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The Operator: Good evening. We begin with the labor market, which according to CNBC Markets unexpectedly lost twenty-three thousand jobs in July, a drop from forecasts that expected eighty-three thousand gains.
The Operator: In Washington, the GAO finds Elon Musk's DOGE inflated claims on federal government savings, with a report determining the department overstated its claimed one hundred ten billion dollars in federal savings by taking credit for lease terminations already underway.
The Operator: Over at E.l.f. Beauty, profits surge one hundred percent on fifty million dollars in tariff refunds, a source from CNBC Earnings reports the company plans to reinvest these funds into marketing and price reductions on about ten percent of its product assortment.
The Operator: And for SpaceX, shares dive as analysts react to earnings that beat estimates but came with rising costs, while another CNBC Earnings report notes the company's capital expenditures surged some number to eighteen point some number dollars, with over eighty percent directed toward artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The Operator: That is the wire. Numbers don't care how loud you type them.
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