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If the stock you own goes down in value, you can use options trading to get your money back.Case in point: Fluor Co.The stock price has fallen 15% since the announcement of Q1 2026 results. Net income improved to a healthy $160 million from losses in the prior-year and prior-year quarters. The market is reacting to the reduction in full-year EBITDA guidance due to revenue underachievement ($3.66 billion vs. consensus $3.89 billion) and increased mining division costs towards the lower end of previous guidance.However, the bullish “data center” argument remains. CEO Jim Breuer highlighted the proliferation of new awards for…
Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investment Club hosts a “Morning Meeting” livestream every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. A recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. The three major indexes rose on Friday after April’s better-than-expected jobs report. The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls rose by 115,000 people last month, exceeding economists’ expectations of 55,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%. Jeff Marks, the club’s director of portfolio analysis, said the report weakens the Fed’s case for short-term interest rate cuts as the labor market remains stable. But Jim argued that interest rates still needed to be lowered, with much of the…
The match in Colombia, hosted by Independiente Medellin, was interrupted twice due to violence and then called off.Published May 8, 2026May 8, 2026The Copa Libertadores match between hosts Independiente Medellin of Colombia and defending champion Flamengo of Brazil was called off after home fans fired smoke bombs and set fires in the stands.In the latest example of serious crowd trouble in South American soccer, the referee ordered players off the field at Medellin’s Atanasio Giraldo Stadium shortly after kick-off on Thursday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listAfter about 50 minutes, authorities ordered the evacuation of spectators, after which regional…
london — While Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform Britain Party made strides in local elections, the ruling Labor Party slumped, deepening doubts about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ability to govern and further fracturing Britain’s traditional two-party system. Results released early Friday showed Mr Farage’s Reform Party, the Brexiteer and ally of US President Donald Trump, won more than 600 seats, while Labor lost more than 450 seats. The Conservative Party, the other half of the duopoly that has dominated British politics for more than a century, lost nearly 300 seats. “Labour is being wiped out by reform in many of its…
Zamalek travel to Algeria’s USM Algiers on Saturday for the first leg of the Confederation Cup final on Saturday.Published May 8, 2026May 8, 2026Financially struggling Egyptian club Zamalek will win a record $4 million in CAF Confederation Cup prize money if they defeat Algerian powerhouse USM Algiers in the two-legged final.USM will host the first match on Saturday in front of a crowd of 50,000, with the return match scheduled for May 16 in Cairo, featuring a showdown between former tournament winners.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listZamalek lifted the African trophy, equivalent to the UEFA Europa League, in…
This image, obtained from social media and published on February 28, 2026, shows a flight deck crew giving a signal to an F-35 jet on an aircraft carrier, in a screen capture from a video released by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) accompanying a press release describing the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, dubbed “Epic Fury.”Via CENTCOM X Via ReutersThe US military said on Friday that it had attacked two Iranian-flagged empty oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, preventing them from entering Iranian ports in violation of the US naval blockade.U.S. Central Command said in a statement that U.S. warplanes “fired…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Is it what you see? You can subscribe here.Earlier this year, the agent-based AI tool OpenClaw went viral, with everyone and their grandma lining up to download the digital assistant onto their devices. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang raved about the tool, calling it “the next ChatGPT,” and OpenAI criticized OpenClaw’s creator Peter Steinberger (which is a sign of the AI Lab’s own intentions in this space).Several months have passed, and the race to develop agent technology (AI tools that can perform tasks on your behalf) has begun to intensify among big…
The pornographic website Motherless, which has come under intense international scrutiny for hosting content related to gender-based violence and drug-induced sexual assault, was shut down by Dutch authorities after mounting pressure following a CNN investigation. A spokesperson for the Dutch public prosecutor’s office told CNN that the site had been removed by Dutch authorities and that Zeeland-Western Braband’s public prosecutor’s office had opened a preliminary investigation. The website appears to have gone offline Thursday night. Motherless’ servers are located in the Netherlands and hosted by NFForce Internet Services, a company based in Steenbergen in the south of the Netherlands. Public…
by AFP, Anadolu Agency, Associated Press, ReutersPublished May 8, 2026May 8, 2026The 10th Palestinian International Marathon was held in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, and after a two-year hiatus due to Israel’s strip wars, a parallel race was held in Gaza.The 42km race began at 6am local time (03:00 GMT) on Friday, with thousands of Palestinian and international runners gathering at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, the traditional starting point.Marathon coordinator Itidar Abdul Ghani said this year’s race carries a message of “homeland unity” and runners from both sides of Israel’s separatist regime will take part in simultaneous…
Today is the last day. 50% off second pass offer for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends at 11:59 PM PT. Then the price goes up and bringing in a partner, co-founder, or colleague for half the price is no longer an option. Register now to secure your savings. Save up to $410 on a pass and get 50% off your second pass. Not only will you miss out on discounts, you will also lose a second perspective Disrupt is not a linear experience. Multiple conversations occur simultaneously. Duplicate sessions. Introductions lead to something else an hour later. Patterns only become apparent…