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Why Amazon’s CEO is ‘confident’ with $200 billion spending plan
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York, Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s stock plunged 11% in extended trading on Thursday, dragged lower by market jitters around the company’s $200 billion capex plans, the highest spending forecast among the megacap companies. The forecast is […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Amazon’s projected capex dwarfs that of its peers — which have already spooked markets
The logo and lettering of online retailer Amazon can be seen on the façade of Amazon Germany’s headquarters. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Amazon is following in the footsteps of fellow tech giant Microsoft, and not in a good way. Shares of the e-commerce and cloud giant plunged more than 11% in […]
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Amazon learns a tough lesson in a market bailing on tech. Why we must be patient
Amazon shares plummeted Thursday evening after the tech giant revealed a $200 billion capital expenditures plan for this year. Additionally, management’s current quarter profit forecast miss overshadowed what was otherwise a generally good final quarter of 2025. Revenue increased 14% year over year to $213.39 billion, beating expectations for $211.33 billion, according to estimates compiled […]
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Stock futures drop as Amazon slide adds to Wall Street’s tech woes: Live updates
Traders work at the Nasdaq on Feb. 4th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Stock futures retreated Thursday night as Amazon shares tumbled following earnings and investors hedged bets following a broad market sell-off. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 110 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures lost 0.5%, while Nasdaq 100 futures sank 1%. Amazon […]
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Amazon cloud unit beats on revenue and profit as parent company ramps up AI spending
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman delivers a keynote address at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 2, 2025. Noah Berger | Amazon Web Services | Getty Images Amazon said Thursday that revenue from its cloud unit increased almost 24% in the fourth quarter, topping analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services generated $35.58 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after the bell: Amazon, Reddit, Molina Healthcare, Fortinet and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Amazon — Shares tumbled 9% after the ecommerce giant reported $1.95 in earnings per share in the fourth quarter, narrowly missing the consensus forecast of $1.97 per share from analysts polled by LSEG. Amazon also said to expect $200 billion in capital expenditures for 2026. Reddit […]
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Good news in a sea of pain sends 2 non-tech stocks higher in Thursday’s down market
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were sinking for the third straight session as the rotation out of tech and into the less flashy areas […]
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Jim Cramer spots 2 stocks to buy as market drops for a third straight day
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are down on Thursday, following a volatile session that saw a sell-off in software stocks. Big Tech is broadly lower, with Alphabet down 4.3% and Amazon , which […]
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Amazon set to report earnings with AI spend, cloud growth, job cuts in focus
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, arrives at The Sun Valley Resort for the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings […]
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Amazon’s push to make AI cheaper — and why it matters to reigniting the stock
Amazon ‘s cloud leadership — and likely the next move in the stock — hinges on whether growth on that side of the business continues to reaccelerate. Custom AI chips are key to that effort. Investors widely view shares of Amazon, which also dominates in e-commerce, as driven primarily by the fortunes of its Amazon […]
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