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Slam dunk? Fundstrat’s Tom Lee considers two new themes for his Granny Shots ETF

Slam dunk? Fundstrat’s Tom Lee considers two new themes for his Granny Shots ETF

ETF Edge Slam dunk? Fundstrat’s Tom Lee considers two new themes for his Granny Shots ETF Published Thu, Jul 3 20254:00 PM EDT Siena Griffin@siena_griffin WATCH LIVE Source

Trump ‘big beautiful’ bill gives top 1% biggest tax cuts in these states

Trump ‘big beautiful’ bill gives top 1% biggest tax cuts in these states

Key Points Legislation championed by President Donald Trump would give the top 1% of U.S. households an average tax cut of about $66,000, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The highest earners in Wyoming, South Dakota and Texas stand to get a tax cut of more than $100,000 from the bill, formerly […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Solar, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Robinhood and more

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Solar, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Robinhood and more

Check out some of the stocks making the largest moves in midday trading: Solar stocks — Companies tied to renewable energy rose in midmorning trading as President Donald Trump’s megabill crept closer to passage before a White House July 4 deadline. While the measure has no new carveouts for clean energy, earlier this week the […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Synopsys, Tripadvisor, Datadog, Robinhood and more

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Synopsys, Tripadvisor, Datadog, Robinhood and more

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Synopsys , Cadence Design Systems — Shares of the Silicon Valley chip designers rallied more than 5% and 6%, respectively. The U.S. government lifted restrictions on exporting chip-design software to China, according to announcements from companies in the industry. Datadog — The cloud monitoring provider surged […]

Why Trump tax deductions — for tips, car loans and more — may not carry large benefits for low earners

Why Trump tax deductions — for tips, car loans and more — may not carry large benefits for low earners

Key Points New tax deduction — on auto loans, tips and overtime pay, and for older Americans — wouldn’t deliver much of a financial benefit for lower earners, experts said. These policies are part of a massive legislative package championed by President Donald Trump. Source

Technology
Inside a Utah desert facility preparing humans for life on Mars

Inside a Utah desert facility preparing humans for life on Mars

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit organization that runs the Mars Desert Research Station, or MDRS, invited CNBC to shadow one of its analog crews on a […]

Ethereum is powering Wall Street’s future. The crypto scene at Cannes shows how far it’s come

Ethereum is powering Wall Street’s future. The crypto scene at Cannes shows how far it’s come

CANNES — Wall Street’s new plumbing is being built on Ethereum and this week its architects took over the same French Riviera villas and red carpet venues that host the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, took over the beachside town that was swarming with crypto founders, developers, and some […]

Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Scammers impersonating the President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance Inaugural Committee fraudulently stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, according to a new complaint filed by federal prosecutors. The perpetrators used phony email addresses made to look like they belonged to the inaugural committee to […]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he’s ‘politically homeless’ in July 4 post bashing Democrats

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he’s ‘politically homeless’ in July 4 post bashing Democrats

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself “politically homeless” as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a […]

Musk backs Sen. Paul’s criticism of Trump’s megabill in first comment since it passed

Musk backs Sen. Paul’s criticism of Trump’s megabill in first comment since it passed

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who bombarded President Donald Trump’s signature spending bill for weeks, on Friday made his first comments since the legislation […]