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Tesla's Cybercab ambitions are running into a regulatory wall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into the vehicle's rollout, a development that complicates the timeline investors had been pricing in. Robotaxi revenue was supposed to be a near-term catalyst, and that thesis just got murkier.
Shifting to semiconductors, Broadcom is pulling away from Applied Materials in the race to capture artificial intelligence revenue. Broadcom is posting faster year-over-year sales growth and higher overall revenue totals, underscoring how chip designers with direct AI infrastructure exposure are compounding their advantages over equipment makers still tied to broader capital spending cycles.
And on the energy frontier, EOG Resources chief Ezra Yacob is making the case that American oil producers are returning to serious global wildcatting. Speaking in Houston, Yacob drew a direct parallel to the early shale revolution, describing a new generation of geoscientists chasing frontier formations with the same energy that defined that era. For investors in international exploration plays, that appetite for risk is worth watching.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
