UnitedHealth was noticeably absent from the major averages’ surge this past week – and shares of the beleaguered insurer have become historically oversold. The health insurance giant was one of a small handful of names to sit out this week’s rally, in which stocks rebounded after U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days. The S & P 500 posted a weekly gain of 5.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average became positive for 2025. In what was an ugly week for UnitedHealth, the insurer’s shares touched a fresh 5-year low on Thursday after The Wall Street…
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President Donald Trump wants to revive the struggling coal industry in the U.S. by deploying plants to power the data centers that the Big Tech companies are building to train artificial intelligence.Trump issued an executive order in April that directed his Cabinet to find areas of the U.S. where coal-powered infrastructure is available to support AI data centers and determine whether the infrastructure can be expanded to meet the growing electricity demand from the nation’s tech sector.Trump has repeatedly promoted coal as power source for data centers. The president told the World Economic Forum in January that he would approve…
I can’t be the only parent of college-age kids who routinely texts them, “Have fun. Not too much.” This roughly captures the recent market moment. Investors have loosened up and are deservedly enjoying the resounding six-week market comeback — which takes them ever closer to the hard-to-discern line between harmless fun and reckless indulgence. Bursting from a position of extreme fear and torrid liquidation culminating on April 7, at the point of maximum tariff aggression, the indexes have responded as if the waterfall near-20% sell-off from February’s peak severely overshot fundamental reality. From technical conditions that were “so bad they’re…
If Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang were a student again, he’d take advantage of generative AI to have a successful career.”The first thing I would do is to learn AI,” Huang said in a January episode of the “Huge Conversations” show with Cleo Abram, mentioning tools like ChatGPT, Gemini Pro and Grok. “Learning how to interact with AI is not unlike being someone who’s really good at asking questions,” he added. “Prompting AI is very similar. You can’t just randomly ask a bunch of questions. Asking AI to be an assistant to you requires some expertise and artistry of how to prompt…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCompany: Couchbase Inc (BASE)Business: Couchbase provides a cloud database platform for modern applications. Its database is engineered for high performance at scale to serve the needs of mission-critical applications that enterprises run their businesses on. Its products include Couchbase Capella, Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile. Its Couchbase Capella is a fully managed, automated and secure database-as-a-service that simplifies database management by deploying, managing and operating Couchbase Server across cloud environments. Its Couchbase Server is a full-featured, multi-service NoSQL database. It provides a comprehensive SQL-compatible query language, SQL++, that allows for a range of data…
Keke Palmer has worn many hats over her career so far: actress, entrepreneur, producer, podcast host, singer, author.But the 31-year-old spends her money prudently due to her humble upbringing, she says: Living below her means is her top financial habit for having a secure lifestyle.”I live under my means. I think it’s incredibly important,” says Palmer. “If I have $1 million in my pocket, my rent is going to be $1,500 — that’s how underneath my means I’m talking. My car note is going to be $340. I don’t need a [Bentley] Bentayga, I’ll ride in a Lexus.” As a child,…
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality. Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has ambitions, with the country planning to establish an autonomous Mars research station by 2038.In Musk’s view, going to Mars is tantamount to preserving humanity and escaping the ever-growing threats to Earth, including natural disasters and warfare. For scientists, Mars offers possible answers to questions such as the…
There’s a slew of stocks that are firing on all cylinders, according to Bank of America. The firm said buy-rated stocks like Disney, Palantir Technologies , Cadence Design Systems, KLA Corp and Planet Fitness have plenty more room to run. CNBC Pro combed through Bank of America research to find names with upside. Disney Shares of the entertainment giant have room for upside following the company’s recent earnings report, according to analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich. “Resilient in the face of choppy macro trends,” she wrote in a note to clients. The firm sees no shortage of positive catalysts in the…
Residents inspect their home after a tornado completely tore off the back wall of a two-story house in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., on May 16, 2025.Lawrence Bryant | ReutersAt least 16 people were killed when severe weather, including possible tornadoes, swept through parts of Missouri and Kentucky from Friday into Saturday morning, authorities said.Nine were dead in Laurel County, Kentucky, said Sheriff John Root, with “numerous severe injuries.” He said a tornado touched down late Friday night and that the search for survivors continued.Five were killed in St. Louis, and two others in Scott County, in southeastern Missouri, according to…
Labor union members hold placards on the day of a rally in support of federal workers during a rush hour protest outside the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersA federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively bargain over working conditions.A 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit put on hold an injunction a judge issued at the behest of the National Treasury…
