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Semiconductor stalwart Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ) — whose graphics processing units (GPUs) power multiple artificial intelligence (AI) models — has no shortage of supporters. However, one big investor recently decided to step off the AI-fueled hype train driving NVDA stock.

Strong revenue growth continued as the number of users increased 41%. Profits are coming in faster than expected for a company still concerned with growing the top line.

The U.S. Department of State has been working with a range of security vendors beyond Microsoft since China-linked hackers stole tens of thousands of the department's emails by breaching the tech giant's network last year, a senior official said.

Picking income stocks can be challenging. Some companies pay dividends only to cut them in the future, and others are more focused on stock buybacks instead of dividends.

Northrop Grumman Corporation stock underperformed the S&P 500, returning less than 2% compared to the index's 22% return. The company reported a $1.56 billion charge on the B-21 program last year, leading to a significant decrease in earnings per share. Q1 2024 earnings showed modest margin expansion, with sales growing 9% and operating income increasing 25%. However, Northrop Grumman stock is still rated as a hold with limited upside.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Pfizer were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.68), with the stock changing hands as low as $27.91 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return.

Palantir delivered robust results for the first quarter. High expectations and conservative guidance shook loose fair-weather investors.

World oil demand is expected to grow lesser this year than earlier estimates and output should grow faster than thought previously, resulting in a more balanced market, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday.

Marathon Digital's (MARA) first-quarter 2024 earnings and revenues are expected to increase year over year.

Lucid beat top-line estimates but continues to post wide losses. Production guidance indicates that growth will be sluggish this year.