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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft shares jumped 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here’s…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta shares jumped 10% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue. Here’s how the company…
So long, summer doldrums. A stock market at all-time highs could be shaken up in a big way next week. Federal Reserve policymakers are convening for their July meeting at a time when central bank independence is in question. More of the Magnificent Seven companies are set to report and answer critical questions about artificial…
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress this week would create a new tax incentive for public companies to distribute stock to their rank-and-file employees. The new SHARE Act would give a 3 percentage point discount on the corporate tax rate to large companies that distribute at least 5% of their stock to the lowest paid…
The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Amazon is shuttering its research lab in Shanghai focused on artificial intelligence development, the latest belt-tightening move by the e-commerce and cloud computing giant. Wang Minjie, an applied scientist at the lab, wrote in a WeChat…
Alphabet and Amazon are buying opportunities ahead of their earnings results, while other plays on artificial intelligence such as Quanta Services are set to get a strong boost, according to Keith Gangl, senior portfolio manager at Gradient Investments. Gangl joined “Power Lunch” on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the Magnificent Seven companies ahead of…
Amazon logo on a brick building exterior in San Francisco on Aug. 20, 2024. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Amazon plans to acquire wearables startup Bee AI, the company confirmed, in the latest example of tech giants doubling down on generative artificial intelligence. Bee, based in San Francisco, makes a…
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft on Friday revised its practices to ensure that engineers in China no longer provide technical support…
Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon is laying off some staffers in its cloud computing division, the company confirmed Thursday. “After a thorough review of our organization, our priorities, and what we…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI said Wednesday that it expects to use Google’s cloud infrastructure for its popular…