Nvidia short bets rake in over $6 billion in profits after DeepSeek panic

By Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – Short sellers of artificial intelligence-related stocks raked in bumper profits after the smashing debut of low-cost AI models from China’s DeepSeek spooked Wall Street, with bets against Nvidia yielding record profits totaling more than $6 billion. Traders betting against AI-darling Nvidia earned profits of about $6.6 billion – the biggest…

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Northvolt asks shareholders for $1.3 billion for next two years, sources say

By Marie Mannes, Christina Amann and Emma-Victoria Farr STOCKHOLM/BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Northvolt asked more than 100 shareholders at a meeting this month to provide $1.29 billion over the next two years to help restore the bankrupt Swedish battery maker’s business, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Considered Europe’s best shot at a home-grown…

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Helion raises $425 million from SoftBank’s venture arm, hits $5.4 billion valuation

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Helion, a startup working to generate electricity from nuclear fusion, on Tuesday said it has raised $425 million in venture funding from a group of investors including SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund 2. The Everett, Washington-based Helion said the funding will help it speed up the development of its next generation…

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Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith, Fox News reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, Fox News reported on Monday. The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry said…

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China’s DeepSeek sparks AI market rout

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Technology shares around the world slid on Monday as a surge in popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model shook investors’ faith in the AI sector’s voracious demand for high-tech chips. Startup DeepSeek has rolled out a free assistant it says uses lower-cost chips and less data, seemingly challenging a widespread…

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Big Tech faces heat as China’s DeepSeek sows doubts on billion-dollar spending

By Aditya Soni and Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Chinese startup DeepSeek’s cheaper AI is sharpening investor scrutiny of the billions U.S. tech giants are pouring to develop the technology and analysts say it will dominate this week’s much-awaited results from industry bellwethers. DeepSeek has claimed it took just two months and cost under $6 million…

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Siemens Energy reports preliminary quarterly revenue of about $9.4 billion

(Reuters) -Siemens Energy, the world’s biggest maker of offshore wind turbines, reported on Monday a preliminary first-quarter revenue of 8.94 billion euros ($9.37 billion), up 18.4% on a comparable basis and slightly above consensus estimates. The firm’s preliminary order intake figures stood at 13.67 billion euros for the quarter, down 10.2% on a comparable basis,…

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