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Job growth unexpectedly surged in May as the U.S. labor market continued a solid year of expansion, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls jumped a seasonally adjusted 172,000 for the period, down slightly from the upwardly revised 179,000 in April and far above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 80,000. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, as expected.The report came against a background of muted expectations as employers have held their ground in a low-hire, low-fire environment. While job gains have been largely concentrated in just a few sectors, layoffs also have been moderate, though some signs…
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The next massive gains in artificial intelligence may come from thousands of miles away.Tim Urbanowicz, chief investment strategist at Innovator from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is urging investors to look beyond their backyards to the emerging markets.”[It’s] where a lot of the big money can be made on the AI trade,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week – calling it “the next big wave.” Urbanowicz is particularly bullish on Taiwan and South Korea when it comes to the AI build-out. He notes they are a big part of the broad iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, which is up 26%…
Ben Johns comes over to the right side to hit a dink shot against Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquine in the 2026 PPA Carvana Mesa Cup finals match of the Pro Mixed Doubles Division at Arizona Athletic Grounds on February 22, 2026 in Mesa, Arizona. Bruce Yeung | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Last month, investment firms of the ultra wealthy went all-in on sports and played on multiple fronts. At the beginning…
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Some tech giants, including Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle, have made statements in recent months indicating that they are moving away from evaporative cooling entirely in order to save water. That includes OpenAI and Oracle’s massive Stargate expansion in a number of states, including a water-stressed region of Texas. Google is taking a different approach. On Wednesday, the company rolled out a series of water-related commitments to communities where it has data centers, along with funding announcements for water-related projects in the US. They include pledges to replenish more freshwater than the company consumes, via investments in local water projects; to…
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A labourer works on a construction site near the Amazon India headquarters in Bengaluru on December 29, 2025.Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty ImagesIn a quarter partially affected by the economic disruptions from the Middle East conflict, India’s economy grew at 7.8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of March, a faster-than-expected pace.As per a Reuters poll, the economy was forecast to grow by 7.2% in Jan-Mar, lower than 7.8% in the previous quarter. In the first half of the quarter, India’s trade prospects improved sharply as it finalized a “mother of all deals” with the European Union…
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were mixed Thursday as investors rotated out of AI hardware names and into healthcare, financials, and other lagging sectors. Jim thinks the recent weakness in technology stocks reflects a broader rotation rather than a deterioration in fundamentals. Healthcare stocks led the gains, with Club holdings Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson rising roughly 5.5% and 2%, respectively. While investors took profits in some of the market’s biggest AI winners, Jim believes the shift…