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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The S & P 500 jumped nearly 1.5% on Monday, as House members were called back to Washington to vote on a Senate deal to end the longest government shutdown in history. The Nasdaq surged more than 2%. With these gains, both indexes recovered nearly all of last week’s losses. A possible end to the 41-day shutdown, which has caused massive flight delays and cancellations and shaken consumer confidence in…

A stock broker reacts while monitoring the market on the electronic board displaying share prices during trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, in Karachi on July 3, 2023. Photo: Reuters/ File The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a robust rally on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index jumping 1,945.50 points, or 1.22%, to close at 161,538.41. The market opened strong and maintained its upward momentum throughout the session, hitting an intra-day high of 161,881.45 and a low of 160,406.43. Investor confidence returned after last week’s volatility, with renewed buying interest across key sectors — particularly fertiliser, investment banking, oil…

Hero Minnie will appear on Disney’s newest cruise ship the Disney Destiny.DisneyThe Disney fleet is expanding yet again.Later this month, the Disney Destiny cruise ship will make its maiden voyage from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, officially becoming the seventh ship in the company’s lineup.The Destiny, which is 221 feet tall and 1,119 feet long, can carry 4,000 passengers and 1,555 crew members. For its inaugural season, the ship will offer four- and five-night cruises to the Bahamas and Western Caribbean, including visits to one or both of the company’s island destinations, Disney Castaway Cay and Disney Lookout Cay at…

One of the few ramps built for wheelchair-bound residents of the city on University Road was demolished on December 9, last year, despite a court order to ensure it stays put. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS KARACHI: University Road has been closed for traffic from Nipa Chowrangi to Hassan Square due to ongoing development work. According to Express News, due to the construction of the BRT and administrative inefficiency, the traffic situation was already bad, and now a section of the main road has been completely shut down, said Javed Ahmed, who commutes daily along this route. For daily commuters, the closure…

Ripple Labs has become one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency companies, but executives aren’t stopping there, CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC. Over the past year, the firm has ramped up efforts to bridge the Web3 world and an industry that has long been viewed as its foil — traditional finance.In an interview with CNBC’s “Crypto World” at the Ripple Swell 2025 conference in New York, Garlinghouse said his firm aims to offer a wide range of traditional financial services built on blockchain infrastructure, capitalizing on growing institutional adoption of digital assets.A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that logs transactions…

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty ImagesSenate Democrats are poised to help Republicans pass a bill that could lead to the end of the government shutdown. But the deal they’re agreeing to doesn’t directly address what was once Democrats’ key demand: an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are due to expire by year’s end.The Senate took a major step toward ending the shutdown on Sunday night, when eight Democrats in the narrowly divided chamber voted…

Flight timings and cancellations are displayed on the departures board, a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | ReutersFlight cancellations were again piling up on Monday as air traffic controller shortages, worsened by the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown, snarled air travel coast to coast and President Donald Trump threatened to dock air traffic controllers’ pay if they are absent from work.On Monday, 1,432 of the 25,733 scheduled flights across the country were canceled, around 5.5% “and growing,” according to aviation data firm Cirium.Last week,…

ISPR says Fitna al Khwarij once again tried to repeat barbaric act of terrorism carried out in APS Peshawar DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Security forces foiled a terrorist attack on Cadet College Wana, killing two terrorists and preventing a major tragedy reminiscent of the 2014 Army Public School attack in Peshawar. According to security sources, terrorists attempted to storm the college early in the morning. The attack began with a suicide explosion at the main entrance, injuring 15 civilians and four security personnel. The injured security officials were identified as Naib Subedar Tabish, Lance Havaldar Shakeel, and soldiers Abdullah and Waqas.…

DETROIT – Kia on Monday previewed its next-generation Telluride SUV that the company is describing as a “new benchmark for the brand’s design and ambition.”The first-generation Telluride has been a standout success for the South Korean car brand since it launched in 2019, at many times ranking as one of the most highly in-demand vehicles in the U.S., based on inventory levels. It’s a crucial vehicle for the company in the U.S.Kia said the 2027 Telluride, which is expected to arrive in U.S. showrooms during the first quarter, has a larger, boxier and more modern design overall compared with the…

We’re making three trades on Monday. We’re selling 200 shares of Cisco Systems at roughly $71 each, leaving Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust with 1,000 shares of CSCO and decreasing its weighting to about 2.1% from 2.28%. We’re buying 80 shares of Corning at roughly $87. After the trade, the Trust will own 520 shares of GLW, increasing its weighting to about 1.2% from about 1%. We’re also buying 10 shares of Meta Platforms at roughly $631, increasing our position to 250 shares of META and its portfolio weighting to about 4.15% from about 4%. Ahead of Wednesday evening’s earnings, we’re…