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Every weekday, Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investment Club releases the Homestretch, a practical afternoon update to coincide with the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The S&P 500 hit a new intraday high on Wednesday, continuing to rebound from the decline caused by the Iran war. At one point, the S&P 500 index exceeded 7,000. The index would need to close above 6,978.6 to beat the all-time high recorded on January 27th. Wednesday’s index rally was driven by the strength of mega-cap tech stocks such as Apple, Metaplatform, Broadcom, Tesla and Microsoft. Battered enterprise software stocks also rallied, and laggards…

British police have arrested two people in connection with an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in a north London suburb. This is the latest in a series of alleged anti-Semitic crimes in recent weeks. A 46-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman were arrested in Watford, northwest London, on suspicion of “arson endangering life”, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The attempted attack took place on the outskirts of Finchley in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police said surveillance footage showed two people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas entering the synagogue grounds, placing two glass bottles next…

Bayern Munich scored two late goals that night to beat Real Madrid 4-3 and win 6-4 on aggregate in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final.Madrid took the lead three times that night to equalize, but Bayern fought back each time in front of their home fans in Munich. Luis Díaz’s goal in the 89th minute, just after Eduardo Camavinga was given a red card, finally got Madrid sent off, allowing Michael Oliseh to shine even more. It was a special game with five goals scored in the first half alone, but the 15-time European champions were eliminated. It could become another…

Emergent, the Indian startup known for its vibe coding platform, has launched Wingman, a messaging-first autonomous AI agent, to expand into the growing category of software that runs in the background to complete tasks popularized by tools like Anthropic’s OpenClaw and Claude. The Bangalore-based startup initially gained attention for its Vibecoding platform. The platform competes with tools like Cursor and Replit, allowing users without a technical background to build full-stack applications through natural language prompts. Powered by Wingman, Emergent is now moving from creation to execution, aiming to empower AI agents to handle everyday tasks across tools and workflows. “The…

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving at Marine One on Sunday, April 12, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA. He attacked Pope Leo XIV, who criticized the US-Israel war against Iran, and called the Catholic Church’s leader “soft on crime.” Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. derivatives regulators are investigating several unusual oil futures trades that took place minutes before President Donald Trump’s sudden announcement suggesting a pause in attacks on Iran, according to Bloomberg News.The investigation is being led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and…

Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty Images同社の状況ページによると、Anthropicは水曜日、Claudeチャットボット、アプリケーションプログラミングインターフェース、コーディングアシスタントのClaude Codeでエラー率の上昇が発生したと発表した。 As of 1:50 PM ET, all systems are operational. アンスロピックは東部時間午後12時30分ごろ、チャットボットへのログインの成功率が安定しており、「この問題を完全に解決する」ために取り組んでいると述べた。 The company began investigating the error at 10:53 a.m. ET, according to its status page. google OpenAI was valued at $850 billion in its latest funding round in late March. インターネットの問題に関するユーザー報告を記録するサイトである Downdetector では、東部時間午後 1 時 12 分の時点でクロードに関する問題を報告しているユーザーは約 2,000 人で、東部時間午前 10 時 42 分の時点では約 6,000 人でした。 By 1:34 p.m. ET, approximately 500 users had reported the issue. WATCH: Anthropic co-founder says company is expanding access to Mythos: Semafor eventNever miss the most trusted news moments in business news when you choose CNBC…

Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on April 15, 2026.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesRussell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told lawmakers that the total cost of the Iran war cannot be estimated and that the Trump administration has not yet considered a request for additional funding to send to Congress.”We’re not ready to submit a request. We’re still working on it. We’re working hard to figure out what we need for this fiscal year and next fiscal year,” Vought…

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc contracted the coronavirus despite receiving a vaccination and booster, he sought to fund research to find a better solution. What did he quickly find? In biotechnology, you can’t just write a check. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy does not drive science through clinical trials or license university IP. Now, he’s starting his own anti-cancer drug platform for pancreatic cancer, a cancer that kills 90% of patients, and he’s purposefully waiting to receive funding from his network until a peer-reviewed paper confirms his claims. In this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan speaks…

An automated barcode reader scans a package ready to ship at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber ​​Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Robbinsville, New Jersey.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesfor Amazon These are tough times under any circumstances for sellers who account for more than 60% of the products sold in the vast e-tailer market. The past year has been tough due to the Trump administration’s high tariffs on imports, and the recent war with Iran has led to higher energy costs, putting even more pressure on retailers to raise prices for struggling consumers or eat their losses. As…

World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Wednesday that countries affected by the Iran war should prepare for months of conflict-related disruption even if the current fragile ceasefire continues and the Strait of Hormuz reopens.Banga told CNBC’s Karen Tso at the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings that even if the Iranian threat and U.S. blockade no longer cut off key oil shipping routes, “it will still take months for things to get back to normal.””We therefore need to prepare for some degree of instability for these countries for several months,” he said.Banga said the World Bank was preparing a “war…