Chip maker Nvidia adds $277bn to its market cap in one session, smashing the previous added value record high and prompting stock market highs across three continents. Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered posts an 18 per cent surge in FY pre-tax profit. It is due to offer a $1bn share buy-back and a large increase to its dividend. Reddit may list in New York in the next few weeks, becoming Wall Street’s first social media IPO since Pinterest in 2019. And the U.S. government is preparing 500 new sanctions against Moscow following the death of opposition activist Alexei Navalny in prison last week. President Joe Biden has met with his family on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.