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AMD's big day, Anthropic-SpaceX deal, the jet fuel crisis and more in Morning Squawk

Cnbc · · 886 words · By Alex Harring
Economic Resilience AI Industry Competition Market Optimism
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/5-things-to-know-before-the-market-opens.html

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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Distribution giant McLane is planning to deploy unsupervised, self-driving trucks on routes in the region by the end of the year.”
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Two independent web sources (TechCrunch and another news report) confirm that McLane is planning to deploy self-driving trucks from Aurora Innovation across the US Sun Belt by the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Sun Belt Conference football season is the 25th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) as part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats were led by G.…
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“The chipmaker rallied 18% in Wednesday's session”
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While search results mention AMD stock rising and a 74% increase in April, there is no specific evidence provided that confirms an 18% rally on a specific 'Wednesday'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 3.93%), which primarily makes central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) for enabling artificial intelligence (AI) in data centers, rock…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/03/amd-stock-amd-earn…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stock Market Today, April 29: Advanced Micro Devices Rises After Analyst Upgrade Points to Data Center GPU Demand Ahead of Earnings.Copy and paste multiple instruments separated by spaces. These instr…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amd
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web search NEUTRAL — View live Advanced Micro Devices Inc chart to track its stock's price action. Find market predictions, AMD financials and market news.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-AMD/
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“AMD's stock has now skyrocketed roughly 320% over the last 12 months”
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The provided evidence includes general information about AMD and its stock but does not contain the specific figure of a 320% increase over the last 12 months.
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web search NEUTRAL — Through its Xilinx acquisition in 2022, AMD offers field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products. AMD was founded in 1969 by Jerry Sanders and a group of his fellow Fairchild Semiconductor colleagues.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · AMD delivers leadership high-performance and adaptive computing solutions to advance data center AI, AI PCs, intelligent edge devices, gaming, & beyond.
https://www.amd.com/en.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMD/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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“AMD's climb in yesterday's session propelled the Nasdaq Composite to another all-time high and the S&P 500 to its first close above 7,300.”
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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia and index pages for Nasdaq and S&P 500; there is no specific data confirming the S&P 500 closed above 7,300 or that AMD's climb caused this.
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web search NEUTRAL — Intel Corporation was one of the first major corporations to list its shares on Nasdaq; other major companies that have been listed on Nasdaq since its early years include Comcast and Applied Material…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq
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web search NEUTRAL — Get the latest stock market news, stock information & quotes, data analysis reports, as well as a general overview of the market landscape from Nasdaq.
https://www.nasdaq.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · NASDAQ 100 Today: Get all information on the NASDAQ 100 Index including historical chart, news and constituents.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nasdaq_100
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“McDonald's beat top- and bottom-line expectations for the first-quarter this morning, reporting same-store sales growth of 3.8% in the period.”
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The search results for McDonald's discuss food illness and historical openings in Moscow, but provide no financial data regarding first-quarter same-store sales growth of 3.8%.
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web search NEUTRAL — McDonald's Salads Linked to Intestinal Illness Outbreaks in Two States.
https://www.investopedia.com/company-news-4427705
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web search NEUTRAL — Financials - Quarterly Results | Robinhood.
https://investors.robinhood.com/financials/quarterly-results
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web search NEUTRAL — In 1990, Moscow got a McDonald's restaurant.Inside, customers lined up again for Big Macs, fries and shakes. The reviews were mixed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbfS99N6jY
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“U.S. airlines spent 56% more on jet fuel in March”
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Multiple web search results confirm that U.S. airlines spent more on fuel in March and specifically cite a 56% (or 56.4%) increase.
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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web search NEUTRAL — Ú (minuscule: ú), known as U-acute, is a Latin-script character composed of the letter U and an acute accent. It is found in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak and Sl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ú
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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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“In total, domestic airlines shelled out more than $5 billion on fuel in the month.”
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Multiple sources confirm that U.S. airlines spent over $5 billion on fuel in March.
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web search NEUTRAL — Spot platinum rises over 5% to $2,053.10/oz.Stocks and bonds rally after Axios reports US Iran closing in on deal. Gold climbs to more than one-week high on US-Iran peace deal hopes.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/u-s-airlines-spent-5-bil…
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web search NEUTRAL — American Airlines Group (BMV:AAL) slashed its 2026 profit forecast, pushing the lower end of expectations to a loss, and said it expected its jet fuel bill to increase by more than $4 billion this yea…
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/energy/articles/u-airlines…
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web search NEUTRAL — US Highlights News Updates: US airlines spent $1.8 billion more on fuel in March as prices jumped.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Disney reported a 7% increase in revenue from its parks and cruises division”
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The evidence provided consists of general Disney corporate and streaming links; there is no financial report mentioned confirming a 7% increase in parks and cruises revenue.
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web search NEUTRAL — The official website for all things Disney: theme parks, resorts, movies, tv programs, characters, games, videos, music, shopping, and more!
https://www.disney.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Log in to Disney+ with your MyDisney account. If you don't have one, you will be prompted to create an account before signing up
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web search NEUTRAL — Disney+ is the streaming home for Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more with exclusive originals and timeless classics.
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“Uber posted revenue growth in both its delivery and ride-hailing units.”
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“Anthropic will use all of the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center in Tennessee.”
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“Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said... Anthropic planned for 10-fold growth but saw an 80-fold increase in revenue and usage in the first quarter on an annualized basis”
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“FanDuel CEO Amy Howe has been ousted from the sportsbook after five years”
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“The company's president, Christian Genetski, will fill in as the company's leader”
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“shares of FanDuel parent Flutter have tumbled nearly 60% over the last year”
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“Elon Musk plans to spend billions of dollars on a Texas manufacturing plant that would make chips for his companies.”
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“First-phase cost: At least $55 billion”
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“Full buildout cost: Up to $119 billion”
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