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Goldman Sachs unveiled a slew of buy-rated stocks with major upside ahead of earnings. The firm said it likes companies with room for growth and attractive valuations. CNBC Pro combed through Goldman Sachs’ research to find stocks worth snapping up going into quarterly results. They include Monster Beverage , Uber Technologies, IBM and Bill.com. Uber Technologies Analyst Eric Sheridan urged investors to remain calm on shares of the ride-sharing company ahead of Uber’s earnings report on Feb. 5 . He acknowledged in a recent note to clients that autonomous vehicle uncertainty remains, but Sheridan also said that shares are too…

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U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Harry Reid International Airport, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 24, 2025.Leah Millis | ReutersPresident Donald Trump is using a stop Saturday in Las Vegas to offer details on how he can begin excluding tips from federal taxes, betting that a city built on gambling and the hospitality industry will relish taking home larger slices of gratuities.Trump is vowing to make good on a campaign promise and will give a speech at the Circa Resort & Casino, according to the Culinary Union, which represents about 60,000 hospitality workers across Nevada. The…

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In a recent interview with an Israeli TV station, Chen Goldstein-Almog, an Israeli hostage released in November 2023, said that when she and her daughter, Agam, were let go, they were transferred to a Red Cross vehicle that was surrounded by a large crowd of people.“I remember that Agam told me: ‘Mom, today we’re going to die,’” she said, recalling that moment. “It was terrifying until the end.”In an interview after last Sunday’s release of hostages, Yves Daccord, the former director general of the Red Cross, said handoffs of hostages should occur in a quiet place, away from the public.“In…

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Although the S & P 500 managed to touch a new all-time high this week, there are signs that certain stocks could be due for a pullback. The broad market index rose to fresh record highs this week on Thursday, gaining around 2% in that time. That marked the first consecutive weekly advance for the benchmark since early December. The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also advanced 2%. Those gains follow the release of strong corporate earnings from companies like Netflix, along with enthusiasm around the Trump administration’s policies. Against this backdrop, CNBC Pro used its…

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky (L) arrives to give a press conference on the sideline of a EU summit in Brussels, on October 17, 2024, and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4, 2024. Ludovic Marinryan M. Kelly | Afp | Getty ImagesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes Europe and the United States will be involved in any talks about ending his country’s war with Russia, he told reporters on…

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As out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Los Angeles residents earlier this month, the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to send their air tankers and water bombers to the area. It was supposed to be the off-season.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has more than 60 fixed-wing and rotor-wing firefighting aircraft, which it calls the largest civil fleet of its kind.But the federal government, U.S. states and countries from Australia to Chile to South Korea hire companies that have their own private fleets of specially outfitted aircraft to help tame fires.”I was lucky…

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Several semiconductor makers should reap the biggest rewards from President Donald Trump’s Stargate artificial intelligence initiative, tech analysts say. The project — a $500-billion joint venture backed by Oracle , OpenAI and SoftBank — aims to build up AI infrastructure in the U.S. over the next four years. Many on Wall Street expect the project to reward the entire technology industry, supporting inference, training, semiconductor and grid infrastructure growth. ORCL 5D mountain Oracle shares over the last five trading days Beneficiaries will include Nvidia , Broadcom and Credo Technology in the GPU/custom silicon area; Arm Holdings in key chip intellectual…

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem looks on at the start of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Senate is heading towards a vote on confirming South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, placing her at the head of a sprawling agency that will be essential to both national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to squash illegal immigration.Republicans were determined to barrel through on Noem’s confirmation, threatening to keep the…

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FRANCE – 2025/01/20: In this photo illustration, Trump Meme , Trump the Crypto president, is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Romain Doucelin | Getty ImagesCrypto executives, companies and investors are getting an early return on their investment in Donald Trump.After pouring tens of millions of dollars into Trump’s 2024 campaign for president, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week in the White House.”I don’t think they could have imagined a better outcome than they just got in the past 48 hours,” Benchmark’s Bill Gurley, known for…

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I loved reading about the 27-year-old French pianist Alexandre Kantorow, a rising star in the classical world who’s won major awards, played in the rain in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics and is set to make his debut at the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Friday. What struck me about Kantorow is his commitment to keeping his life and his working practices the same, even as he seems destined for fame, even as fans crowd outside his performances holding signs begging for seats.“I don’t really like change, and unnecessary change in life,” Kantorow told The Times. He’s had the…

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