A few results:

Applied Materials reported record quarterly sales on Wednesday but warned that the supply chain situation remains challenging. 

Cisco: the stock gains 7% after the close in the wake of its quarterly results and an increase in the share buyback program.

DoorDash: the stock surges 28% after the close following its quarterly results.

Nestlé: 2021 organic growth rose to 7.5%, while the market was targeting 7%.

NVidia Corporation issued a revenue forecast for the current quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations, banking on strong demand from data centers.

Standard Chartered: doubled its annual profit and started buying back $750 million of shares.

 

I other news:

Daniel Loeb (Third Point) spoke yesterday about his appetite for "old" US technology companies like Amazon, Accenture and even Intel.

Amazon signed a deal with Visa on payment fees.

Walmart said it expects U.S. sales and earnings for this year to be above market expectations, noting stable demand at its stores despite supply problems and margin pressure from rising costs.

Tesla said Thursday it has opened a preliminary investigation into 416,000 vehicles sold by Tesla after reports of unexpected brake activation in connection with Autopilot, the company's driver assistance system. 

Apple shareholders want to vote against Tim Cook's compensation package.

ABB wins a $30M contract to develop multispectral imaging systems for satellites.

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