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☆ Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday. "We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines," it said in the blog. CrowdStrike has helped develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft's Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix, Microsoft said, adding that the tech giant had worked with both Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform to collaborate on the "most effective approaches." Air passengers worldwide faced delays, flight cancellations and headaches checking in as airports and airlines were caught up in the IT outage that affected numerous industries ranging from banks to media companies.

Persons: CrowdStrike Organizations: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google, Air Locations: Ankara, Turkey

☆ JPMorgan’s top tech analyst likes Amazon and 2 other stocks heading into earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan highlighted Amazon as its best idea going into the second-quarter earnings season for technology stocks, followed by Uber and Google . JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth wrote that the Wall Street bank remains bullish on larger players in the industry, for now. The analyst highlighted Amazon as his favorite stock for the near and long term. Amazon stock has gained 27% this year. "Google remains focused on innovation, and we continue to believe there is healthy runway across Search and YouTube ads as AI drives higher ROI & TV dollars shift online," the analyst wrote.

Persons: Uber, Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, Google, Amazon Web, Costco, YouTube

☆ Jeff Bezos commends Trump's 'grace and courage under literal fire' after shooting at rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewJeff Bezos commended Donald Trump after a rally shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, breaking a nearly nine-month hiatus on X. So thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families," the Bezos wrote on X. AdvertisementIn 2019, Trump mocked Bezos, calling him "Jeff Bozo," appearing to revel in his impending divorce with MacKenzie Scott. The former president also bashed The Washington Post, which Bezos owns. Glad that President Trump is safe and hoping he recovers quickly," Jassy wrote on X.

Persons: —, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Trump, Bezos, Jeff Bozo, revel, MacKenzie Scott, Andy Jassy, Jassy Organizations: Service, Business, Big Tech, Amazon, Washington Post, Amazon Washington, Department of Defense, Microsoft, Web Services, The Department of Defense, Trump Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

☆ This utility is one of the best performing stocks in the market with room for more AI demand upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A Texas-based power company that only joined the S & P 500 two months ago is the third-best performing stock in the index this year, boosted by the same demand for everything connected to artificial intelligence. Fast forward to today and Vistra stock has soared 139% this year, adding $18.5 billion to its market cap, which now totals $32 billion, according to FactSet data. "We are always surprised when you see a move the size that we've seen, but I think it's been a long time building," Jim Burke, CEO of Vistra, told CNBC's "Closing Bell" Tuesday. Vistra also owns nuclear power plants, one of the most in-demand power sources in the 2024 market because reactors burn no fossil fuel and emit no greenhouse gases . Guggenheim has a buy rating on Vistra stock with a price target of $133, implying 44% upside from Wednesday's close of $92.31.

Persons: Jim Burke, CNBC's, we've, Burke, Vistra, Shahriar Pourreza, Pourreza, they'll, Guggenheim, Vistra hasn't, Mark Nelson, Joseph Dominguez, Constellation's, aren't Organizations: Vistra Corp, Texas Utilities Co, Dynegy Inc, Computer, Nvidia, Nuclear, Guggenheim Securities, Energy, Guggenheim, CNBC, Amazon Web Services, Talen Energy, Constellation Energy, Wall Street, Radiant Energy, Constellation Locations: Texas, Irving , Texas, Dallas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Energy Harbor, U.S, East Coast

☆ Shares of 6 mega-cap companies that run the economy should dominate the stock market
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The market is only driven by a handful of massive tech stocks – and therefore, it's built on a weaker foundation than a market advancing on a broader swath of its constituents. Companies don't lose dominance or stock leadership because they were dominant the last time we had a bull market. We trimmed Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Palo Alto Networks , and five other tech stocks at the beginning of the year. Would the market suddenly become more investible if we broke up the Super Six into say 15 different companies and stocks? However, we don't think they are a reason to bail entirely on any of these names.

Persons: it's, Jim Cramer, Jim, they've, we've, we're, Jim Cramer's, Spencer Platt Organizations: Club, Super, CNBC, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Fed, Barclays, Big Tech, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, United Parcel Service, Google, Facebook, Gmail, Amazon, Services, Jim Cramer's Charitable, The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Getty Locations: Eaton, Dover, 2Q24, U.S, Manhattan, New York City

☆ Investors are underestimating the AI capabilities of this big-cap tech stock, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The analyst has an outperform rating on Amazon and a price target of $220, which signals 10% upside from Wednesday's close. Anmuth has an overweight rating on the stock and a $240 price target, which implies upside of 20%. The commentary comes on the heels of the e-commerce giant's Amazon Web Services summit in New York, where the company highlighted the ways customers are implementing AI workloads and showcased its rapidly growth AI platform know as Bedrock. He retained a $245 price target on shares and called the stock a top Internet pick. The price target implies 23% upside from Wednesday's close.

