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Amazon joins Big Tech bond rush with $12bn debt sale Ecommerce group’s first US bond in three years comes as it cranks up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure Amazon is seeking to raise $12bn in its first US bond sale in three years, becoming the latest big tech group to turn to debt markets to …
Aaron adds: “If I’m having fun, the answer I would say as to why it won’t happen is like, saltwater. I’ll just throw a little bit of that at them – robots hate saltwater. And stairs.” Despite robots traditionally lacking tactile sensation, Aaron has successfully engineered one with this capability. Vulcan possesses a sense of …
The real estate market is already starting to feel the impact of the massive layoffs at Amazon as some homeowners and buyers begin scrambling to deal with the fallout. KIRO 7 spoke with a pair of real estate brokers whose clients were among those laid off. They are already getting calls about selling their homes …
On Tuesday, Amazon confirmed plans to cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence. It’s the first wave in a mass layoff that’s expected to slash 30,000 Amazon positions, or 10 percent of the corporate staff. ‘Some may ask why we’re reducing roles when the company is …
⚠️This is INSANE: Retail investors' options volume spiked to a RECORD HIGH in October, according to Citadel Securities data. Mom-and-pop investors are now trading options TWICE as FREQUENTLY as they did last year. Also, their activity in 0DTE options hit a record ~60%. pic.twitter.com/cf4T9EIv3P — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 27, 2025 BREAKING: 🇺🇲 Starting …
https://www.theverge.com/news/805387/warner-bros-sale-netflix-amazon-apple-interested Three of the rumored potential buyers for entertainment titan Warner Bros. Discovery are tech companies. Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are all interested in buying Warner Bros. Discovery as a whole or acquiring pieces of the company, like its content libraries and production assets, according to Bloomberg. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it …
BREAKING: 🇺🇸According to internal documents obtained by the New York Times, Amazon is planning for robots to replace more than 600,000 jobs it would otherwise have to fill in the United States by 2033 Amazon’s robotics team’s ultimate goal is to automate 75% of its operations. The company expects to avoid hiring 160,000 people in …
An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the company offered an update on the cause of the issue and said it was working to restore services. At 6:01 PM ET, Amazon said …
Like Amazon, now Walmart and Target are holding similar “fall” savings events promising to offer big savings. All three of them know the consumer economy is in deep trouble, thus the overemphasis on savings. But it’s not just what these retailers are doing for customers, it’s what they aren’t doing for workers. According to a …
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigations, which are being conducted by the agency’s consumer protection unit, focus on whether the companies properly disclosed the terms and pricing for ads, said …
The end of an era is arriving quietly but with consequences that will ripple across millions of households, leaving families, roommates, and casual users suddenly exposed to rising costs, fractured convenience, and a creeping erosion of the sharing culture Amazon once allowed. On October 1, 2025, Amazon will terminate the program that permitted Prime members …
The illusion is unraveling. The AI boom isn’t growth. It’s a public hemorrhage disguised as inevitability, a silent collapse dressed in corporate slogans. Every headline about funding, every press release about partnerships, every glossy demo conceals a truth the spreadsheets cannot hide. The titans are burning cash to keep the lights on, and the fire …
Heavy spending on cloud and artificial intelligence pushes Amazon’s free cash flow lower even as profits surge leaving investors questioning buyback potential. Amazon used too much cash in capital expenditure to build AI and cloud computing. — roger the investor (@roger1006g) August 30, 2025
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, “We are going to unleash American drone dominance,” said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. New Drone Rules Reuters reports US Proposes New Drone Rules May Lead to Starbucks, Amazon Deliveries. The U.S. Transportation Department is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, …
Trump pulled back from his threat to slap new tariffs on Mexican imports just hours before the August 1 deadline. “We had a very productive conversation. No need for penalties at this time,” he said from Bedminster, offering no details on what changed. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/taco-trump-announces-hes-backing-off-august-1-tariff-deadline-with-mexico/ https://archive.is/5y0Jp The move came after several GOP senators privately warned that …
