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More than 75,000 workers strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente — the nation’s largest health-care nonprofit organization — went on strike Wednesday at…

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Cal-Maine Foods, Intel, Apple and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Intel — Shares popped 2.5% after the chipmaker announced it would…

Questions arise over U.S. aid to Ukraine after McCarthy ouster; Russia, Ukraine down dozens of drones

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates.  The dramatic…

U.S. ambassador insists America remains the top foreign policy actor in the Middle East

Martina Strong, U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, believes the U.S. is unequivocally the most important foreign policy actor…

Bill Gross says the surging 10-year Treasury yield could test 5% in the short term

Widely followed investor Bill Gross believes Treasury yields have the potential to shoot even higher in the short run. “I…

Bond yields could race through 5% in next couple of weeks, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns

Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects Treasury yields to go a lot higher — and possibly overshoot through 5% in…

Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. Feinstein, becoming third Black female senator in U.S. history

Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday,…

U.S. falls in new ‘financial inclusion’ ranking, a global measure of access to financial services, researchers say

“Financial inclusion,” defined as individuals and businesses having access to useful and affordable financial products, has declined in the U.S.,…

The job market is strong, economists say — but workers don’t think so

The job market remains strong despite gradual cooling from pandemic-era highs, according to labor economists — but workers don’t seem…