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JUNE 4, 2026
Jim Cramer. - Tulane Public Relations/Wikimedia Commons
CNBC's Jim Cramer is making a paradoxical call on the pending SpaceX IPO. On Squawk on the Street this week, he predicted the stock could double on its opening trade to a $4 trillion valuation, while publicly trying to talk retail investors out of buying. The mechanics he points to (a microscopic float and forced index-fund demand)...
JUNE 4, 2026
As home sales slow, agents abandon the job in droves© FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
The real estate market’s most lucrative season of the year is upon us, yet instead of preparing spring listing materials and booking showings, tens of thousands of realtors are fleeing the market completely.
Don’t let the steadily ascending (1) price of the average home...
JUNE 4, 2026
Vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, are seen in this image obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4. - Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump keeps telling Americans that diplomacy with Iran is going well, a deal is close and “it will all work out well in...
MAY 30, 2026
A diverse group of people in a ceremony taking the United States Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to become citizens.© O2O Creative, Getty Images
On the Wednesday, May 27, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A green card policy change announced last Friday could force many non-citizens to return to their host countries before applying, upending the lives of hundreds of...
MAY 28, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Opinion by - Roxanne Cooper
You know, I've been thinking a lot about failure lately. Not the kind of failure that happens to ordinary people—the type where...
MAY 28, 2026
Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week amid relatively low layoffs, despite the dragging war with Iran.
Initial claims for state unemployment...
MAY 28, 2026
Ogallala Aquifer: The largest US groundwater supply is running out.
The largest underground water supply in the United States—responsible for sustaining a vast share of the nation’s farming—is steadily running dry, raising concerns about future food production and price volatility as supplies come under strain.
The Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight Great Plains states from South Dakota to Texas, provides roughly 30 percent of...
MAY 28, 2026
SpaceX IPO. - Jorge Villalba / iStock Unreleased via Getty Images
SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation on its June 12 IPO, making it history’s largest public offering, with dominance in satellite broadband, rocket launches, and defense contracts; Alphabet (GOOG) and Alibaba (BABA) both experienced sharp declines after their IPO debuts before recovering years later.
IPOs larger than...
MAY 23, 2026
Climate Choices Plastic Film Recycling. - Joshua A. Bickel
NEW YORK — Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They're impossible to avoid and harder still to properly dispose of.
If thrown in the trash, they can take up to hundreds of years to degrade in landfills and release harmful microplastics into the environment. Over 3 million tons...
MAY 23, 2026
The U.S. Department Of Homeland Security logo is displayed on a sign at a Citizenship and Immigration Services office on January 16, 2026 in San Diego, CA. —Kevin Carter—Getty Images
Most people applying for green cards from within the United States will be required to leave the country and apply through consulates abroad under sweeping changes announced by the Trump...
