(https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/cisco-csco-q3-earnings-report-2026.html) on surging AI infrastructure orders and sent the stock up 14%. Wall Street is popping champagne. But zoom out — this is a narrow win for companies selling picks and shovels to the AI gold rush, nothing more. Meanwhile, Cisco laid off 4,000 people. That's not a growth story; that's a margin story.

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