Daily US Stock Market News Briefing (April 3, Thursday)

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2025.04.03 12:50

Important News

  1. The number of layoffs by U.S. Challenger companies in March recorded 275,240, the highest since May 2020.

Individual Stock News

  1. Google (GOOG.O) is in deep talks with CoreWeave (CRWV.N) to plan to lease data center servers equipped with NVIDIA's latest Blackwell architecture GPUs.

  2. Microsoft (MSFT.O) has reportedly paused or delayed data center projects in multiple regions worldwide, including Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin in the U.S.

  3. Royal Bank of Canada has lowered the target price for Google (GOOG.O) from $235 to $200 and for Meta (META.O) from $800 to $740.

  4. According to three insiders, Ford Motor Company (F.N) plans to launch promotional discounts on multiple models starting Thursday.

  5. Siemens has agreed to acquire Dotmatics for $5.1 billion as part of a strategic initiative to provide more AI software to life sciences companies.

  6. Reports indicate that German automotive giant Volkswagen (VWAGY.US) will impose "import fees" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariff imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

  7. Apple CEO Tim Cook sold 108,136 shares of Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday, cashing out approximately $24.18 million