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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.

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(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.

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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 ...

The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT) just gave back a chunk of its 2026 run, sliding 5% in a single week as semiconductor names corrected. The fund is still up about 21% year to date and roughly 39% over the past year, but holders should treat that pullback as the market beginning to question the ... VGT Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance in H2 2026

Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data centers themselves.

An AI spending blitz is demolishing new Fed chair Kevin Warsh's argument for interest rate cuts with more price increases about to ripple through the economy

(Bloomberg) -- Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen a historic squeeze on supply driven by the artificial intelligence boom, a semiconductor industry group warned the Trump administration. Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileGermany Rejects Trump’s Demands for NATO Loyalty to WashingtonMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerRussia Indicates U

UiPath’s agentic automation push is raising the stakes for its next report, where investors will look for proof that new workflow tools are lifting ARR, retention, and margins.

Wall Street does not punish companies for spending money. It punishes them for spending money without a story. Give investors a believable path from this year's bills to next year's profits and they will forgive almost any number on the capital expenditure line. Take that story away, and every ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerGermany Rejects Trump’s Demands for NATO Loyalty to WashingtonRussia Indicates Ukraine Fired Long-Range Ballistic MissileKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO

OpenAI already has a lineup of impressive investors ahead of its eagerly awaited initial public offering. OpenAI has talked about offering a 5% ownership stake to the U.S. government, potentially via a sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the talks. There would be a couple of potential benefits for OpenAI if the Trump administration were among its investors.

US equity markets were mostly tracking in the green before the opening bell Thursday as traders awai

(Bloomberg) -- Investors in SpaceX have been largely flying blind since the company’s record-breaking IPO last month, with few financial projections to help determine what the stock is actually worth. Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO ResignsUS Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling TalksSpaceX IPO Left Mirae

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. and its telecom unit will start renting AI computing resources to US companies next fiscal year in a bid to capitalize on the company’s growing pipeline of data center projects.Most Read from BloombergMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileKrafton Agrees to Pay ‘Subnautica 2’ Bonuses as Developer’s CEO ResignsUS Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling TalksSpaceX IP

The AI boom created a ton of winners on Wall Street. However, it also created an incredibly unforgettable story for workers. Tech behemoth Microsoft (MSFT) is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, according to Business Insider, in a move that could be announced as early as next ...

Stocks fell as Meta buzz hit SpaceX, Micron and many AI stocks. Tesla is near a buy point with deliveries due. The June jobs report also is on tap.

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Tesla, Caterpillar, Applied Materials and an ETF of chip stocks are in the idiosyncratic investor’s crosshairs.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.2%, and the actively t

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. has had a remarkable 12 months by just about any measure you can imagine.Most Read from BloombergSpaceX IPO Left Mirae With No Shares on MisunderstandingSupreme Court Backs Birthright Citizenship in Blow to TrumpTrump Reports at Least $1.4 Billion in 2025 Crypto EarningsWhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to 3 Billion UsersYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanThe stock price has more than doubled, raising its market capitalization by more t

The market might be all-in on the AI trade, but a growing chorus of traders and analysts is changing strategies. Mega-cap tech companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon have been hit particularly hard in recent weeks as their plans to spend billions on AI infrastructure have attracted growing ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which logged their best quarterly performances since 2020, ended the day 0.79% and 1.52% higher, respectively.