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Geoffroy van Raemdonck has a plan to return the luxury retailer to profitability and start growing again.

The biggest names in fashion and entertainment hit the green-and-white carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Monday night to celebrate the museum’s annual Met Gala in New York City. The glitzy benefit is a fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute and accompanying fashion exhibit. Marquee sponsors of this year’s Met Gala and museum exhibit are Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos.

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Amazon is entering another industry, and it's making waves.

Big tech spending on artificial intelligence is set to soar past $1 trillion next year as companies race to secure their place in the queue of the world’s hottest technology. The upshot of all that spending, however, is a likely boost to inflation prospects, which are already rising from oil and energy prices tied to the U.S. war with Iran and the on again, off again nature of tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump. “There is a regime shift underway in technology goods inflation,” said Stifel research analyst Thomas Carroll, who notes that 2026 “marks the first time in 65 years that tech goods prices are rising faster than wages.”

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley take a look at how oil (CL=F, BZ=F) prices are feeding into the Dow Jones Transportation Average's (^DJT) recent market action.

The Treasury market is at a critical juncture and deepening losses at this point could pull money away from stocks as prices fall and yields rise.

GameStop Highlights Opportunity in Collectibles Market

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the Most Promising AI Stocks to Invest In. On April 30, Needham lifted its price objective on the company’s stock to $300 from $265 and maintained a “Buy” rating on the shares. As per the firm, the company posted better-than-expected Q1 results, and its hardware and business mix remain […]

Amazon announced Monday it is opening up its massive shipping and delivery network to any business that wants to use it -- not just the merchants who sell on Amazon's website.AWS started as an internal tool Amazon built for itself, then became a massive business by selling that same technology to other companies.

Shares of FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are down 9% to roughly $359 in midday trading Monday, while United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) stock is down 10% to about $97. The trigger: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has officially launched Supply Chain Services as a direct enterprise offering. Amazon stock is up 1% to $271 on the news, building on a 27% ... FedEx Slides 9%, UPS Sinks 10% as Amazon Supply Chain Services Goes Live: How Real Is the Threat?

FedEx stock dropped after Amazon unveiled a new logistics offering that could compete directly with the shipping giant’s core business.

<body><p>STORY: Amazon.com is elbowing its way into the business of UPS and FedEx.</p><p>The company is giving other businesses access to its supply chain network that has powered the e-commerce giant’s operation for decades.</p><p>Its so-called "Amazon Supply Chain Services" will allow companies across industries such as retail, healthcare and manufacturing to use Amazon’s freight network spanning ocean, road, rail and air to move, store and deliver everything from raw materials to final products.</p><p>Amazon’s stock rose as much as almost 3% Monday morning while UPS fell as much as 10% and FedEx dropped more than 9%.</p><p>With a fleet of more than 100 cargo planes, behind only FedEx and UPS, along with a vast network of warehouses and sorting hubs, Amazon's move could make it a key logistics player and intensify competition on pricing and speed.</p><p>One analyst told Reuters quote, “For UPS and FedEx, this is not immediate disruption, but it is a structural warning shot, especially in e-commerce-heavy lanes where Amazon already has density, data and delivery-speed advantages."</p><p>Amazon will allow businesses to take advantage of its speedy two-to-five-day delivery timelines, as well as warehousing and inventory forecasting capabilities.</p><p>It has already signed up Procter & Gamble, 3M and American Eagle Outfitters.&nbsp;</p></body>

Amazon's new business poses a threat to this company's growth outlook.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is up over 5x in the last two years. It built its foundation on government contracts - defense, intelligence, and federal agencies - and that business is still growing fast. But the new growth vector is enterprise. Companies are moving from AI pilots to production deployment, and Palantir's AIP platform is becoming the infrastructure layer for that shift - autonomous workflows, real decisions, and running at scale.

Given high liquidity and tight options spreads in Amazon stock, a bull call spread is one way in while keeping risk defined.

On May 4, 2026, oil’s jump past $100 on U.S.-Iran tensions jolted major U.S. indexes while potential regulatory progress boosted crypto stocks.

New service expands supply chain tools beyond marketplace sellers

Amazon announced it has stitched together logistics services into a unified supply chain product for manufacturers and retailers to move and distribute heavy freight and parcels, which poses a potential threat to other freight management and transport companies. The post Amazon rebrands third-party logistics arms as unified supply chain service appeared first on FreightWaves.

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Nvidia hovered near a buy point after a 5% slide amid big tech earnings last week as a rival chip maker heads into earnings Tuesday. Shares of Nvidia recently rose for 11 consecutive sessions, the longest winning streak since the chip designer made its January 1999 trading debut, according to Dow Jones Markets Data. On Wednesday, Alphabet outlined capital spending plans that indicated demand for artificial intelligence hardware remains strong.

FedEx stock dropped after Amazon unveiled a new logistics offering that could compete directly with the shipping giant’s core business.

Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its logistics and shipping network to external businesses. The offering covers freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping for companies beyond Amazon marketplace sellers. Major corporate customers are already using the service, indicating early interest from larger enterprises. For investors looking at NasdaqGS:AMZN, this move extends the company further into third party logistics, using...