 day move. However, the 1 year...
In a wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence, software development, and infrastructure constraints, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) executive Kevin Scott said AI progress has accelerated faster than he expected, even if the direction of change has been foreseeable for years. Scott described
After falling 26% in three months, Microsoft looks oversold.
Rightmove said it was the best month due to the likelihood of a seller successfully finding a buyer
A significant selloff among U.S. and European data analytics, professional services and software companies deepened on Tuesday, with some investors pointing to a recently updated artificial intelligence chatbot by Anthropic as the main culprit. AI developer Anthropic launched plug-ins for its Claude Cowork agent on Friday that would automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing and data analysis. Toronto-based Thomson Reuters, which owns the Westlaw legal database, slumped by nearly 18%.
A year ago, Alphabet’s core property, Google Search, looked like it was in trouble. Despite a decade of well-funded research on artificial intelligence, Google was still surprised by the capabilities of ChatGPT when it debuted in November 2022. Google struggled to match AI models coming out of start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic, and web search was changing.
Microsoft has rolled out its second generation Maia 200 AI chip, expanding its in house AI infrastructure offerings. The company is deepening AI collaborations with partners including Itron, Richtech Robotics, and Perplexity across utilities and autonomous systems. Investors are weighing heavy AI infrastructure spending and growing cloud exposure to OpenAI, which now represents a substantial share of Microsoft's backlog. NasdaqGS:MSFT is pushing into custom AI hardware at a time when its...
Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on. But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.
Microsoft has gotten torched over the last six months - since August 2025, its stock price has dropped 23.1% to $411.99 per share. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
The software giant is being out-innovated by AI start-ups.
Apple fans got some welcome news tucked into the company's blockbuster earnings report: the tech giant is raising its dividend. The iPhone maker announced its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.26 per share, payable on February 12, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 9. ...
Weakness in the software sector punished Figma.
After leaning on its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft is playing catch-up in the chatbot race. But data shows that it is losing ground with users.
ONDO token fell 37% monthly and stayed flat on MetaMask integration news, reflecting RWA sector's token-TVL disconnect.
Microsoft's recent 10% sell-off offers a great potential stock-buying opportunity.
Intel (INTC) is back in focus after a string of AI centric product launches, GPU hiring moves, and a potential Apple foundry partnership, all supported by recent insider share buying from the CFO. See our latest analysis for Intel. Those AI focused launches and foundry headlines have arrived during a strong run in the shares, with a 30 day share price return of 25.06% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 155.31%. This points to clear positive momentum despite recent earnings losses and...
Intapp (NASDAQ:INTA) reported fiscal second-quarter results that management said were driven by new client additions, account expansions, and continued migration to the cloud, alongside growing demand for the company’s applied artificial intelligence capabilities in highly regulated industries. Sec
Wall Street is seeing investors turn away from AI darlings toward safer investments after a rout in the sector led to losses across major gauges.