Individual Stock News:
1. According to The Information: OpenAI is seeking a premium pricing strategy in its early advertising campaign.
2. Zijin Mining plans to acquire 100% of Allied Gold Corporation for C$5.5 billion.
3. Citigroup (C.N) may conduct another round of layoffs in March, potentially affecting MD and senior levels.
4. According to the Wall Street Journal: Quantum computing company IonQ will acquire chipmaker SkyWater for $1.8 billion.
5. Cisco (CSCO.O) launches the new Cisco 360 Partner Program, a project to build for the AI era with partners.
6. Hecla Mining (HL.N): 2025 consolidated gold production is projected at 150,509 ounces, with a 2026 guidance of 134,000 to 146,000 ounces.
7. Nvidia (NVDA.O) invests $2 billion in Coreweave (CRWV.O) Class A common stock. Coreweave will utilize NVIDIA's CPU and storage platform.
8. Faraday Future (FF) has completed regulatory certification for its first EAI robot and released partial design drawings. Regulatory certification for other initial products is progressing rapidly, with the goal of starting deliveries in the same month of release.
9. Anthropic reportedly negotiated with Apple (AAPL.O) to provide models for rebuilding its Siri AI assistant, but the potentially multi-billion dollar deal ultimately failed to reach an agreement due to disagreements on financial terms.
10. US Rare Earth (USAR.O) announced it has signed a letter of intent with the US government to secure $1.6 billion in funding to accelerate the development of its domestic heavy rare earth value chain. Simultaneously, US Rare Earth also raised $1.5 billion in investment from the private sector.
