Trump Republicans shift GOP approach to labor, free markets and regulation

Trump Republicans shift GOP approach to labor, free markets and regulation

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump shouts during a campaign event in Freeland, Michigan, U.S. May 1, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This reported column is Part One of Eamon Javers’ two-part series on the new, conservative economic populism gaining ground among Republicans close to former President Donald Trump. Please check back … Read more

Nvidia is talk of town at AI events before fiscal Q1 2025 earnings

Nvidia is talk of town at AI events before fiscal Q1 2025 earnings

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang displays products on-stage during the annual Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images At the start of last week, OpenAI’s technology chief personally thanked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for “bringing us the most … Read more

Tech giants pledge AI safety commitments — including a ‘kill switch’

Tech giants pledge AI safety commitments — including a ‘kill switch’

A slew of major tech companies including Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI, on Tuesday agreed to a landmark international agreement on artificial intelligence safety at the Seoul AI Safety Summit. The agreement will see companies from countries including the U.S., China, Canada, the U.K., France, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, make voluntary commitments to … Read more

In biometric ‘breakthrough’ year, you may soon pay with your face

In biometric ‘breakthrough’ year, you may soon pay with your face

Automated fast food restaurant CaliExpress by Flippy, in Pasadena, Calif., opened in January to considerable hype due to its robot burger makers, but the restaurant launched with another, less heralded innovation: the ability to pay for your meal with your face. CaliExpress uses a payment system from facial ID tech company PopID. To activate it, … Read more

Department stores want younger shoppers

Department stores want younger shoppers

Signage of Macy’s, Kohl’s and Nordstrom retail stores. Getty Images Department stores are aging — and so are their customers. For over a century, the stores won over multiple generations with a promise to sell shoppers a wide variety of everything. For many Millennial and Gen Z consumers, that hasn’t been enough — especially as … Read more

What Nvidia must deliver in earnings this week to remain AI king

What Nvidia must deliver in earnings this week to remain AI king

It’s all about to happen. But until it happens, then no money should be made waiting for it. We have to see its success to invest in it. Otherwise, the heck with it. There. That had been the bear case against artificial intelligence, generative AI, accelerated computing and large language models (LLMs), all the essential … Read more

How to own tech and stay diversified, plus learning more about buybacks

How to own tech and stay diversified, plus learning more about buybacks

Here’s our Club Mailbag email [email protected] — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. We can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. This week’s question No. 1: I was just wondering … Read more

Companies lean on sports after Hollywood strikes

Companies lean on sports after Hollywood strikes

Brock Purdy #13 of the San Francisco 49ers prepares to take a snap in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs0 during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Michael Reaves | Getty Images Media giants relied on sports last year when they had to woo advertisers … Read more

Campus protests on Gaza call for schools to divest from Israel—How it would work

Campus protests on Gaza call for schools to divest from Israel—How it would work

Student protests against the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict have brought battalions of police in riot gear to college campuses, enraged some billionaire donors, and led to canceled graduation ceremonies. One constant refrain at these protests is the call for college endowment funds to divest from Israel and the many American companies that do business there. Tech … Read more