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Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Headquarters, Santa Clara, California, September 6, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesmarvel technologyThe chipmaker, which makes a variety of components and products needed for the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom, will join the S&P 500 on June 22, becoming the latest semiconductor company to be added to the benchmark. flexThe electronics contract manufacturer will also be added to the index on June 22, according to a press release. Both companies will take turns pool coop and campbells company.Marvell stock rose 5% in extended trading. The chipmaker saw a surge earlier this week. Nvidia CEO Jensen…
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said artificial intelligence is helping pharmaceutical companies develop medicines faster and make smarter decisions throughout the research process.”The value of AI in our industry is productivity gains,” Soriot said Friday on CNBC’s “Mad Money.” “The way we design new drugs, new drugs, we can actually do it faster and smarter.”The comments come as investors increasingly question whether massive spending on artificial intelligence is producing meaningful returns in industries such as healthcare. Soriot said AstraZeneca is already seeing practical applications across drug discovery and development, from identifying new targets to improving the design of potential drugs.”Not only…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer warned Friday that a combination of rising interest rates, rising oil prices and a flurry of new stock issuances could keep the market under pressure over the coming week.”What you’re seeing, on top of a market that’s hostage to interest rates and high oil prices, is a huge amount of new stocks coming through the pipeline that investors can’t buy unless they sell something else,” the “Mad Money” host said. All three major indexes ended lower after a better-than-expected jobs report pushed up U.S. bond yields and dampened hopes for short-term interest rate cuts. Investors were also…
President Trump is trying to shore up support among rural voters who have been hit hard by the economic fallout from the war with Iran and tariffs.Published June 5, 2026June 5, 2026During a visit to Wisconsin, President Donald Trump sought to reassure farmers who have been hit hard by tariffs and the economic fallout from the U.S.-Israel-Iran war.Friday’s stop in Chippewa Falls for the agriculture roundtable comes months before the November midterm elections. President Trump was seeking to shore up support for Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who is a target of Democrats seeking to take control of Congress.Recommended…
summary A Colombian judge has banned right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriela from wearing the national soccer uniform in a political context. Mr de la Espriela had urged his supporters to wear their jerseys at polling stations to circumvent campaign rules on election day. The ruling came as Colombia’s presidential run-off election was being held during a World Cup match in the soccer-mad country. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. bogota, colombia — Election authorities in South America may need to take the soccer calendar into account when setting the next voting date. That seems to be a…
london — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accused those who are “trying to interfere with our democracy” after US Vice President J.D. Vance weighed in on the national debate by blaming “mass immigration” for the recent killings of students. The murder of 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak, who lay dying from stab wounds by 23-year-old Sikh man Vikram Dighwa in an attack late last year, sparked a nationwide outcry. Mr Digwa, who falsely claimed to police at the time that he was the victim of a racist attack and was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to life in…
Founders, there are only three days left to participate in the Startup Battlefield 200. Applications for the Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8th at 11:59pm PT. Don’t wait any longer. Secure your spot on the Disrupt stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at Moscone West in San Francisco this October. Thousands of startups are already moving forward. If you’re building a company with the potential to reshape an industry, now is the time to take action. Apply or nominate your startup by the deadline. Image credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images What is Startup Battlefield 200? Startup Battlefield 200 takes ambitious…
This photo obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency on June 1, 2026 shows Iranians sitting on Sul Beach in Bandar Abbas, along the Strait of Hormuz. Amirhossein Kolgouei | AFP | Getty ImagesHELSINKI, Finland — Iran’s influence over the strategically important Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently changed the energy security debate, effectively making fossil fuels rather than renewables the primary source of vulnerability.For decades, the conventional narrative has been that technologies such as coal, oil and gas are seen as providing security while renewable energy is criticized for its intermittency issues and dependence on weather conditions. But the Middle East…
apple Stocks are near all-time highs and iPhone momentum is picking up, but Tim Cook heads into next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference with one unanswered question from his final developer conference as CEO. Could it finally deliver the artificial intelligence experience Apple promised two years ago?The expected highlight of WWDC is a major overhaul of Apple’s long-criticized voice assistant, Siri. Analysts expect Apple to show a more powerful version of Siri with standalone chatbot-style apps, personal context, on-screen recognition, the ability to process multi-step commands, and deeper routing to external models. googleGemini.For investors, WWDC is a test of whether Apple…
A complaint filed with the African Commission on Human Rights challenges controversial expulsion practices.Published June 5, 2026June 5, 2026The International Federation of Lawyers has filed a lawsuit against Africa’s top human rights organization seeking to block the deportation of a person from the United States to Equatorial Guinea.The lawsuit filed by the African Commission on Human Rights against Equatorial Guinea on Friday specifically targets so-called “third country” agreements between the West African country and the administration of US President Donald Trump.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder this policy, the United States can deport individuals to Equatorial Guinea who…