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Key PointsCNBC’s Jim Cramer said the market has become a “beast”, driven by a powerful rally in data center and AI-related stocks.He then turned to the week ahead, where a packed slate of tech earnings will test whether the surge can continue or if expectations have gotten too high.CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that next week’s packed slate of tech earnings will test the mettle of a market driven overwhelmingly by a surge in artificial intelligence-related stocks. “This market is a beast,” said the ” Mad Money ” host. “More accurately, it’s a beast if you own anything connected to…

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The Intel logo is displayed in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Jan. 22, 2026.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesIntel shares soared 24% on Friday, their best performance since October 1987, as investors cheered signs of renewed growth due to mounting artificial intelligence demand.The stock closed at $82.57 and is now up 124% this year after jumping 84% in 2025. Friday’s rally topped a 23% gain for the stock on Sept. 18, when Nvidia agreed to invest $5 billion in the company. CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm early last year, has revived Wall Street interest in the…

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The restauranteur behind New York’s famed Carbone said there’s been a big shift in consumer behavior with younger customers spending less on alcohol but more on high-end dining experiences.”They’re definitely health conscious. There’s certainly been a trend of drinking less,” Mario Carbone, the CEO of Major Food Group, said on “Mad Money” on Friday. “But what they’re also saying is we’re willing to spend a disproportionate amount of money on experience … travel, dining.”Over the last few years, alcohol stocks have been under pressure, as major brewers and spirits makers grapple with slowing volume growth, weaker demand among younger consumers,…

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Moderna’s mRNA-based combination vaccine against both flu and COVID-19 has gotten the green light in Europe—but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed. This week, the European Commission authorized Moderna to market the vaccine, mRNA-1083 or mCOMBRIAX, making it the world’s first authorized combination shot for the two respiratory viruses. The decision follows a positive review in February from a key European Medicines Agency’s committee, which paved the way for the approval. Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel welcomed the news. “By combining protection against two significant respiratory viruses in a single dose, our vaccine aims to…

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The Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is merely “temporarily paused,” a pair of Democratic senators said in a letter sent to the department Friday and obtained first by CNBC.”Your announcement leaves the door wide open for you to relaunch the criminal probe against Chair Powell — or future baseless investigations into Powell or other Fed Governors and a future Fed Chair — should it once again become politically expedient for you to do so,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in the letter addressed to U.S. Attorney for the District of…

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