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Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Friday, July 10, including SK Hynix (000660.KS) making its debut on the Nasdaq, Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings, monthly sales results from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), and the pending approval of Congress' housing affordability bill.

Tech layoff announcements follow a predictable script. A company memo goes out. The number of jobs cut makes the headlines. Executives talk about realigning for the future. Then the story moves on, and the people who just lost their income are left sorting through the details on their own. ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has revealed the leadership of the US central bank's new task forces to review monetary policy and even communication on the Fed's interest rate messaging. Yahoo Finance Senior Fed Reporter Jennifer Schonberger breaks down who the new task force leaders are.

The task forces will study Fed communications, the balance sheet, economic data usage, productivity and jobs, and inflation.

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. said its carbon emissions climbed 25% in 2025, making it the latest technology company to report a setback in its efforts to erase emissions amid heavy spending on artificial intelligence data centers. Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameNvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsTrump Vents Anger With Iran and Warns Ceasefire May Be ‘Over’US Military Launches Strikes on Iran for Second S

T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund portfolio manager Tony Wang examines the back-and-forth activity appearing in semiconductor stocks, especially as the bar remains high for memory chip makers and SK Hynix's (000660.KS) US IPO listing is seven-times oversubscribed.

Investing.com -- Citi's second-quarter 2026 survey of 100 IT decision makers found Microsoft remained the top vendor CIOs are considering increasing spend with for artificial intelligence, followed by Amazon and Google.

The Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting under Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted a big focus on artificial intelligence spending. Bond markets are listening. Minutes of the Fed’s June meeting, where interest rates were kept unchanged at between 3.5% and 3.75% but communication was sharply pared back under Warsh’s new leadership, suggested a hawkish stance among Fed governors, many of whom remained focused on inflation pressures in the world’s biggest economy.

(Bloomberg) -- After losing roughly $1 trillion in market value in less than two months, Nvidia Corp.’s stock is the cheapest it’s been since before the AI boom kicked off and sent the shares into the stratosphere.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaChip Stocks Sink After Blistering Run as Oil Jumps: Markets WrapUS Strikes Iran and Blocks Oil Sales in New Test of TruceTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthChina Sentences

Second-quarter reports coming later this month will likely show another period of blowout AI investments. Wall Street analysts estimate that combined capital spending by Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms surged 74% year over year to hit $168 billion in the June-ending quarter, according to consensus estimates from Visible Alpha.

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Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley discusses Anthropic's expansion of its Claude Cowork agentic AI platform to mobile devices and how the company is shifting its narrative to focus on eliminating busywork rather than replacing human workers.

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace OpenAI and Anthropic with its own models in software products like Excel and Outlook. Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthNasdaq 100 Falls 2% in Chip-Led Rout as Oil Climbs: Markets WrapMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulChina Sentences Official to Death Over $325

July 7 (Reuters) - The world's largest technology companies are tapping debt markets and raising equity to bolster AI infrastructure, marking a shift for Silicon Valley firms that typically relied on

Amazon.com is looking to raise at least $25 billion through a U.S. dollar bond sale, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Tuesday, in the company's latest push ‌to fund its hefty AI investments. Tech companies have been tapping debt markets and ​launching equity sales to fund their costly AI infrastructure build-out. Big Tech, including Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta, are expected to spend more than $700 billion on AI this year.

(Bloomberg) -- For years, the Magnificent Seven tech giants commanded investors’ attention, dominating the S&P 500 Index and determining which way the overall stock market was headed. Those days are over.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthSaudis Slash Main Oil Price to Rare Discount as Market DivesChina Sentenc

(Bloomberg) -- Syntiant Corp., a company making semiconductors and software for artificial intelligence, filed for an initial public offering to tap investors’ enthusiasm for the technology. Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsSaudis Slash Main Oil Price to Rare Discount as Market DivesTwo Millennium Trading Po

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced on Monday as a rebound in semiconductors put the Nasdaq on top.

By Aditya Soni and Akash Sriram July 6 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Monday it would cut 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, overhauling its Xbox gaming business and divesting up to

Microsoft said on Monday it is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs, as ‌the Windows maker restructures parts of its commercial and ‌Xbox businesses, joining other tech giants in a wave of layoffs as companies ​shift investment toward AI infrastructure. The cuts highlight deepening concern among investors and economists that AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses already emerging in sectors most exposed to automation.

Investing.com -- Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Monday it is eliminating approximately 4,800 positions—about 2.1% of its global workforce—as the tech giant shifts resources toward high-priority growth areas. In an internal memo to staff, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer Amy Coleman contextualized the restructuring around a rapidly evolving tech landscape. “Our business is changing because the world around it is changing,” Coleman wrote. “Companies don’t get to choose wh

Microsoft is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs, the latest in a wave of tech layoffs as the Windows maker spends heavily ‌on AI infrastructure and uses the technology to improve efficiency across its business. Big Tech's ‌historic AI outlays, set to top $700 billion this year, are piling pressure on companies to show returns from the technology and ​offset the rising cost of rolling it out across their businesses. Microsoft announced the cuts on Monday following a rough stretch, with its shares falling nearly 23% in the first six months of 2026, their worst first-half performance since 2022.

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a massive reorganization to spur growth in the struggling gaming division. Xbox will also divest four of its video-game development studios and is beginning the process to part ways with a fifth.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsThe Tanker Tycoon Making Mi

Microsoft and Chipotle both crushed the market over the past decade, but their recent stumbles reveal two very different problems and two very different bets on what comes next.

(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc. kicked off its formal marketing process for its US listing on Monday, as the South Korean chipmaker looks to capitalize on surging investor demand for the high-flying memory-chip sector.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsThe Tanker Tycoon Making Millions on Hormuz Shuttle RunsModi’s Flagship Biofuel Push Faces Backlash From MotoristsOil’s Supply Wave, T

(Bloomberg) -- US stocks will struggle to reach new highs as investors rotate out of some of this year’s biggest winning technology trades, according to Morgan Stanley strategists.Most Read from BloombergOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaThe Supertanker Tycoon Making Millions on Hormuz Shuttle RunsModi’s Flagship Biofuel Push Faces Backlash From MotoristsOil’s Supply Wave, Tumbling Prices Rekindle Fears

Microsoft has become a big beneficiary of the AI boom.

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp.’s server assembly partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported a stronger-than-expected increase in quarterly sales, a sign of sustained AI demand.Most Read from BloombergWhy the Great American State Fair Looks So EmptyOil’s Supply Wave, Tumbling Prices Rekindle Fears of Global GlutBrazil Freezes $2 Billion, Pursues Arrests After US SanctionTankers U-Turn in Hormuz, With Some Taking Iran Route InsteadExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileRe

The worst-performing "Magnificent Seven" stock of 2026 owns about a quarter of one of the biggest IPOs in the pipeline.

On June 12, Amazon engineers handed a report to the U.S. Commerce Department. Within hours, two of Anthropic's newest AI models went offline for every user on the planet. Nineteen days later, Anthropic got them back. The return of Claude Fable 5 to global availability on July 1 is the result of two ...