Today: October 29, 2026
Today: October 29, 2026

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Nasdaq futures fall 1% as Alphabet results intensify AI spending fears

Nasdaq futures fell about 1% on Thursday as Alphabet's results reignited concerns over mounting AI costs, while investors awaited a key inflation reading a day

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World shares and U.S. futures are mixed after Google parent Alphabet's earnings disappoint

World shares and U.S. futures are mixed, weighed down by some big technology stocks after Google parent Alphabet’s earnings were below expectations

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In the AI alphabet, cash is king

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

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Asian shares wobble as Alphabet earnings miss drags Wall St futures lower

Shares traded erratically in Asia on Thursday as AI-related earnings announcements prompted wildly mixed responses, raising the stakes for Amazon and Intel

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Cash is king as investors draw new battle lines in AI spending boom

Cash flow is king again.

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Microsoft's cloud growth, cash flow offer respite from AI spending fears

Microsoft on Wednesday forecast fiscal second-quarter cloud growth and overall sales that beat Wall Street estimates, sending

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Global stocks hold gains after Fed decision, oil prices rise

Global stocks and major Wall Street indexes gained on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, as

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AI giants' funding ambitions test Wall Street's appetite for risk

The heavyweights of the AI industry are facing a reckoning on Wall Street, reflecting concerns over who will bear the cost of the artificial intelligence buildout

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Big Tech earnings to test AI boom amid market turmoil

Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet are expected to report accelerating cloud growth this week, but turbulence in global markets and mounting concerns over the cost of

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Microsoft offers buyouts to around 60,000 employees to contain costs

Microsoft said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or more than a quarter of its global workforce, as the technology giant looks

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AI stocks rise as Anthropic nears Wall Street debut amid investor caution

AI-linked stocks rose on Monday after Anthropic revealed the paperwork for its initial public offering, against the backdrop of growing investor unease over debt-fueled spending on

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AI companies are barreling toward huge Wall Street debuts. A look at the biggest players

Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings at eye-popping valuations

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AI data center projects boost US warehouse demand and rents, real estate company JLL says

AI data center construction projects, particularly near Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, DC, are generating new demand for warehouse space and helped

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Google, McKinsey strike Brazil carbon removal deal with silvopasture project

Google and McKinsey have agreed to buy 320,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits over 10 years in its first-ever silvopasture project, as part of

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Microsoft pulls out of UK Nscale data centre deal over power delay

Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor a flagship data centre for Nvidia-backed Nscale after power connection delays pushed its expected supply date

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UK competition regulator targets Microsoft's business software grip

Britain's competition watchdog proposed designating Microsoft with "strategic market status" in business software, potentially paving the

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AWS, Microsoft can do more to address cloud services barriers, UK competition watchdog says

Britain's competition watchdog said on Friday that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft can do more to address remaining barriers to switching between cloud providers and using

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CoreWeave's AI contracts and the lenders financing its build-out

CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed cloud company that provides high-performance computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has secured tens of billions of dollars in contracts

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Microsoft president warns green-card curbs could hurt US tech, Politico reports

Microsoft President Brad Smith warned the Trump administration's move to restrict green-card access for skilled foreign workers could hurt US technological competitiveness and drive

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Microsoft plans huge deployment of its own AI chips, with an eye on saving costs 

By Stephen Nellis and Max A.

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Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI

Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently

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Amazon shuffles Alexa leadership following high-end tablet release

Amazon on Friday confirmed it was shuffling leadership in its Alexa division, a day after the company announced its first tablet computers featuring

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The tech green-card program under attack from Trump

The US government said on Thursday it is suspending some major global tech and IT firms including Microsoft and Cognizant from a key green

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Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back

The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the