Wall Street just drove a harsh line through the artificial intelligence trade. Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL)added nearly $1.5 trillion in combined market value during earnings week, according to CNBC. Microsoft gained more than $600 billion, while Amazon and Alphabet each ...
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Amazon (AMZN) stock blasted off post-earnings as Wall Street celebrated evidence that its whopping artificial intelligence (AI) spending was producing a measurable payoff. For the most part, investors were bracing for another quarter marred by fears of capital expenditure and questions about ...
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Alphabet’s (GOOGL) upcoming premium smartphone might be concealing a hazardous paradox. Leaked promotional renders of the unannounced Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold appear to show an eight-inch inner display, a slightly revised camera enclosure, and a new illuminated element on the rear of the phone. But ...
(Bloomberg) -- Equity investors are learning a harsh lesson this corporate earnings season: Not all artificial intelligence trades are created equal.Most Read from BloombergSingapore's Gated Island for the Rich Is Marred by Decayed HomesMoonshot’s Kimi Uses 20,000 Nvidia Chip Cluster From AlibabaTrump Orders Iran Attack as Soon as This Weekend, WSJ SaysAnthropic AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During TestsVitol, Cargill Cut Ties With Radiant World Amid Fake Invoice ConcernsWhile profits at
A surge in Amazon stock Friday gave the Nasdaq enough momentum to obscure Apple slump. Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Amazon’s which surged 15%. The post-earnings slide, Apple’s largest since 2014, followed company forecasts for its September quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
Profit growth is finally catching up with market dominance
(Bloomberg) -- The four largest players in the data center race have committed nearly $2.4 trillion in spending over the coming years, pointing to massive ongoing investment in AI infrastructure.Most Read from BloombergSingapore's Gated Island for the Rich Is Marred by Decayed HomesAnthropic AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During TestsMoonshot’s Kimi Uses 20,000 Nvidia Chip Cluster From AlibabaMicrosoft’s $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest in Stock Market HistoryChip Stocks Post Biggest Advance S
Amazon delivered blockbuster results across the board.
Federal court clears Reddit to advance anti-circumvention claims against Perplexity AI and SerpApi, even as the platform navigates Google search traffic fluctuations following robust Q2 2026 earnings.
Amazon.com’s strong earnings are providing a boost to battered AI hyperscaler bonds. Amazon shares jumped 15% Friday after the company reported accelerating cloud-computing sales. The momentum carried over to its bonds: the extra yield, or spread, investors demand to hold its 6.
Over the past two days, four of the trillion-dollar tech giants have reported earnings. Each day, there's been one clear winner and one clear loser. Today, Amazon stock is winning while Apple is down.
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) said it delivered second-quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $0.65 per share and reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance, with management saying results are trending in the upper half of the company’s range despite milder weather during the first half of the year. President

Amazon's (AMZN) AWS business saw 37% revenue growth this most recent quarter. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley chats with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about the results and future growth.

Apple (AAPL) stock continues to drop on Friday while shares of Amazon (AMZN) surge since the two tech giants posted earnings results yesterday. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley and Trustless Media Founder Zack Guzman take a closer look at the key figures that Apple reported in its earnings release.
July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds drew inflows in the week to July 29, snapping a two-week streak of outflows, as investors added exposure to mega-cap technology funds during a recent selloff on
Morningstar maintained an $850 fair value estimate for META, implying a 58% upside from current levels.
Data-center developer Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion for a Texas campus tied to Anthropic, with Alphabet's Google offering financial guarantees and supplying chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. • A bank group led by Morgan Stanley is discussing financing for the project in Hubbard, Texas, which includes a natural-gas-fired power plant capable of producing 1.6 gigawatts of electricity, the report said. • Google has agreed to guarantee billions of dollars of Anthropic's lease and power-payment commitments if the startup defaults, according to WSJ.
Google’s guarantees of power and lease obligations would help the developer secure financing for the 1.6-gigawatt Texas project.
DoorDash just secured federal clearance to fly its own delivery drones commercially, but a persistent trust gap with the American public may prove harder to clear than any regulatory hurdle.

Vertiv (VRT) stock is rebounding after the company reported quarterly earnings. Vertiv CEO Giordano "Gio" Albertazzi sits down with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman to discuss Vertiv's demand from AI hyperscalers, data center backlash, and more.

Meta (META) stock continues to plunge after the company reported its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley and BD8 Capital Partners CEO and CIO Barbara Doran chat with Morning Brief host Julie Hyman about the results, the stock reaction, and their outlook for Meta.
K2 Space said on Thursday it raised $500 million in a new funding round that valued the company at $6.8 billion, more than twice the valuation at its December round, as the company prepares to increase production of large, high-power satellites. Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ led the round, and were new investors in the satellite maker along with Alphabet's venture fund CapitalG. • The funding brings K2's total capital raised to more than $1 billion, the company said.
Alphabet's huge earnings beat is sending S&P 500 earnings growth soaring.
SEOUL—One of the world’s biggest memory-chip makers reported a record $64 billion quarterly profit on Wednesday—and its stock price still fell nearly 10%. Welcome to the most fickle of stock markets, where earnings that would have been unthinkable a year or two ago are now treated as a disappointment. SK Group, which controls SK Hynix, announced a $500 billion partnership with Nvidia for next-generation memory supply and AI data centers, giving details about an agreement reached earlier.