No AI Bubble Says Nvidia, Bumper Bank Earnings, Speedy Trading Showdown

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced a flurry of new partnerships and dismissed concerns about an AI bubble, saying the company’s latest chips are on track to generate half a trillion dollars in revenue. (2) Donald Trump said he expects to lower tariffs the US has imposed on Chinese goods over the fentanyl crisis and speak with China’s Xi Jinping about Nvidia Corp.’s flagship Blackwell artificial intelligence chip, as leaders of the world’s biggest economies seek to ease tensions in a meeting on Thursday. (3) UBS Group profit beat expectations in the third quarter as investment banking revenue and lower-than-forecast legal costs boosted performance. (4) Deutsche Bank AG exceeded analyst estimates for fixed-income trading, and Banco Santander posted third-quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates in its sixth consecutive quarterly record. (5) Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Cuba just hours after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica, where it left hundreds of thousands without power and forced hospitals to evacuate. (6) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “forceful strikes” against Hamas in response to attacks on Israeli soldiers in Gaza, jeopardizing a US-brokered ceasefire that’s held for just over two weeks. High Frequency Trading Triggers a Showdown Over a London Rooftop : For years, a drab building located just one mile past the skyscrapers of London’s Canary Wharf neighborhood has been the site of one of the fiercest battles in the world of high-frequency trading. Podcast Conversation: Bone-In Fried Chicken Is Making KFC ‘Irrelevant’ and ‘Invisible’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.