Latest line: A good week for Nvidia, a bad week for Sheng Thao

Nvidia

Santa Clara chip maker becomes the world’s most valuable company, as its soaring stock price sends its market cap to $3.3 trillion, past Apple and Microsoft, amid high demand for its chips in artificial intelligence.

Sheng Thao

Opponents qualify a recall election against the Oakland mayor, and two days later, FBI agents raid her house and the homes of a family that owns a recycling company investigated over campaign contributions to her.

Jon Coupal