Nvidia Tumbles After Forecast, Telegram CEO Charged & Tax Hikes For The Rich

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1)Nvidia Corp. failed to live up to investor hopes with its latest results on Wednesday, delivering an underwhelming forecast and news of production snags with its much-awaited Blackwell chips. (2) OpenAI is getting closer to raising funding at a valuation of more than $100 billion in a round led by Thrive Capital, people with knowledge of the matter said. (3) Pavel Durov, the chief executive officer of Telegram, was charged in France for complicity in the spread of sexual images of children and other crimes such as drug trafficking on the messaging app. (4) Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to combat what the army said was terrorist activity, the latest surge in hostilities in the Palestinian area since the start of the war in Gaza. (5) Britain’s Labour government has been urged to stick to its plan for higher taxes on wealth, even as business groups and advisers to the rich call for restraint. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.