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Fundstrat’s Tom Lee returned to CNBC’s Morning Call Sheet on Thursday, July 9, alongside JonesTrading’s Mike O’Rourke and Vital Knowledge’s Adam Crisafulli, to discuss a market that is simultaneously celebrating the AI build-out while rotating into value and defensive names. Lee argued: “AI is probably one of the most important structural stories in our lifetime.” ... Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: AI Is a Once in a Lifetime Story – Why Easing Inflation in H2 2026 Could Fuel the Next Rally

Investing.com -- Citi's second-quarter 2026 survey of 100 IT decision makers found Microsoft remained the top vendor CIOs are considering increasing spend with for artificial intelligence, followed by Amazon and Google.

Shares in software companies are among the biggest losers in premarket trading: Salesforce (CRM), IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) are down around 4.5% Adobe (ADBE) and Workday (WDAY) fall over 3% ...

The Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting under Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted a big focus on artificial intelligence spending. Bond markets are listening. Minutes of the Fed’s June meeting, where interest rates were kept unchanged at between 3.5% and 3.75% but communication was sharply pared back under Warsh’s new leadership, suggested a hawkish stance among Fed governors, many of whom remained focused on inflation pressures in the world’s biggest economy.

(Bloomberg) -- After losing roughly $1 trillion in market value in less than two months, Nvidia Corp.’s stock is the cheapest it’s been since before the AI boom kicked off and sent the shares into the stratosphere.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaChip Stocks Sink After Blistering Run as Oil Jumps: Markets WrapUS Strikes Iran and Blocks Oil Sales in New Test of TruceTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthChina Sentences

Second-quarter reports coming later this month will likely show another period of blowout AI investments. Wall Street analysts estimate that combined capital spending by Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms surged 74% year over year to hit $168 billion in the June-ending quarter, according to consensus estimates from Visible Alpha.

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Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley discusses Anthropic's expansion of its Claude Cowork agentic AI platform to mobile devices and how the company is shifting its narrative to focus on eliminating busywork rather than replacing human workers.

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace OpenAI and Anthropic with its own models in software products like Excel and Outlook. Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthNasdaq 100 Falls 2% in Chip-Led Rout as Oil Climbs: Markets WrapMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulChina Sentences Official to Death Over $325

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox spent nearly $80 billion in the last decade on deals that would give it popular video game titles like Call of Duty and Skyrim, betting that gamers would flock to its Netflix-like subscription service offering hundreds of options for endless play.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthNasdaq 100 Falls 2% in Chip-Led Rout as Oil Climbs: Markets WrapM

July 7 (Reuters) - The world's largest technology companies are tapping debt markets and raising equity to bolster AI infrastructure, marking a shift for Silicon Valley firms that typically relied on

Amazon.com is looking to raise at least $25 billion through a U.S. dollar bond sale, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Tuesday, in the company's latest push ‌to fund its hefty AI investments. Tech companies have been tapping debt markets and ​launching equity sales to fund their costly AI infrastructure build-out. Big Tech, including Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta, are expected to spend more than $700 billion on AI this year.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) latest restructuring just sent a painful message to employees and investors at the same time. The company is tightening its workforce again as it looks to manage weaker pockets of the business while keeping its massive AI push on track. The timing couldn’t have been more ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Syntiant Corp., a company making semiconductors and software for artificial intelligence, filed for an initial public offering to tap investors’ enthusiasm for the technology. Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulOil, Gas Tankers Cross Hormuz Via Oman-Side Route After U-TurnsSaudis Slash Main Oil Price to Rare Discount as Market DivesTwo Millennium Trading Po

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced on Monday as a rebound in semiconductors put the Nasdaq on top.

By Aditya Soni and Akash Sriram July 6 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Monday it would cut 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, overhauling its Xbox gaming business and divesting up to

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.

Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, including 3,200 in its Xbox division.

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.

The videogame unit’s revenue has fallen and its Netflix-like subscription service is far below expectations.

(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.

Investors are assessing strong momentum for hardware companies in the first half of the year.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.

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Microsoft has become a big beneficiary of the AI boom.

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