Persons: GOOGL, Brian Pitz, workloads, Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, Ronald Josey Organizations: BMO Capital Markets Locations: New York

☆ We're hiking our price targets on Meta, Eli Lilly, and 3 other stocks on recent runs higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

AMZN YTD mountain Amazon YTD We begin with Amazon 's move, which has been fueled by strength in its three core businesses. GOOGL YTD mountain Alphabet YTD Alphabet has been gaining steam in recent months on similar cloud tailwinds but also improving sentiment around its AI capabilities. META YTD mountain Meta Platforms YTD Meta Platforms ' stock has fully recovered all of its first-quarter earnings losses. LLY YTD mountain Eli Lilly YTD We are also increasing our Eli Lilly price target – taking it to $1,000 per share from $850. PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks YTD One more stock we're raising our price target for is Palo Alto Networks .

Persons: Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly YTD, There's, donanemab, We're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Beata Zawrzel Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Amazon, Jefferies, Facebook, Alto Networks, CNBC, Google, Nurphoto, Getty Locations: CIOs, United States, Indiana, Palo

☆ Jim Cramer doesn't want Amazon broken up into smaller companies — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I don't want it broken up," Jim Cramer said Tuesday during the Club's Morning Meeting . The Jefferies analysts used their SOTP to justify raising their Amazon price target to $235 per share from $225. They think AWS accounts for $96 of the new PT, with advertising at $68. Amazon also gathers data from shipping logistics, Alexa requests, and even home security given its ownership of the Ring and Blink camera companies. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jefferies, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: Big Tech, Services, EV, Subscription, Jefferies, AWS, Investors, Amazon Music, Amazon, Foods, CNBC, Future Publishing Locations: Washington

☆ Stop worrying and learn to love the triumph of Big Tech over everything
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

We don't say they have a secular wind at their backs. We don't say: Apple's business is much better than we thought. They keep coming back to one main point: You can't have these companies dominate without something bad happening to the stock market. Let me present a different, factual manifesto: The companies with these amazing gains are companies that just don't stop inventing. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Eli Lilly, Joe Biden, Biden, Lilly, —, Tesla, Elon Musk, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Nasdaq, pharma, Novo Nordisk, National Football League, YouTube, Web Services, Costco, Walmart, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Facebook, Google Locations: Lilly

☆ Top Wall Street analysts see attractive prospects for these 3 stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

As investors navigate this complicated environment, they may turn to research from top-rated Wall Street analysts as they search for stocks with strong balance sheets and solid growth prospects. With that in mind, here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Attractive features like Prime Video, Free Same Day Delivery, Prime Music and Grocery made the Prime membership more attractive to the survey respondents. 1 Large Cap Long," with the survey results backing the company's long-term investment thesis. The analyst expects Twilio to gain from the demand for artificial intelligence-based automated responses that ensure timely and cost-effective customer interaction.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Hari, TipRanks, Mark Mahaney, Mahaney, Amazon's, Grocery, Ivan Feinseth, Twilio, Feinseth Organizations: Micron Technology Chipmaker Micron Technology, MU, Micron, Online, Amazon Retail, Walmart, Amazon Web, North American Retail Locations: FY4Q, U.S

☆ 'Shadow Stand-Ins': How Workers Secretly Outsource Their Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Related storiesThough Remi recruited people she knew, shadow stand-ins are often sourced from a complex online web of faceless providers. Facebook Groups are a popular forum for recruiting shadow stand-ins, providing a two-sided marketplace where workers and providers can connect to one another. The dustup highlighted a key drawback to shadow stand-ins: While alluring, things can go horribly wrong. "It required a lot of micromanaging," said a backend engineer in Pennsylvania who hired shadow stand-ins to help him juggle multiple jobs. Pay rates for shadow stand-ins are "definitely more than what people earn in their regular payday, that's for sure," he said.

