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Suddenly the Nasdaq couldn’t hold onto early gains, and you can probably guess which stocks are to blame. The Nasdaq Composite was hovering around breakeven after a wave of selling hit chips and AI infrastructure stocks. The S&P 500 was still up 0.3%.
<body><p>STORY: :: take over the skies?</p><p>Are Amazon drones about to take over the skies?</p><p>:: Amazon's big plans for drone deliveries</p><p>:: 500</p><p>:: tens of millions</p><p>Amazon says it plans to expand drone deliveries to nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of this year, reaching tens of millions of customers.</p><p>Jeff Bezos first unveiled Amazon’s ‘octocopters’ back in 2013, predicting they’d be delivering packages within four or five years.</p><p>Well, that took a little longer than planned. The program has faced regulatory delays, staff cuts, technical problems - and some pretty spectacular mishaps.</p><p>:: a viral hit</p><p>Two drones have collided. And one dropped a package straight into a customer’s swimming pool - a viral hit.</p><p>:: hurdles to clear</p><p>There’s still plenty of hurdles to clear. Amazon needs approval from communities one by one - sitting through local council meetings and answering questions from residents.</p><p>In Nampa, Idaho, Amazon was grilled for about an hour over noise, safety and bird protection.</p><p>:: approve the rollout</p><p>The company said its drones would only be audible as they arrive and leave - quieter than a lawnmower. The board ultimately voted to approve the rollout.</p><p>So, Amazon wants to turn drone delivery from a futuristic idea into a key part of its speedy delivery network.</p><p>One day, your package could arrive just minutes after you order it. But first, you might have to get used to the noise.</p></body>
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Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched up on Friday following a battering in the last session, in a week that saw elevated government bond yields and heightened geopolitical tensions weigh
The wave of debt issuance funding the artificial-intelligence buildout is testing the limits of investor demand, with some large bond buyers warning that the market is showing signs of indigestion. While fund managers remain comfortable with the credit quality of companies such as Amazon and Alphabet, Google's parent company, they are increasingly demanding higher yields to accommodate the flood of issuance. "You've started to see the indigestion show up in tech spreads in particular," said Neil Sutherland, head of U.S. fixed income at Schroders.
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A legendary value investor just made a massive bet on Big Tech.
Investment firm Arctos Partners agrees to buy a minority stake in the Atlanta Falcons at a $10.6 billion valuation, CNBC reports.
AppLovin Corp (NASDAQ:APP) faces a mostly negative investor mood heading into the back half of the year, with few able to make a clear bullish case, according to a new Jefferies note summarizing recent investor conversations and a debate the firm hosted on the stock. Jefferies said questions...
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The latest 13F filings for the second quarter show that both Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management and Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office hold Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and both were buying in the quarter. Duquesne Family Office raised its stake by 1,083% in AMZN to 541,600 shares worth $129 million. Wood increased […]
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