Nvidia’s bumper earnings; Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
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| 0:35.1 | This is the world in brief from The Economist. |
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| 0:45.0 | NVIDIA reported revenue of $57 billion in the third quarter, up 62% on a year earlier, |
| 0:53.0 | surpassing analysts' estimates estimates and forecast higher than expected |
| 0:57.2 | fourth quarter revenue of around $65 billion. |
| 1:01.6 | The AI chipmaker also reported record data centre sales of $51.2 billion. |
| 1:09.0 | Investors were closely watching the earnings of the world's most valuable company amid market jitters |
| 1:14.8 | about a potential AI bubble. |
| 1:17.7 | Shares in Invidia rose in after hours trading. |
| 1:22.6 | Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary, resigned from the board of Open AI, the maker of ChatGPT, |
| 1:30.5 | after evidence emerged showing he sought relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein, a deceased sex offender. |
| 1:38.2 | America's Senate has approved legislation that will compel the Justice Department to release |
| 1:43.6 | its files on Epstein by |
| 1:45.5 | unanimous consent, fast-tracking the bill to Donald Trump's desk. |
| 1:51.3 | America's central bankers expressed strongly differing views over whether to cut interest rates |
| 1:57.3 | in December, according to minutes from the Federal Reserve's meeting in October. |
| 2:03.3 | Amid stubborn inflation, quote many, officials favoured holding rates steady. |
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