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The Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week. Here’s what to expect
Key Points Markets are assigning a nearly 100% probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will approve a second consecutive quarter percentage point at its meeting this week. Beyond that, policymakers are likely to debate the future path of reductions, the challenges posed by a lack of economic data and the timetable for ending the […]
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Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center deal, and what it means for crypto mining’s future
CleanSpark, a Las Vegas based bitcoin miner, is moving into artificial intelligence, beginning to develop AI data centers alongside its crypto-mining business. The company’s CEO laid out details of the recently announced strategy on CNBC’s “Crypto World” this week, and why it’s likely to become core to the business models of more crypto mining companies. […]
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Cramer: Amazon layoffs will help costs, but growth in this one area is what’s needed most
Amazon ‘s latest round of layoffs may help the bottom line, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer encouraged investors to keep their eyes on what really matters. That would be Amazon Web Services. The e-commerce and cloud giant said Tuesday it will cut 14,000 corporate jobs, or about 4% of the total corporate and tech workforce, to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: PayPal, Nokia, VF Corp., UPS, Wayfair & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Agilysys — The hospitality software maker jumped 20% after the company posted fiscal second-quarter results above expectations. The company earned 40 cents per share, excluding certain items. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of 34 cents per share. Agilysys also raised its fiscal 2026 revenue […]
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Ray Dalio says a risky AI market bubble is forming, but may not pop until the Fed tightens
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio on Tuesday warned that a bubble could be forming around megacap technology in the U.S. amid the artificial intelligence boom, but said that it may not end until the Federal Reserve reverses its current easy policies. “There’s a lot of bubble stuff going on,” Dalio told CNBC’s Sara Eisen in […]
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‘We’re trying to shame them’: Upstart activist investors target America’s underperforming banks
Key Points Hedge fund HoldCo has emerged from relative obscurity to launch activist investor campaigns against three regional banks: Comerica, Eastern Bank and First Interstate. Founders Vik Ghei and Misha Zaitzeff tell CNBC exclusively about their next target, Columbia Bank, and their broader plans to challenge banking CEOs. The millennial upstarts are bringing activism back […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: PayPal, UnitedHealth, Wayfair, Skyworks, UPS and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Skyworks Solutions — The maker of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors climbed 19% after an all stock-and-cash deal to buy its rival Qorvo , which surged 17%. The combined company will be valued at some $22 billion. Qorvo shareholders will receive $32.50 in cash and 0.960 […]
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We’re buying more of our newest stock that is unfairly getting hit on earnings
Shortly after the opening bell, we will be buying 220 shares of Corning at roughly $83. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 440 shares of GLW, increasing its weighting to about 1% from 0.5%. Corning shares are down more than 7% in premarket trading after the specialty glass maker reported its third-quarter […]
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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Alphabet has a high bar to clear when it reports earnings Wednesday. The company’s stock price soared 38% in the third quarter, its best quarterly […]
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BlackRock-linked tokenization firm Securitize to go public via SPAC deal
Crypto World BlackRock-linked tokenization firm Securitize to go public via SPAC deal Published Tue, Oct 28 20257:01 AM EDT Liz Napolitano@LizKNapolitano WATCH LIVE Source
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