Stock market today: Dow jumps 750 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq notch record highs to cap best month for stocks since 2020
Amazon’s AI spending problem may have a demand answer.
The company’s cloud backlog — future business Amazon has already contracted but has not yet turned into revenue — jumped to $364 billion in the first quarter, CEO Andy Jassy said on the company’s earnings call.
And that figure doesn’t include Amazon’s recently announced Anthropic deal for more than $100 billion.
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According to a Yahoo Finance report, the company could continue its growth trajectory for decades.
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120,000 Reasons to Buy This Wide Moat Stock
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Now, however, things seem to finally be improving at Medical Properties Trust. Is MPW a buy as the business turns itself around,
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Spotlight: 1 Gene Editing Stock Set To Skyrocket
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