Nvidia Shares Plunge After Chipmaker Opens Probe
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Nvidia Shares Plunge After Chipmaker Opens Probe

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 9, 20262 min
  • News bulletin
  • Business & money

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Here's your morning brief for Monday, November 9th. I'm Daniel Bock for The Wall Street Journal. NVIDIA shares are sliding on news the company's board is launching an investigation into reports that Jensen Huang may have been the target of a foreign espionage campaign. That's linked to a romantic relationship the CEO had with a woman suspected of working with

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Chinese intelligence. Last year, U.S. officials concluded that a top executive at Megaspeed International, Alice Huang was sharing information with the Chinese government while working with Nvidia to build data centers in Asia.

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In a statement to staff, which includes both his adult children, Jensen Huang apologized for being unfaithful to his wife. It couldn't be determined where Alice Huang is or whether she still holds a top role at megaspeed, which couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

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