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Female apprentice engineer operating CNC machine at factoryWithaya Prasongsingh | Moments | Getty ImagesThe CEO of the world’s largest recruitment agency told CNBC that the days of going to college to secure a well-paying career are over, as wages for skilled trade workers have increased 30% in the past few years.Sander van’t Noordende, CEO of leading Dutch staffing company Randstadrecommended a skilled trades career track for young people in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Wednesday. “I would say the days of going to college and doing things in an office are over,” Noordende said. “You have to…

Two police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking to block a new $1.8 billion “legal” fund created by the Justice Department to compensate Trump supporters who they say were victims of prosecutorial overreach.”In the most brazen act of presidential corruption of this century, President Donald J. Trump created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to fund insurgent and militia groups that commit violence in his name,” the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., says.”This fund, named the ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund,’ is illegal,” the lawsuit alleges.“There is…

President Donald Trump stands on stage at the Treasury Department’s Trump Account Summit in Washington, Jan. 28, 2026.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersStarting in July, Trump Accounts will offer parents new options to save and invest for their children’s futures. However, other tax-advantaged savings and investment vehicles already exist and are often underutilized. For example, a recent report from financial services firm Edward Jones found that only about 23% of parents currently use a 529 college savings plan.Andy Esser, an Edward Jones advisor and certified financial planner, says saving for your child’s education is a top financial priority, but “it’s still not…

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos said bringing a data center into space is a “very realistic” outcome, but it may take longer to pull off than expected as enthusiasm for the field builds ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming IPO.”Some of the timelines we’re hearing are very short,” he told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday. “People talk about two or three years. That’s probably a little ambitious.”Bezos, who founded the space company Blue Origin, said one of the key barriers to entry is energy, and the cost of chips needs to come down to free up data center budgets. Launch costs also…

Barney Frank, former U.S. CongressmanAdam Jeffrey | CNBCFormer Rep. Barney Frank, the resourceful Democrat who was instrumental in a landmark financial reform bill after the 2007-2009 economic crisis, has died, his sister Ann Lewis announced Wednesday. He was 86 years old.One of the most famous gay politicians of his time, Frank was a Massachusetts congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 30 years and was a liberal who happily worked with Republicans.”He’s a calm guy,” Oklahoma Republican Rep. Tom Cole said in 2011, when Frank was chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.Frank, along with…

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost the Republican primary on Tuesday after the most expensive and politically charged Congressional campaign in modern U.S. history. For the Israel lobby and its allies, the result was a decisive victory. US President Donald Trump used his political influence over Massey to support his chosen challenger, Ed Galine, turning a local race into a national conflict. At the same time, pro-Israel groups and billionaire donors, including Miriam Adelson, poured extraordinary amounts of money into Kentucky to defeat lawmakers who questioned military aid to Israel and made it a crime to challenge the growing influence of…

Over the past few months, Figma has partnered with OpenAI and Anthropic to include support for AI CLI tools like Claude Code and Codex, allowing users to use these coding environments alongside their design software. The company is currently ramping up its own AI-smart efforts through a new AI agent that operates within a collaborative canvas. Figma says users can use natural language text prompts to instruct the new AI agent to automate tasks such as generating new designs, editing existing designs, or generating iterations of existing designs. Users can also launch multiple agents that can perform different tasks simultaneously.…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that the recent rally in struggling software stocks may have more to do with short covering than any significant improvement in fundamentals. “This is what I call a squeeze,” Kramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “It’s a real hedge fund squeeze.” Software stocks outperformed Tuesday as investors moved away from semiconductor and artificial intelligence hardware stocks, which have been a big driver of this year’s market rally. Beaten software stock Salesforce rose slightly, extending its winning streak to four sessions and more than 9%. Ahead of Wednesday evening’s earnings report, Nvidia is headed for…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks while gesturing at the main panel of Italian Tech Week 2025 held in Turin, Italy on October 3, 2025. Remo Casili | ReutersAmazon Founder Jeff Bezos on Wednesday dismissed concerns of a looming artificial intelligence bubble, telling CNBC that the big investment will ultimately help advance the technology in the long term. “Even if there’s a bubble, you don’t have to worry about it, because the bubble is driving investment, and a lot of the investment is going to be very healthy,” Bezos told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin in an interview on “Squawk Box.”Record valuations…

Here we will introduce companies that have become a hot topic in intraday trading. Akamai — The cloud computing stock fell 6% after the company announced a proposed issuance of $2.6 billion worth of convertible notes. Home Builders — Home construction stocks fell as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest level since January 2025. Benchmark yields are closely tied to consumer interest rates, including the interest rates charged on mortgages. The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) fell about 1%, as did Lennar. DR Horton and Toll Brothers fell about 2%. Micron Technology — Shares rose more than…