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20:02 EST Fly Intel: Top five weekend stock stories - Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. The U.S. ordered TSMC (TSM) to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, Reuters' Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin report, citing a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometer or more advanced designs, destined for China that power AI accelerator and graphics processing units, the person said. The U.S. order comes just weeks after TSMC notified the Commerce Department that one of its chips had been found in a Huawei AI processor, as Reuters reported last month. 2. Toyota (TM) aims to make at least 2.5M vehicles a year in China by 2030, three people said, an overhaul that will see it bring its Chinese sales and production operations closer together and allow local executives a freer hand in development, Reuters' Maki Shiraki reports. The plan, which has not been previously reported, represents a strategic pivot by the world's top selling automaker in the world's largest car market, underlining its ambition to claw back business lost to BYD (BYDDF) and other local players in recent years, the publication said. 3. Elon Musk created the perfect hedge for Tesla (TSLA) stock with his support of Donald Trump, Al Root writes in this week's edition of Barron's. The president-elect isn't a friend of electric vehicles. He has said they are a risk to the U.S. auto industry and promised to eliminate tax credits on EV purchases as well as emission "mandates" necessitating that auto makers build battery-powered cars, the author notes. But while several EV stocks underperformed after the election, Tesla rose 14.8% on Wednesday and added $119M in market cap. Clearly, the market is betting that Musk bought a great deal of protection for Tesla shares, the publication adds. 4. Sony's (SONY) "Venom: The Last Dance" won the post-presidential election weekend at the North American box office with another $16.2M in its third outing for a domestic cume of $114.8M. Overseas, the movie earned about $33M for a foreign tally of $279.4M and $394.2M globally. 5. Camping World (CWH), Crescent Energy (CRGY), and Kodiak Gas Services (KGS) saw positive mentions in this week's edition of Barron's.
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