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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 42 MIN

Jobs Report Gains vs. Layoffs, CoreWeave CEO "First on CNBC," Mega-Tech Record Highs 5/8/26

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Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with market reaction to the better-than-expected April jobs report, plus where AI fits into the labor picture.  The anchors also discussed layoffs at Cloudflare, Upwork and BILL.com — the companies' announcements came within a 24-hour period. CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator joined the program at Post 9 to talk about the company's AI strategy, as well as the guidance that sent the stock lower. Another record setting day for the Nasdaq, with Nvidia and Apple hitting all-time highs. Also in focus: Anthropic's push toward a $1 trillion valuation, earnings winners and losers including Airbnb and Coinbase, U.S.-Iran deal watch.   Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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