On July 30 2025 the Trump administration held a White House event called “Make Health Tech Great Again” to unveil what is being billed as a digital health ecosystem. Over 60 organizations including Google, Amazon, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, Oracle and Anthropic signed on to voluntary data‑sharing and interoperability frameworks managed through CMS. The initiative promotes …
UPS is closing 73 buildings and cutting 20,000 jobs. Amazon volume is down 50 percent. That’s not automation. That’s collapse. UPS says it’s “reconfiguring the network” but the closures are concentrated in retail-heavy states where consumer demand is evaporating. Q2 revenue fell nearly 3 percent. Peak season plans? Not submitted. That means retailers don’t know …
Amazon (MONSTER) Insider Trading Alert 🚨 Founder Jeff Bezos dumps $1.5 Billion worth of $AMZN shares 👀 This guy still paying for the wedding? 💍 pic.twitter.com/jFKC3l9IHY — Barchart (@Barchart) July 16, 2025
California woman has been receiving hundreds of Amazon packages that she never ordered for over a year now, says she is living through hell. The Bay Area woman says an Amazon Chinese seat cover seller listed her home as their return address. To make matters worse, the seat covers don’t fit the seats that they …
Market runs on manufactured momentum and ticking clock… $VIX puts are being bought just before $SPY ramps like what's shown below to suppress vol further and cause an automatic rise in equity prices. This also happened yesterday and Monday. They didn't need to do this last week as the momentum trade was on its own. …
Amazon’s extended Prime Day event is off to a slower-than-expected start. According to Momentum Commerce, which tracks over $7 billion in Amazon retail activity, sales on July 8 fell 41% compared to the first day of Prime Day 2024. The drop comes despite Amazon doubling the length of the event from two days to four, …
Initial sales data from Amazon Prime Day is flashing a warning light. Early spending figures show a decline between 10% and 15% compared to last year’s event. This comes despite an expanded promotional window and aggressive markdowns across nearly every product category. Adobe’s projected $23.8 billion sales forecast now looks optimistic. What was meant to …
A jury delivers a verdict in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Los Angeles cancels Independence Day celebrations—blaming ICE arrests. Penn makes a U-turn, restoring records, titles, and honors to the women who earned them before male swimmer Lia Thomas joined the team. And what if everything you’ve been told about tariffs …
Market watches closely insiders cash out near highs… Jeff Bezos just filed for his sale of 3,324,926 shares of Amazon $AMZN bringing in ~$736.7M (Pre-Tax) Bezos is now ~13.3% of the way through his most recent filing to sell shares pic.twitter.com/RFzgokdUO0 — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) July 1, 2025 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unloaded more than 3.3 …
Forced attrition replaces pink slips… Yep. Already know of someone in the DFW suburbs who is moving back to Seattle bc of this — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 25, 2025 The company is not issuing mass emails. Instead, the message is being delivered through one-on-one meetings and internal town halls. Some employees have speculated that …
No paywall: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/60-billion-visa-mastercard-slump-184854735.html Paywall: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/a-60-billion-visa-mastercard-slump-seen-as-buying-opportunity ChatGPT highlights: Stock Drop: Visa fell 7.1% and Mastercard dropped 6.2% on Friday, wiping out over $60 billion in combined market value. Trigger: Wall Street Journal report said Amazon, Walmart, and others are exploring issuing stablecoins to bypass credit card fees. Other Players: Companies like Expedia and major airlines are also considering …
They don’t tell you this when you switch numbers. But Amazon’s system does something reckless. If you give up your old phone number and someone else picks it up later, they can walk straight into your Amazon account. No password. No email. No questions. Just the phone number alone is enough. That number? It’s the …
Online giant Amazon has unveiled new hi-tech robots with the potential to replace huge numbers of warehouse workers. The machines, called Vulcan, have cutting-edge technology that learn to “feel” and have a human-like sense of touch. By doing so, they can carry out detailed picking and packing in warehouses that until now could only be …
Bezos getting out since he get most of his product from China. Facts. Over 70% of products sold on Amazon are made in China, according to a 2024 Jungle Scout survey cited by AltIndex. This includes goods from Chinese sellers and manufacturers, as well as products sourced from… — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) May 2, 2025
