Ramping Up Revenue, Giving Back Gains, and the Perfect Platform
- Ramping Up Revenue – NVIDIA released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings for the period ending January 26, 2025, citing annual revenue of $130.5 billion, a 114% year-over-year increase. Driving revenue growth was NVIDIA’s Data Center, with revenue of $115.2 billion in fiscal 2025, a 93% year-over-year increase (source: NVIDIA).
- Giving Back Gains – The S&P 500 finished at 5,954.50 on February 28, 2025, a 1.4% decline from 6,040.53 on January 31, 2025 (source: Google Finance).
- Dominating Deals – Global venture capital investments rose from $349.4 billion in 2023 to $368.3 billion in 2024. However, deal volume dropped to seven-year lows, with only 35,685 deals during 2024 (source: KPMG).
- Disability Data – In 2024, the employment to total population ratio for people with a disability was 22.7%. In contrast, the employment to total population ratio for people without a disability was 65.5% in 2024 (source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
- Turnover Time – Kroger’s CEO Rodney McMullen has resigned after an investigation into his personal conduct, which Kroger has said is unrelated to the company’s financial performance. Lead director Ron Sargent will step in as interim CEO (source: Bloomberg).
- Tax Time Stats – In the first week of February 2025, the IRS received 23,589,000 returns, which is down 7.7% compared to the first week of February 2024. However, the average direct deposit refund amount was 18.2% higher in the first week of February 2025 compared to February 2024 (source: Internal Revenue Service).
- Time to Sell? – The number of homes actively for sale in February 2025 was 27.5% higher compared to February 2024. This marks the 16th consecutive month of growth in the number of homes for sale (source: Realtor).
- Bitcoin Backing Up – Bitcoin ended at a share price of $86,031.91 on February 28, 2025, a 14.5% decrease from a share price of $100,655.91 on January 31, 2025 (source: Yahoo Finance).
- The Perfect Platform – A study by the Pew Research Center found that YouTube was the most used online platform, with 85% of adults indicating use. Facebook took second place, with 70% of adults using the platform (source: Pew Research Center).
- It’s Official – President Trump has signed an executive order to make English the official language of the United States. This removes a mandate under former President Bill Clinton that required government and organizations that receive federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers (source: AP News).
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