Persons: Remi, Zer, couldn't, — Remi, Walter Keane, Margaret, Tim Ferriss, Raj Kumar, isn't, Kevin, Andrew, it's, Lorenzo Matteucci, Brandon Nowak, —, Amber Clayton, Tim Woodruff, Woodruff, they're, Ranjan, Kiran, Rahul, Peter Steele, Michel Anteby, doesn't Organizations: Business, Labor, Verizon, Southwestern, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, BI, Companies, Corporations, Society for Human Resource Management, Secret Service, Department of, Treasury, FBI, LinkedIn, Boston University Locations: Chicago, India, Pakistan, China, Southwestern US, Atlanta, San Jose , California, Bengaluru, American Java, Southeast Asia, United States, Colorado, Southern California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Indian, Michigan, Oregon, England

☆ Shadow AI is a growing threat. Here are 3 ways organizations can safeguard their data.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Shadow AI, or the unsanctioned use of technologies such as GenAI, has emerged as a critical threat for organizations trying to secure corporate IP and data. For organizations getting started with GenAI, it's important to understand why shadow AI is dangerous to best identify how to address it. Why shadow AI presents a credible threatMicrosoft and LinkedIn report1 that 78% of employees are "bringing their own AI technologies to work," (BYOAI) a softer way of describing shadow AI. Shadow IT and shadow AI share the same low barrier to entry and platform dynamics. Dell Technologies is a leader in the growing open ecosystem that is helping organizations build, test, and deploy GenAI services.

Persons: Clint Boulton, ESG, RAG Organizations: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Research, Enterprise Strategy Group, Amazon Web, Dell Technologies, Dell, Insider Studios

☆ Amazon beefs up AI development, hiring execs from startup Adept and licensing its technology
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Amazon is ramping up its development of artificial intelligence technology, hiring top talent from AI agent startup Adept and licensing the company's technology. Luan will oversee Amazon's "AGI Autonomy" division, and report to Prasad, he wrote in the memo, which CNBC obtained. Amazon's cloud unit has launched a range of AI services, including its own models, which are generally viewed as lagging behind the top competitors. Last month, Amazon announced Adam Selipsky, the head of Amazon Web Services, would be stepping down and succeeded by Matt Garman, the head of sales at marketing at AWS.

Persons: Rohit Prasad, David Luan, Luan, Prasad, Geekwire, Anthropic, Adam Selipsky, Matt Garman Organizations: CNBC, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alexa, Amazon Web Services, AWS Locations: New York

Amazon will double the value of credits it offers some startups to use its cloud infrastructure, CNBC has learned, as the company faces heightened competition from Microsoft in artificial intelligence services. Seed-stage startups will still be eligible for $100,000 in credits, AWS said. But Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are growing more quickly, and are benefiting from rapidly advancing AI models. During Selipsky's time at the helm, Microsoft and Google increased their share of the cloud infrastructure market. Participants will be able to access up to $1 million in cloud credits, according to the website.

Persons: Matt Garman, Garman, Garman's, OpenAI, Anthropic, Adam Selipsky, Grant, Amazon's, Rohit Prasad, David Luan Organizations: Amazon Web, CNBC, Microsoft, AWS, Google, Gemini Locations: Las Vegas, Silicon, Silicon Valley

Here's a rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Best Buy : Jim said Best Buy's pullback in recent days has created a buying opportunity in the electronics retailer. Salesforce : The stock has in recent weeks clawed back some of its post-earnings plunge , even before Thursday's 6% surge. Wynn Resorts : Wynn is another stock in the portfolio that, it's become increasingly clear, trades based on its exposure to China. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Wall, Abbott, Johnson, We're, haven't, it's, Walt Disney, Estee Lauder, levered, Eli Lilly, Lilly, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, OpenAI, Jensen Huang, Nikesh Arora's, Stanley Black, Decker, TJX, We've, Wells, Charlie Scharf poaches, Wynn, Jim Cramer, Michael M Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Club, Apple, Abbott Laboratories, Prime, Web, Broadcom, VMWare, Costco Wholesale, Costco, Coterra Energy, DuPont, Walt, Disney, Nvidia, Ford Motor, Ford, Blue, Motors, GE Healthcare, GE, Management, Honeywell, Linde, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Procter & Gamble, Constellation Brands, Modelo, Corona, Fed, TJX, JPMorgan, Wynn Resorts, Wynn, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, Santiago, Getty Locations: China, Covid, Dover, Eaton, Palo Alto, U.S, Wells Fargo, Las Vegas

