Afternoon Report | Nvidia boss Jensen Huang in spy scandal
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Afternoon Report | Nvidia boss Jensen Huang in spy scandal

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 9, 20265 min
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This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know right now. Today, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang faces an investigation after admitting to an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Michael Thompson looks at the scandal engulfing the world's most important AI chipmaker, and why Donald Trump is backing Huang to stay in the job. Plus, Trump reflects on the Republicans' bruising midterm election losses, the ASX edges higher as mining stocks rally, and ANZ shares fall despite a strong profit result. And Prime Minister...

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Welcome to the Fear and Greed afternoon report for Monday, the 9th of November, 2026. I'm Michael Thompson and in five minutes we've got everything you need to know right now, starting with the big global story today. NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang is facing an investigation after admitting to an affair

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with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Now US intelligence officials reportedly believe that the woman was a former executive of the Singapore-based company Megaspede International was recruited by a Chinese intelligence agency to gather information on Jensen Huang.

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Now, the NVIDIA boss has apologized to his wife and family and has written a letter apologizing to NVIDIA staff more generally, while the company's board has launched an independent investigation into whether any sensitive information may have been compromised. The scandal certainly comes over to sensitive time for Nvidia, which is not only the world's

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