Amazon doubling value of credits for startups to build on AWS cloud

Amazon doubling value of credits for startups to build on AWS cloud

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. Starting July 1, startups that have raised a Series A round of funding in the past year will be eligible for $200,000 in credits … Read more

Jim Cramer reviews 10 stocks leading the S&P 500 in the second quarter

Jim Cramer reviews 10 stocks leading the S&P 500 in the second quarter

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday analyzed stocks that helped the S&P 500 reach significant gains this year, highlighting the top 10 performers of 2024’s second quarter. Many are involved with energy and data centers. “It’s incredible, but if you were in alternative energy or the data center you did insanely well this quarter,” he said. … Read more

Amazon hires execs from AI startup Adept and licenses its technology

Amazon hires execs from AI startup Adept and licenses its technology

The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Amazon is ramping up its development of artificial intelligence technology, hiring top talent from AI agent startup Adept and licensing the company’s technology. Rohit Prasad, a senior vice president and head scientist who oversees Amazon’s artificial … Read more

How is Amazon hurting Walgreens’ business? Jim Cramer explains

How is Amazon hurting Walgreens’ business? Jim Cramer explains

After Walgreens reported a disappointing quarter on Thursday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer told investors why he thinks Amazon is making it hard for the drugstore giant to succeed. “The stock market can be a brutal, brutal, brutal task master. So can capitalism. I’m sure that Walgreens will come up with some way to make money before … Read more

We are starting a position in a market-leading renewable energy company

We are starting a position in a market-leading renewable energy company

We’re initiating a position in Nextracker , buying 350 shares at roughly $48.18. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 350 shares of NXT with a weighting of about 0.5%. Nextracker makes solar tracker systems that allow huge utility-scale rows of solar panels to rotate and follow the sun’s movement across the sky … Read more

Micron slides, Amazon’s $2 trillion

Micron slides, Amazon’s  trillion

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on March 4, 2024 in New York City.  Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need … Read more

Amazon enters $2 trillion club

Micron slides, Amazon’s  trillion

Traders walk the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what … Read more

Yen hits near 38-year low overnight

Yen hits near 38-year low overnight

Employees work at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Thursday, as the Japanese yen weakened to a near 38-year low late Wednesday, hitting 160.82 against the U.S. dollar, according to … Read more

Amazon plans discount store in bid to fend off Temu and Shein

Amazon plans discount store in bid to fend off Temu and Shein

An Amazon contract worker stacks packages onto a luggage cart outside an apartment building in New York on April 16, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon plans to launch a new section on its site dedicated to low-priced fashion and lifestyle items that will allow Chinese sellers to ship directly to U.S. … Read more

Amazon reaches $2 trillion market cap for the first time

Amazon reaches  trillion market cap for the first time

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. CNBC 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 piled into tech stocks recently … Read more