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U.S. payrolls rose by 228,000 in March, but unemployment rate increases to 4.2%
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U.S. payrolls rose by 228,000 in March, but unemployment rate increases to 4.2%

Job growth was stronger than expected in March, providing at least temporary reassurance that the labor market is stable, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased 228,000 for the month, up from the revised 117,000 in February and better than the Dow Jones estimate for 140,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, […]

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As Microsoft turns 50, Nadella sees future success built on ability to ‘win the new’
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As Microsoft turns 50, Nadella sees future success built on ability to ‘win the new’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images A half-century ago, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft from a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Five decades and almost $3 trillion later, the […]

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Nvidia positioned to weather Trump tariffs, chip demand ‘off the charts,’ says Altimeter’s Gerstner
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Nvidia positioned to weather Trump tariffs, chip demand ‘off the charts,’ says Altimeter’s Gerstner

Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner said Thursday that he’s moving out of the “bomb shelter” with Nvidia and into a position of safety, expecting that the chipmaker is positioned to withstand President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs. “The growth and the demand for GPUs is off the charts,” he told CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report,” referring […]

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Tesla China-made EV sales fall 11.5% in March as competition rises
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Tesla China-made EV sales fall 11.5% in March as competition rises

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a ‘Trump Was Right About Everything!’ hat while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters Tesla sales of its China-made cars fell in March as competition from local players like BYD intensified. Tesla sold 78,828 electric vehicles in […]

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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk
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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk

Judge Susan Crawford, the Democrat-backed nominee for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, during the final stop of the Common Sense Justice Tour ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election in Madison, Wisconsin, US, on Monday, March 31, 2025. Jim Vondruska | Bloomberg | Getty Images Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, […]

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Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies charged with tracking disease, and researching and regulating food
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Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies charged with tracking disease, and researching and regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout […]

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OpenAI closes  billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record
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OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023.  SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Monday announced it had closed what amounts to the largest private tech funding round on record. The $40 billion financing values […]

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Tesla plunges 36% in first quarter, worst performance for any period since 2022
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Tesla plunges 36% in first quarter, worst performance for any period since 2022

White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Win McNamee | Getty Images Tesla’s stock just wrapped up its worst quarter since 2022 and suffered its third-steepest drop in the company’s 15 […]

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OpenAI funding round could be cut by  billion if for-profit conversion doesn’t occur by year-end
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OpenAI funding round could be cut by $10 billion if for-profit conversion doesn’t occur by year-end

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, is seen through glass, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025.  Aurelien Morissard | Via Reuters OpenAI’s massive private funding round could be slashed by as much as $10 billion if the company doesn’t restructure into […]

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Elon Musk says backlash against his DOGE government cuts is hurting Tesla stock
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Elon Musk says backlash against his DOGE government cuts is hurting Tesla stock

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk speaks during a town hall meeting at the KI Convention Center on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Scott Olson | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Sunday that his involvement in the Trump administration could be hurting the automaker’s stock price. Speaking at a town hall event in […]

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