As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,

Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.

There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain? By performing a

skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused. Being blind

to those gaps is the real miss. Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully

cultivate talent. Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, January 9th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks finished at record highs today following a mixed jobs report. The Dow and the S&P 500 both reached new peaks up half a percent and 0.6 percent, respectively. The NASDAQ was up 0.8%.

Investors reacted to data showing the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent lower than expected.

Still, the economy added fewer jobs than economists anticipated. The figures will likely

encourage the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady.

Among individual companies, Intel shares jumped 11% today. The gain followed a meeting

late yesterday between the company's chief executive and the president. The government plans to convert

$9 billion in grants into inequity stake. General Motors stock fell almost 3%. The automaker

announced a $6 billion charge for its electric vehicle unit. Compass shares rose nearly 5%. The real

estate firm completed a $1.6 billion merger with anywhere real estate. The deal moved forward

after senior officials

overruled a potential investigation. And Oaklo and Vistra shares both moved higher today

after META selected the two companies to support its new nuclear power plans. Heads up,

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