Business News 4 August 2025

AI Stock Frenzy Peaks Then Falters: Nvidia Wobbles, Alibaba Soars as Global AI Boom Faces Reality Check

Key Facts Wall Street’s AI Rally Hits a Speed Bump After months of euphoria, U.S. markets took a breather as August closed out, led by weakness in AI-focused stocks. On Friday, Aug. 29, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreated from

30 August 2025

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s $54 B Forecast Fuels Rally as Snowflake & MongoDB Surge; Governments & Giants Double Down on AI Boom

In-Depth Report Nvidia’s Blockbuster Earnings Test the AI Trade AI-chip bellwether Nvidia delivered another blowout quarter, underlining the extraordinary scale of the ongoing AI boom. The company’s fiscal Q2 results (reported Aug 27) easily beat estimates, and management issued an even

28 August 2025

AI · Business · Investment · NASDAQ:MDB · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:SNOW · Stock Market · Stocks · Technology

Apple’s July 2025 Bombshells: Foldable iPhone, AI Secrets, Encryption Showdown & More

Apple’s Explosive August 2025: iPhone 17 “Air” Leaks, Record $94B Quarter, Leadership Shakeup & Epic Showdown

<li Rumors for the September 2025 iPhone lineup peg four models—iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a new 6 mm thick iPhone 17 Air—featuring a 6.6-inch display, ProMotion 120Hz, an in-house 5G modem, and a triple‑sensor 48MP camera

20 August 2025

Apple · Business · iPhone · Leaks · Technology

Global Business Roundup: Oil Rally, SoftBank’s $2B Intel Lifeline & China’s Big Debt Deal (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Finance & Markets Technology & Telecom Energy & Commodities Retail & Consumer Real Estate & Property Automotive & Transportation Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Sources: Key stories were drawn from Reuters unless otherwise noted. Reuters provided detailed reporting on financial markets reuters.com

19 August 2025

Business · China · Financing · Global Markets · NASDAQ:INTC · Oil

White House’s Shocking 10% Intel Stake Plan Shakes the Tech World

The White House is reportedly weighing a plan to take a 10% ownership stake in Intel by converting up to $10 billion of CHIPS Act grants into equity. The proposed 10% stake would be worth roughly $10-11 billion at current

19 August 2025

Business · Intel · Investments · NASDAQ:INTC · Tech News · White House

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

OpenAI released GPT-5 during Aug 17–18, 2025 rollout, billed as a major upgrade with strong coding, math, and science capabilities, while Sam Altman acknowledged it still lacks self-learning. In China, Pan Jianwei’s team used AI to position over 2,000 neutral-atom

18 August 2025

AI · Analysis · Business · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · News · NYSE:ORCL · Technology

Global Markets Soar, Oil Slumps & Mega-Deals: Business Highlights (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Markets & Economy Technology Finance & Deals Energy Retail & Luxury Transportation Real Estate Sources: Bloomberg; Reuters; CNBC; Wall Street Journal; Financial Times; company press releases.

15 August 2025

Business · Economy · Global Markets · Investments · Oil & Energy

Rate Cut Fever, Crypto Records & Tariff Turmoil: August 2025’s Global Business Bombshells

On August 13, 2025, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs as the Dow jumped about 1.04% (over 460 points) with traders pricing in a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut by the September meeting. Bitcoin hit an all-time high

14 August 2025

Business · Crypto · Economy · Finance · Global Markets

Tech Turmoil: Courts Hacked, Space IPO Soars & Tech Titans Tussle – Global Roundup (Aug 7–8, 2025)

Sony raised its full-year profit forecast to ¥1.33 trillion (~$9 billion) and cut tariff impact to ¥70 billion from ¥100 billion. Sony’s PlayStation division first-quarter PS5 sales rose to 2.5 million units, up 4%. SMIC’s Q2 revenue rose 16% to

8 August 2025

Business · Cybersecurity · Global Events · Space · Technology News

Global Tech Roundup: Musk’s $29 B Windfall, Security Scares & Satellite Shakeups (Aug 4–5, 2025)

Spotify raised its Premium Individual plan price to €11.99 from €10.99 across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, effective September, and shares jumped almost 8% on the news. Nintendo offered a late-July Switch 2 showcase, signaling more

5 August 2025

2025 Highlights · Business · Security · Space · Technology

Quantum Computing’s Weekend Bombshells (Aug 3–4, 2025): Breakthroughs, Big Bets & New Rules

Fujitsu announced it has begun developing a superconducting quantum computer with over 10,000 physical qubits, aiming for completion in fiscal 2030, and a STAR fault-tolerant architecture to reach 250 logical qubits by 2030 and 1,000 by 2035. IonQ and Oak

4 August 2025

Breakthroughs · Business · Quantum Computing · Regulation · Technology

AI Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 3–4, 2025)

On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary AI Code of Practice while Meta declined. A

4 August 2025

AI · Business · Controversy · Innovation · Tech News

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