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Why an analyst sees Meta shares getting back to record highs – plus, another tariff reprieve
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The S & P 500 is on track for its fourth day of gains Tuesday, buoyed by strength in AI-related names. AI chipmakers and Club […]
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H-1B visa applicants face more disruptions amid social media checks and wage protection rules
H-1B applicants face a challenging year ahead as political pushback to the visas is reinforced with a slew of actions from the U.S. administration. On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in India posted on X that since Dec. 15, it has started conducting online presence reviews of all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants in a bid […]
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Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline Monday night after a strong start to a shortened trading week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 5 […]
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Your CEO wants to be a social media influencer. Is it cool or cringy?
Vladimir Godnik | Fstop | Getty Images For years, Braden Wallake has posted everything from business lessons to animal pictures on his LinkedIn page. A fateful midweek post on a late-summer day stopped the marketing executive in his tracks. Wallake shared a teary-eyed selfie with a message about his feelings after laying off staff. Just […]
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AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts
Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the […]
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S&P 500 coasts to a third year of superior returns. Three key questions for Wall Street entering 2026
When it comes to projecting a year ahead for stocks, all the probabilities and most of the incentives rest with the bulls. The S & P 500 has been positive in three-quarters of all calendar years since 1958, when the index was created in its modern form. The market has gained at least 20% in […]
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Former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick leaves Meta board after eight-month stint
Dina Powell McCormick, who was a member of President Donald Trump’s first administration, has resigned from Meta’s board of directors. Powell McCormick, who previously spent 16 years working at Goldman Sachs, notified Meta of her resignation on Friday, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing did not disclose why McCormick was stepping down from […]
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Google’s boomerang year: 20% of AI software engineers hired in 2025 were ex-employees
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the AI talent wars heating up between companies like OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic, one way Google has been competing is by aggressively rehiring […]
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Data center deals hit record $61 billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors
Global data centers dealmaking surged to hit another record high this year, driven by a rush to build out the infrastructure required for energy-intensive AI workloads. That surge came even as investors grew increasingly wary of inflated artificial intelligence valuations and the financing underpinning the rapid expansion of data centers. Global stocks sold off in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Rocket Lab, Trump Media, Lululemon, Micron Technology & more
Check out the some of the stocks making the biggest moves in midday trading. Rocket Lab — The aerospace company saw shares jump nearly 8% following the launch of its STP-S30 mission for U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Rocket Lab said the launch was completed five months ahead of schedule. Peer companies rose in […]
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