☆ Here are 3 key things we're watching in the stock market Wednesday afternoon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy speaking with CNBC's Jim Cramer on Mad Money in Seattle, WA.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Andy Jassy, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Mad Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Netflix, Federal Reserve, Web Services, Micron, Jefferies, Walgreens, McCormick, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Amazon Locations: Seattle , WA

☆ Amazon reaches $2 trillion market cap for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon shares climbed more than 3% in intraday trading on Wednesday, pushing the company's market cap past $2 trillion for the first time. In crossing the milestone, Amazon joins Nvidia , Apple , Alphabet and Microsoft , all of which are worth $2 trillion or more. Investors have also cheered the company's recent cost-cutting initiatives, which fueled Amazon's earnings growth in recent quarters. It took Amazon more than four years to cross the $2 trillion milestone. Its market cap reached $1 trillion in 2020, the second time in its history after hitting the benchmark for the first time in 2018.

Persons: Andy Jassy Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Nasdaq, Web Services, Amazon, Investors

☆ Amazon can keep its record run going due to a major catalyst — and it's not the cloud
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

BofA called out the importance of Amazon's retail margin because it has generated more estimated outperformance than its cloud business Amazon Web Services (AWS). Add on same-day delivery, Jim asked, rhetorically, "Why would you go to the store on the way home when it's at your home." Fifty-one percent of respondents, a survey record, said they opted for Amazon's same-day delivery option. Based on these results, Evercore believes Prime same-day delivery is a "multiplier to purchase frequency and overall spend." The latest Wall Street analysis and thoughts from Jim support the idea of further room for Amazon stock to run higher.

Persons: BofA, Amazon's, Andy Jassy, Jassy, Jim, Evercore, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Michael M Organizations: U.S, Bank of America, United Parcel Service, FedEx, Web Services, Amazon, Walgreens, Logistics, Adobe Analytics, Club, CNBC, Santiago, Getty Locations: U.S, New York City

☆ Here's our first-quarter earnings report card for 32 stocks in the portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Most of the earnings reports — 25 out of 32 portfolio names — were ranked as good or great by the Investing Club. Similar to prior quarters, we grouped company results into one of four categories. Meta Platforms : Sales, earnings and cash flow results all topped expectations . However, sales and earnings both outpaced expectations, as did return on tangible common equity, a key consideration when valuing banks. The company also raised its outlook for full-year earnings growth to 25% year-over-year from 20%.

Persons: we're, Dover, Eli Lilly, Blackwell, Abbott, —, Wall, We'll, Morgan Stanley, Nikesh, Stanley Black, Wells, Estee Lauder, Fabrizio Freda, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Hock Tan, Broadcom Lucas Jackson Organizations: Investing, Apple, Services, Broadcom, VMware, Coterra, DuPont, Microsoft, Nvidia, Wynn Resorts, Super, Abbott Labs, Web Services, Constellation Brands, Constellation, Ford, Ford Pro, Wall Street, Alto Networks, Procter & Gamble, TJX, GE Healthcare, Honeywell, Linde, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: Dover, China, Eaton, Las Vegas, China's Macao, billings, Wells Fargo, —

☆ Google's Android apps are coming in 3D via Xreal as competition with Apple's Vision Pro heats up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Xreal, an augmented reality glasses maker, has launched a connected Beam Pro mobile device that allows users to capture spatial video and 3D images. Xreal said the Beam Pro uses Nvidia CloudXR technology for image rendering and Qualcomm 's Snapdragon spatial computing platform. A pair of Xreal AR glasses costs around $200 to $400, depending on the model and sales promotion. That means a set of Xreal AR glasses and Beam Pro costs significantly less than $1,000. The Beam Pro launched in China in late May.

