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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.)    * Amazon falls as sales growth slows    * Pinterest sinks on saying U.S. user growth stalling    * U.S. consumer spending rises in June, inflation increases    * Indexes off: S&P 0.35%, Nasdaq 0.71%, Dow 0.08% (Updates to open)    By Sagarika Jaisinghani    July 30 (Reuters) – The Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes fell on Friday following a glum quarterly earnings report from… Source link

Amazon’s second quarter underscored its ongoing dominance in all things retail and cloud services, but some squishy aspects to the earnings release have investors in profit-taking mode.  Shares of the tech beast dropped more than 6% in pre-market trading on Friday after the company surprisingly missed on sales estimates. Several factors in the report are likely weighing on the minds of investors.  First, the headline sales miss marked the first time Amazon (AMZN) missed consensus revenue… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures slid with stocks Friday as investors worried about slowing growth at megacap technology companies and risks from China’s regulatory crackdown. Treasuries and the dollar rose. Nasdaq 100 contracts slid more than 1% as Amazon.com Inc. tumbled in extended trading after its sales outlook missed expectations, adding to this week’s cautious forecasts from Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. S&P 500 futures also fell. Stocks resumed declines in Hong Kong and China, a… Source link

S&P 500 and Dow futures opened slightly higher, while Nasdaq futures sank as the overnight session kicked off to track a decline in heavily weighted component Amazon.  The three major indexes had closed out Thursday’s regular session higher as investors contemplated more corporate earnings results and a second-quarter U.S. GDP report that missed lofty economists’ expectations. But traders appeared to take the latest economic data as a sign bolstering the Federal Reserve’s case to keep… Source link

Tech juggernaut Amazon (AMZN) reported its Q2 2021 earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, missing expectations on revenue and falling short on Q3 guidance. Here’s are the most important numbers from Amazon’s report compared to analysts’ expectations as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $113.08 billion versus $115.06 billion expected EPS: $15.12 versus $12.22 expected AWS revenue: $14.81 billion versus $14.18 billion expected Amazon’s stock was off as much as 5% following the earnings… Source link

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The e-commerce giant denied it was poised to accept bitcoin and other cryptocurencies. Photo: AP Photo/John Locher, File Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has fallen away from recent highs after Amazon (AMZN) denied a report that it was considering accepting cryptocurrencies as payment. Bitcoin and other cryptos rallied on Monday amid speculation that the e-commerce giant was poised to accept digital money. Amazon recently posted a job listing for a “Digital Currency and Blockchain… Source link

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Monday denied a media report saying the e-commerce giant was looking to accept bitcoin payments by the end of the year. The report https://bit.ly/3xb6orM from London’s City A.M. newspaper, citing an unnamed “insider”, sent the world’s biggest cryptocurrency up as much as 14.5% before it trimmed gains to last trade 6% higher at $37,684.04. “Notwithstanding our interest in the space, the speculation that has ensued around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies is… Source link

Healthcare is a broad concept: clinical encounters with patients, population health data and trends, community health outcomes, pharmaceutical trials, etc., are just a few of the different siloes that entail the concept of  “healthcare” as a whole. Even if just looking at an individual level— medical records, history of medications, previous lab testing and results, prior procedures—there are so many different siloes that entail an individual’s healthcare profile. Given the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin surged close to $40,000 as a flurry of short-covering intensified a rally apparently sparked by speculation over Amazon.com Inc.’s involvement in the crypto industry. A job posting from the retail giant seeking an executive to develop the company’s “digital currency and blockchain strategy” stirred questions among analysts over whether the move could eventually lead to Amazon accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment. As the largest digital token gained on the… Source link

A recruitment ad by Amazon has stoked speculation the company may have a favourable view of cryptocurrencies. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and other cryptocurrencies surged higher on Monday morning, amid speculation that e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN) could soon accept tokens as payment. Bitcoin was up 12% to $38,723 (£28,169) at just after 8am on Monday morning in London. It marked the cryptocurrency’s highest price in over a month. The rally was linked to… Source link