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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026.Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty ImagesWall Street analysts estimate total AI capital expenditures could now climb above $1 trillion in 2027, following even bigger spending plans unveiled by the hyperscalers during Wednesday’s tech earnings.Both Evercore and Bank of America placed 2027 capex in excess of a $1 trillion after the earnings calls, with 2026 estimates rising to between $800 and $900 billion.”Cap-ex continues to soar as demand outpaces supply and pricing increases,”…

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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. Stocks surged on the last day of April . The S & P 500 hit an all-time, intraday high and went above 7,200 for the first time ever. The Nasdaq also rallied and traded just under Monday’s record high. Both indexes were on track for their best months since 2020. Ahead of the close, the S & P 500 is up more than 10% in April, while the Nasdaq is up…

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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco, April 9, 2019.Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAll three top cloud infrastructure providers surpassed analyst estimates in earnings reports late Wednesday, but Google was the standout, generating its fastest growth rate on record. Google is chasing Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in the public cloud market, which is booming as demand soars for access to artificial intelligence models and services. All three vendors provide a suite of tools for building and running companies’ products, and they also offer an array of their own…

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“Bets Off Act” signage as Representative Greg Casar, a Democrat from Texas, left, and Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, speak during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets effective immediately.The move came amid rising concern about insider trading on prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, and about event contracts that can involve death or violence.On April 22, Kalshi said it had suspended and fined one U.S.…

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For a stock that’s gone nowhere for six months, Apple sure has options traders excited.Implied volatility in the stock suggests a 3.5% swing after earnings tonight, compared to an average move of just 1.8% following the last four quarterly reports. For context, among last night’s big four tech reports, Amazon and Microsoft are underperforming their implied moves, while Alphabet and Meta are exceeding theirs.Call volumes and premiums are outpacing puts in Apple options, but the message is not necessarily bullish. More calls are now trading at the asking price than the bid price, meaning more traders are buying calls than…

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Trinity Rodman #2 of Washington Spirit evades Sarah Schupansky #11 of Gotham FC during the NWSL Championship 2025 final between Washington Spirit and NJ/NY Gotham FC at PayPal Park on November 22, 2025 in San Jose, California.Lyndsay Radnedge/isi Photos | Isi Photos | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Last week, the National Women’s Soccer League awarded a new expansion franchise — in Columbus, Ohio — to an…

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Drama Days after the ruling, Robert Malone—a former researcher turned outspoken anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who served as Kennedy’s ACIP vice chair—got into a public spat with an HHS spokesperson and dramatically resigned from the committee in anger. It started when Malone posted on social media: ACIP has been disbanded. The government’s response to the AAP lawsuit and judge Murphey’s[sic] injunction is to disband and then recreate a new ACIP committee, as this will take less time than would be required to file and prosecute an appeal. There will be no action from the government to respond to the…

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