
Amazon is reaching out to former employees, including those previously laid off, to fill critical artificial intelligence and cloud computing roles amid an escalating industry talent war.
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Amazon is reaching out to former employees, including those previously laid off, to fill critical artificial intelligence and cloud computing roles amid an escalating industry talent war.

Two of retail’s biggest names just took opposite bets on AI shopping agents, and only one stock is moving on it.

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) said on September 21 that it will invest $1.9 billion in its Delivery Service Partner program in 2027. Much of that goes to driver pay. The announcement came at Ignite Live, the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas for the small businesses that run its delivery routes. Amazon said the money supports […]

Meta Platforms may have the first breakout winner with consumers in its Muse AI agent. If it keeps up the momentum, Muse is going to force website owners to make some difficult decisions about how much access they are willing to allow it, if any. Personal agents released earlier this year like OpenClaw proved too complex for most people.

QUALCOMM (QCOM) is back in the spotlight after confirming it will present at the Humanoids Summit in Seoul on 22 September 2026, drawing fresh attention to its role in AI focused chips. QUALCOMM’s share price has picked up pace recently, with a 1-day share price return of 2.08%, a 7-day move of 5.58% and a 30-day share price gain of 23.34%, helped by AI chip launches, the Amazon data center deal and easing US China trade concerns. At the same time, the longer term picture remains strong, with...
Tech stocks fell Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK)

Here's what it's like to use Meta's Muse AI agent.

Amazon Web Services will drive the future of the company.

Venture Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that Amazon.com, Inc.’s decision to block Meta Platforms, Inc.’s AI shopping assistant Muse could signal a broader battle over how AI agents interact with online platforms. Chamath Warns of AI Agent Blocking On Monday, in...

Driven by late-stage growth rounds, mega-deals, and landmark public market events, private investment in the commercial SpaceTech sector reached an all-time trailing 12-month high of $23 billion.
Lower inference costs can stimulate usage while reducing revenue collected from each unchanged workload.

Meta's new AI shopping agent is rattling Instacart investors, but the real threat may not be the one the market is pricing in right now.
Sellers can connect the agent with AI tools including Amazon's own services and Anthropic's Claude.

Shopify just surged on a blockbuster Meta checkout deal while Wall Street lines up behind a target far above where we stand. Here is why our more cautious number still makes a compelling case for buying.

Amazon designs its own computer chips. That business may now be big enough to matter by itself. You probably picture Amazon as a giant store with a cloud arm. And you probably assume it buys its chips from someone else. Two things must be true for these chips to change how you see the stock. The first is size. The second is that owning the chips earns a return on the money Amazon is spending. Start with size.

Both stocks could merit being long-term investments.
(Updates with OpenEvidence's response in the fifth paragraph.) Amazon-backed (AMZN) Anthropic is

Two counterparties to the same agentic checkout agreement are being priced in opposite directions Wednesday morning as the rally that followed the deal announcement unwinds across online retail. Shopify is handing back its gains while Meta Platforms holds a modest bid. The Amplify Online Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:IBUY) is down 2% in Wednesday morning trading. The […]

Snowflake (SNOW) stock has gained about 50% since late December 2025, against 13% for the S&P 500. Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet all trailed the index over the same stretch. So this was not the cloud trade lifting everything at once. One number inside Snowflake moved, and management has already said what it costs to keep it moving.

Microsoft (MSFT) has returned about 33% over the past three months, though it is down 3.1% over the past twelve months. Near $500 a share, the stock carries a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of about 26.7 times adjusted earnings. Whether that multiple looks elevated or not, it is the wrong number to make the decision on, because the earnings analysts already expect are not in it.
Key Stats for Shopify StockCurrent Price: $147. 74Model Entry Price: $137.

By Johann M Cherian and Avinash P Sept 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes fell on Wednesday, as crude oil prices resumed their uptrend and bond yields gained, while investors awaited a

When a president logs over a thousand trades in a single month and unloads shares in some of the world's biggest companies, the real story has nothing to do with investment conviction, and everything to do with a tax strategy most people misunderstand.

DIS is scaling local originals, cutting churn and improving SVOD profitability as it builds an international streaming challenge to Netflix and Amazon.
Standard Ocean Express moves inventory cross-country faster than other options, the company said.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is known for selling software to governments. Its fastest growth now comes from American companies. U.S. commercial revenue is what those American companies pay Palantir. That line reached $764 million in the latest quarter. It grew 149% from a year earlier. So what are American companies buying.

A regulatory probe into rival AI startups sent Alibaba sliding even though Beijing named no Alibaba products, and traders are now wrestling with how far the scrutiny could spread across China's model layer.

The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Jake Conley, and Pras Subramanian look at the stocks taking a hit as Meta's (META) new AI agent, Muse, grows in popularity and why its hype may not measure up to its disruptive potential.
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