Day: April 24, 2026
Analysis: The threat to the Fed’s independence isn’t over
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 12, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the independence of the Federal Reserve. Friday’s dropping of a Justice Department probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome […]
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Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks on an artificial intelligence panel during Inbound 2025 Powered by HubSpot at Moscone Center on in San Francisco, Sept. 4, 2025. Chance Yeh | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the companies confirmed on Friday, as tech giants […]
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Nuclear reactor company X-energy shares surge 26% as AI drives interest in its IPO
In this article XE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO7:2007:20 X-energy CEO Clay Sell on IPO debut: We make it easy to build nuclear power plants Squawk Box Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry. […]
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Clock ticks on Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh Trump bailout. Here’s what could happen next
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Boston on September 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Spirit Airlines’ future is hanging in the balance over the next week as President Donald Trump said the government could bail out the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Intel, AMD, Charter, Hims & Hers, Eli Lilly and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Comcast , Charter Communications — The NBCUniversal parent tumbled nearly 8% after a Deutsche Bank downgrade to hold from buy. Analysts at the bank said that, “there’s visibility into a return to sustainable revenue, EBITDA, and [free cash flow] growth; we do not expect […]
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20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise concern that AI-driven labor crisis is here
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images | Reuters The more than 20,000 potential job cuts Meta and Microsoft revealed on Thursday, months after Amazon announced its most widespread layoffs ever, may only be the beginning. The same companies that are collectively spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year […]
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We’re booking a 375% gain in a stock to raise cash for unloved names
We are selling 25 shares of Broadcom at roughly 418.57. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 365 shares of AVGO, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to roughly 4% from 4.30%. Semiconductor stocks are having another strong day in the market, thanks to Intel’s positive commentary about central processing unit (CPU) demand […]
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AMD shares soar 12% on no company news. Here’s what has investors so excited
Intel’s latest earnings report showed big demand for central processing units, or CPUs, as companies rush to build out their artificial intelligence capabilities, sending its stock surging. The numbers led investors to scoop up shares of another major chipmaker: Advanced Micro Devices. AMD shares soared more than 12% on Friday as Wall Street analysts were […]
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Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ is doing something unusual. What it means
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Something interesting is happening in the options market. The S&P 500 touched record highs Thursday morning, but the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) remained stuck near 20 and is up from […]
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DOJ drops criminal probe of Fed Chair Powell, removes hurdle for Warsh confirmation
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Oct. 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, arrives for his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation […]
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