REFILE-Taiwan president thanks Micron CEO for his trust in Taiwan Changes company identifiers in first two paragraphs TAIPEI, July 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te thanked memory chipmaker Micron's MU.O Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra on Friday for his trust and continued investment in the island, in a rare public meeting with a senior foreign tech executive.

BUZZ - Nasdaq top and bottom performing stocks at about 12:01 p.m. EDT Nasdaq 100 .NDX Top Performers Percent Change CoStar Group Inc CSGP.OQ +4.5% Dollar Tree Inc DLTR.OQ +4.4% Moderna Inc MRNA.OQ +4.0% Illumina Inc ILMN.OQ +3.7% Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH.OQ +3.4% Bottom Performers Percent Change Tesla Inc TSLA.OQ -6.4% Arm Holdings PLC ARM.OQ -5.6% NVIDIA Corp NVDA.OQ -4.7% Lam Research Corp LRCX.OQ -4.5% Micron Technology Inc MU.OQ -4.3% The Nasdaq 100 .NDX lost 415.31 points,

MORNING BID AMERICAS-CPI caution seems no barrier, sterling surges A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell had any inkling of the June U.S. inflation readout when speaking to Congress this week, then today's critical report doesn't look like it will prove a game changer. But given the buoyancy of U.S.

CORRECTED-Hedge funds turn to South Korea for next wave in AI Changes wording "too much" to "significant" in paragraph 16 to reflect quote By Summer Zhen HONG KONG, July 11 (Reuters) - Hedge funds hunting for artificial intelligence-related stock market bargains are rushing into South Korea's chipmakers, betting a new wave of demand for high-end memory chips and government spending makes them more valuable.

US STOCKS-Nvidia leads Nasdaq and S&P 500 to record high closes S&P 500 crosses 5,600 mark for first time TSMC up on strong Q2 revenue growth Intuit to cut about 1,800 jobs; shares fall S&P 500 +1.02%, Nasdaq +1.18%, Dow +1.09% Updates with price moves, volume By Noel Randewich and Ankika Biswas July 10 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq and S&P 500 rallied to record high closes on Wednesday, fueled by gains in Nvidia and other Wall Street heavyweights ahead of inflation data and quarterly earnings reports