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A customer shops for gold jewelry at a gold store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on June 3, 2026. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s wholesale prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly four years in May, driven by surging raw material costs from the Iran war and an artificial intelligence investment boom, while consumer inflation came in below estimates.The producer price index jumped 3.9% from a year ago, the highest since July 2022, topping economists’ forecast of 3.8%, and outpacing 2.8% in April, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. Wholesale prices…

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The pullback in Apple following Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote does not shake our conviction in the stock. But we’re not rushing to buy the dip either. “We’re not going to trade Apple. That’s an own-don’t-trade [stock],” Jim Cramer said during CNBC Investing Club’s Morning Meeting on Tuesday. He also cautioned investors from viewing the decline as a buying opportunity, given its recent rally, noting that “you cannot call the bottom here.” Apple shares were down another 3% on Tuesday, adding to the prior session’s near 2% decline. The stock had been about 3% higher right before the expected WWDC…

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Available for over a yearIn this week’s programme, guest Catherine Loveday, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster, talks to Claudia Hammond about whether people feel emotions about politics differently in the body to everyday emotions. Visiting the Institute for the Science of Early years & Youth lab, a child developmental psychology lab studying shared play between parents and children, Claudia observes a mum and daughter participating in their latest study and speaks to director and child psychologist Professor Sam Wass from the University of East London. He explains how these parent-child interactions may be fundamental to how…

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Super Micro Computer CEO Charles Liang speaks at the Raise summit in Paris on July 8, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSuper Micro Computer shares sank 9% in extended trading on Tuesday after the computer server maker announced $7 billion in equity-related financing deals to help to cover the cost of hardware component purchases.The company said it’s planning $5 billion in underwritten stock offerings and a $2 billion at-the-market offering, starting in July, through arrangements with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Companies often see their share price drop after announcing stock sales, as investors prepare to see…

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Starlink has started charging a $10 monthly rental fee for hardware in a shift away from its longtime practice of selling hardware to customers for a one-time charge. Starlink residential ordering pages now show an upfront hardware cost of $0 and a monthly kit fee of $10, similar to the hardware rental fees long charged by cable and telecom companies. Starlink hardware includes a terminal to receive satellite signals and a router to place in a user’s home. The monthly kit fee is in addition to Internet service prices, which Starlink recently raised by $5 to $10 per month. Starlink…

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Xavier Becerra, California Democratic gubernatorial candidate (L), and California Republican Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton (R).Getty ImagesRepublican Steve Hilton has advanced to the general election for California governor after making the case that the state desperately needs new leadership following more than 15 years of Democratic dominance.He’ll face Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former state attorney general and Biden administration health secretary, whom The Associated Press previously determined had won enough votes.Hilton faces a challenging electorate in the November election, as California has nearly twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans. If elected he would be the first GOP candidate to win statewide office since…

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