Persons: Apple, Chi Xu, Xu, Xreal, Rokid, Ramon, Xreal Xu Organizations: BEIJING — Games, Google, Apple, CNBC, Apple Vision, Beam, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Amazon Web Services, IDC Research, Vision, The Locations: BEIJING, U.S, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore

☆ How Apple, Microsoft and 3 other tech giants can make money with AI geared to consumers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

(Expected AI-driven device upgrades from Apple, Microsoft, and other personal tech makers is the reason we're invested in Best Buy . Microsoft, Apple and fellow Club name Nvidia have all eclipsed $3 trillion market values — and have been wrestling for the top spot as the most valuable U.S. company. META YTD mountain Meta Platforms (META) year-to-date performance Meta Platforms is monetizing consumer interest in AI by boosting user engagement. The Meta AI generative artificial intelligence assistant is currently free to use. AMZN YTD mountain Amazon (AMZN) year-to-performance Comparable to Meta, Amazon offers AI to consumers for free to increase engagement on its dominant e-commerce platform.

Persons: Tim Cook, Siri, Apple, WWDC, Piper Sandler, Jim Cramer, Bard, Missteps, Jim, Jim Cramer's, Eugene Mymrin Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence, Developer Conference, Microsoft, Services, Cook, Co, AI Party, Bloomberg, Microsoft's, Computing, Club, Nvidia, Gmail, Google, ChatGPT, Facebook, Citi, Meta, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, CNBC Locations: China, Cupertino, U.S

☆ I rejected a job at Google — but then got laid off by Amazon. I don't regret my decisions.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementFlood of supportIt was obviously disappointing and really shocking — I'd been excited about the Coinbase job. AdvertisementAlthough I had another offer on the table, I accepted the Amazon job. It felt like a safer choice because it was a Big Tech company — and I already knew the team. I was interested in entrepreneurship after having experienced big tech and trying out these jobs inspired me to start building my own venture. My immediate reaction for several months was disillusion with the with Big Tech, but now I feel positive about my experiences.

Persons: —, Matan Gans, cryptocurrency, they'd, Slack, I'd, I've Organizations: Service, Brown University, Google, Business, Amazon Web Services, Big Tech, LinkedIn, Amazon Locations: Coinbase, Boston, California, Seattle, East, West Coast, Providence , Rhode Island, East Coast ., Amazon

☆ Amazon's AWS to launch new infrastructure region in Taiwan amid rapid Asia-Pacific expansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rio de Janeiro , Brazil - 4 May 2023; Amazon Web Services branding, during day three of Web Summit Rio 2023 at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new AWS region in Taiwan will enable firms to capitalize on the cloud and "build with AWS technologies like compute, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence," said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of infrastructure services at AWS, in a statement. An AWS region is a physical location where data centers are clustered. An availability zone is an isolated and geographically separate location with one or more data centers with independent power, cooling, and physical security. AWS had opened a region in the Indonesia capital of Jakarta in December 2021.

Persons: Eóin Noonan, Prasad Kalyanaraman Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Web Summit, Summit, Getty, Web Services, AWS Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Riocentro, U.S, Taiwan, Asia, Pacific, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Jakarta

☆ Oracle shares jump on Google and OpenAI deals despite earnings miss
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. Oracle shares jumped as much as 9% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software maker announced cloud deals with Google and OpenAI, despite fourth-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street expectations. Organizations will be able to deploy workloads in Google and Oracle cloud data center regions without having to pay data-transfer charges, Oracle said. In an additional statement, Oracle said OpenAI has selected Oracle's cloud to provide additional computing capacity. During the quarter, Oracle said its database software would be available in five additional Azure data center regions, bringing the total to 15.

Persons: Larry Ellison, Oracle, OpenAI, Jim Lebenthal, Bill Baruch Organizations: Oracle, Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco

☆ Top Wall Street analysts are optimistic on the outlook for these 3 stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

At the same time, Wall Street analysts continue to focus on picking individual stocks that can thrive even in the face of short-term pressures and deliver attractive, long-term returns. Here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Burlington StoresOff-price retailer Burlington Stores (BURL) is this week's first pick. Tarlowe noted that the expansion in Burlington Stores' gross and operating margins helped drive better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter. (See Burlington Stores Stock Charts on TipRanks)AmazonE-commerce and cloud computing company Amazon (AMZN) is also a top pick.

Persons: Jefferies, Corey Tarlowe, BURL, Tarlowe, TipRanks, Ivan Feinseth, there's PagerDuty, Matthew Hedberg, Hedberg Organizations: Burlington Stores Inc, Federal Reserve, Wall Street, Burlington, Burlington Stores, Amazon Web Services, AWS, RBC Capital, Department of Veteran Affairs Locations: Burlington, New York, U.S, Jersey, billings .

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