In a Friday post on X, Senator Bernie Sanders called for global support for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) workers, as strikes took place in 38 countries on Black Friday. Check out the current price of AMZN stock here. Sanders highlighted CEO Jeff Bezos' $251 billion net worth in his remarks.Sanders shared a post from Progressive International questioning why Bezos, the world’s fifth-wealthiest person, cannot provide decent wages or working conditions to workers. “It’s time for international solidarity. Let’ ...

The market’s uptick this week was to be expected, as stocks tend to rise around Thanksgiving due to seasonal optimism. Furthermore, the holiday-shortened week led to lighter trading volume, which reduced volatility and allowed positive sentiment to carry through.Even better is that retail stocks may continue to carry this momentum, with increased consumer spending data in October setting the tone for what is expected to be a record holiday shopping season.That said, here are a few of the most appealing reta ...

All right. Well, for more on who could come out on top this holiday shopping season, let's bring in Jerry Storch. He's CEO of Storch Adviserss and former Toys R Us CEO.Jerry, it's great to have you on. Welcome. >> My pleasure.>> All right, winners and losers. What are you seeing. >> Well, the, you know, the same same folks have been winning for quite a while now, and I see no reason to think it's going to change.That's Walmart, Costco, TJX, and Amazon. These four retailers have been ga g g g g g g g g g g g ...

Bin, give me a final trade, please. >> Yes, speaking of Liberation Day, the cyber security ETF bug, it's almost back down there. I think it's a good entry point if you don't have any cyber security exposure.>> Okay, we found out Malcolm that you've added to yours. What's your final trade. >> Yeah, I guess doubling down here.Crowd Strike reports next week. See my previous comments about Zcaler. Okay, Steph, >> Amazon positive catalyst next week at their reinvent conference >> and Joe T.Speaking of Amazon, ho ...

NASDAQ on pace to snap a seven-month winning streak as tech drags. Joining me now, markets and data editor Jared Blickery, as well as Michelle Schneider, market gauge. com chief strategist.Jared, I want to start with you. Give us a look at the month here because we saw a lot of damage within tech and that looks like it's going to drag the NASDAQ lower on the month. >> You bet.And let's start with the uh Wi-Fi Interactive. And I'm going to pull up the month to date and this is going to be as of the close Wed ...

Amazon shares outperforming the NASDAQ up about 1% while shoppers are focused on the company's e-commerce on Black Friday. Dear DBosa is looking at their AI strategy. Big week next week, DeW Cyber Monday, holiday shopping in general.Maybe a chance for Amazon to rewrite this AI narrative that has not gone its way. Echo and other home devices, they go on sale for this holiday season. And this time, they come with early access to Alexa Plus.That is the company's attempt to prove that it has a consumer AI assis ...

BREAKING: Futures Halted, But DIA, SPY, QQQ Point Higher The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes indicated a move higher early on Black Friday before an outage halted most CME futures and options trading. Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) continued to lead the market, while Nvidia (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Robinhood Markets (HOOD) and GE Vernova (GEV) worked to reclaim key support on the stock market today. CME halted futures… Related news Get market updates, educational videos, webinars, and stoc ...

Let's stick with Amazon and its AI strategy as the company gets set to kick off this AWF reinvent conference next week. Joining us now is Maxim Group senior consumer internet analyst Tom Forte. Tom, do you expect them to talk more about Agentic Commerce.Yeah. So I definitely think Aentic commerce and Agentic AI will be a key theme for reinvent next week in addition to the company focusing on which is something deer talked about and you talked about the tranium 3 chip uh their effort there which has double t ...

Core Insights - Blackstone is expanding its data center footprint due to rising demand driven by artificial intelligence, successfully refinancing 10 data centers in a $3.5 billion deal [1][3] Group 1: Company Expansion - Blackstone entered the data center sector by acquiring QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion in 2021, leading to an eightfold increase in its data center operations, now exceeding 70 facilities [2] - The data centers support over three gigawatts of capacity, catering to major tech companies like Meta Platforms and Amazon, which require substantial energy for their AI initiatives [3] Group 2: Financial Strategies - The refinancing of existing properties allows Blackstone to unlock additional capital, providing flexibility for further acquisitions or investments in other business segments [3][4] - Lower interest rates, following two cuts by the Federal Reserve this year, make borrowing more attractive for Blackstone and other firms, potentially increasing demand for commercial-backed mortgage securities [7] Group 3: Industry Trends - Data centers currently account for 5% of U.S. power consumption, a figure expected to double due to a $6.7 trillion buildout, despite high energy costs and capital requirements [5] - Tech giants are entering lucrative partnerships, such as Meta's $27 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital to develop a new data center campus [6]

vanhoosear / Flickr Americans spent $10 billion online on Black Friday 2025. There is no reason to think this year will be different. A look at Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AZMN) earnings report shows the extent to which it dominated the day. Quick Read Amazon Has Black Friday Sales Of $2 Billion Smaller Retailers Can’t Compete If you’re thinking about retiring or know someone who is, there are three quick questions causing many Americans to realize they can retire earlier than expected. take 5 minutes to lea ...