Sarah Jo Marcotte, an educator from Vermont, holds a sign that reads “Here for my students!! Cuts Hurt.” outside of the U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees.”The Department must be able to carry out its functions and its obligations,” as well as “other relevant statutes as mandated by Congress,” U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston wrote in the preliminary injunction.The U.S. Department of Education announced a reduction in force on March 11…
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A view of the gates to the CIA property after a person shot outside Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters by security guards in McLean, Virginia, United States on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Kyle Mazza | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA woman was shot and wounded at CIA headquarters after crashing into a gate there early Thursday morning, NBC News reported.The woman has been preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC.The officials are investigating whether Spadaro was intoxicated during the incident on CIA property in Langley, Virginia. She is being treated for…
A customer carries an Apple MacBook Pro laptop outside an Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, US, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple devices will power a hospital in Georgia, a first for the company as it continues its push into the health-care sector. Emory Healthcare on Thursday announced that its Emory Hillandale Hospital will be the first U.S. hospital that runs on Apple products, including the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, iMac and Mac mini. The devices will also integrate with software from Epic Systems, the leading electronic health record vendor in the nation. Hillandale…
JPMorgan is bullish on Goodyear Tire & Rubber , as the company is not only executing on its transformation plans but can also serve as a hideout from tariff pressures. Analyst Ryan Brinkman assigned an overweight rating to the stock. He also lowered his year-end price target by $1 to $17, but that still suggests shares could gain 61.9% from Wednesday’s close. Hype has been building around Goodyear Tire’s major transformation efforts , which were revealed after activist investor Elliott Investment Management took a stake in the company in 2023. Goodyear’s “Goodyear Foward” two-year transformation plan ends in December, but…
Bitcoin is trading at new all-time highs but there’s likely even more upside to come, according to Rosenblatt Securities. The flagship cryptocurrency scored a new record overnight , climbing above $111,000, after rising above its January high on Wednesday. The biggest catalyst for the move higher has been easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt, which has highlighted alternative stores of value — including bitcoin. Instead of a fast rally to a new all-time high, as long-time bitcoin observers are used to, it’s been a steady climb in recent weeks, supported…
Alphabet Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat (L) and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (R) wait to meet the Saudi Crown Prince at the Royal Court in Riyadh on May 13, 2025.Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesTechnology giants OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco are joining forces to help build a sweeping Stargate artificial intelligence campus in the United Arab Emirates.”AI is the most transformative force of our time,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a release Thursday. “With Stargate UAE, we are building the AI infrastructure to power the country’s bold vision – to empower its people, grow its economy, and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesStocks were unchanged Thursday following a sizable sell-off on Wall Street as worries about a ballooning deficit deepened. The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since October 2023 as lawmakers passed a bill that investors fear could worsen the U.S. deficit.The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 32 points, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite traded marginally above flat.In a party line vote early Thursday, House members approved the bill that includes lower…
Barclays CEO C. S. Venkatakrishnan speak during the Barclays Sustainable Finance conference in New York City, U.S., March 19, 2024. Brendan McDermid | ReutersWashington’s protectionist trade policies are posing a “real challenge” to European nations as they seek to raise their security contributions, according to Barclays CEO C. S. Venkatakrishnan.”I think Europe has a real challenge in adjusting to tariffs. It’s got to find space, fiscal space, to increase defense spending, and it’s got to look at consolidation in financial institutions, in within its market,” the executive told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on Thursday. The European Union currently faces a 25% U.S.…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Advance Auto Parts — Shares surged more than 30% after Advance Auto Parts topped first-quarter expectations. The auto parts company posted an adjusted loss of 22 cents per share, narrower than the loss of 82 cents per share analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated. Revenue of $2.58 billion exceeded the $2.50 billion consensus estimate. Nike — The footwear stock added almost 1% after the company said it would resume sales on Amazon . Nike had previously been a “gated” brand on the site, which means sales were highly restricted, after the…
Analysts see even more gains ahead for Snowflake after on the back of the cloud-based data storage company’s strong strong first-quarter print. The cloud company posted first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations. On top of that, Snowflake raised its fiscal 2026 revenue outlook. The results and updated guidance sent shares more than 9% higher in the premarket. The company has benefitted from higher enterprise spending from companies prioritizing artificial intelligence spending and looking to shift their workloads to the cloud. Its AI deals with other startups have also broadened its customer base to companies looking to build AI…
