Big Tech's AI Stake Gains Are Now 42% of Mag7 Profits — and a Market Risk
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Big Tech's AI Stake Gains Are Now 42% of Mag7 Profits — and a Market Risk

Alphabet and Amazon leaned on mark-to-market gains from SpaceX and Anthropic for most of their quarterly profit, exposin...

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Big Tech's AI Borrowing Wave Is Lifting Credit Risk for Safe Non-Tech Companies
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Big Tech's AI Borrowing Wave Is Lifting Credit Risk for Safe Non-Tech Companies

BNP Paribas warns that heavy debt issuance by AI hyperscalers is forcing high-grade issuers such as LVMH, Sanofi and BAE...

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Appeals Court Clears Thousands of Youth-Addiction Suits Against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap
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Appeals Court Clears Thousands of Youth-Addiction Suits Against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap

The 9th Circuit rejected Meta’s and TikTok’s early appeal, ruling Section 230 is a trial defense, not a shield from desi...

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Microsoft's AI Discipline Spurs Record Share Jump, Quelling Capex Fears
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Microsoft's AI Discipline Spurs Record Share Jump, Quelling Capex Fears

A late-July earnings call showed Microsoft can pour billions into AI infrastructure while preserving cash flow, erasing ...

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Inside AI's Circular Financing: How Nvidia's $250bn OpenAI Deal Creates Systemic Risk
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Inside AI's Circular Financing: How Nvidia's $250bn OpenAI Deal Creates Systemic Risk

Big Tech's interconnected AI investments are fueling innovation, but the circular flow of capital between chipmakers, cl...

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AI’s Jobs Riddle Deepens as Layoffs, Growth Studies, and CEO U-Turns Collide
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AI’s Jobs Riddle Deepens as Layoffs, Growth Studies, and CEO U-Turns Collide

Big Tech firms shed thousands while studies show AI adopters can grow headcount. Economists demand policy action as the ...

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Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech
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Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech

Meta and Amazon outgrew Google in Q2 advertising; Wall Street frowned on AI capex, and private equity is circling under-...

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Amazon Crosses $3 Trillion Market Value as Cloud Growth Answers AI Skeptics
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Amazon Crosses $3 Trillion Market Value as Cloud Growth Answers AI Skeptics

Amazon became the fifth company ever to top $3 trillion in market value after quarterly results showed its cloud busines...

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AI Capex Splurge Burns Billions in Big Tech Cash — and Investors Are Buying In
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AI Capex Splurge Burns Billions in Big Tech Cash — and Investors Are Buying In

Alphabet and Amazon posted negative free cash flow as AI infrastructure spending surged, yet double-digit cloud growth h...

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Big Tech's AI infrastructure spending surges past $1 trillion, cash flow hits decade low
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Big Tech's AI infrastructure spending surges past $1 trillion, cash flow hits decade low

Combined capex by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta has reached $1.1 trillion since 2023, with $745 billion planned thi...

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How Big Tech's AI-Fuelled Bond Splurge Is Exposing Investors to a Concentrated Risk
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How Big Tech's AI-Fuelled Bond Splurge Is Exposing Investors to a Concentrated Risk

Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft now issue nearly 30% of US investment-grade bonds, and their share of the credit mark...

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AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge
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AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge

Amazon shares jump 6% after hours as cloud unit’s blowout quarter signals AI investments are beginning to pay off, easin...

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Meta Reveals $279 Billion in Future Data Center Leases as AI Buildout Accelerates
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Meta Reveals $279 Billion in Future Data Center Leases as AI Buildout Accelerates

Meta disclosed $278.99 billion in new lease obligations for AI data centers, a 53% jump from last quarter, signalling an...

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Alphabet, Tesla Hit by AI Capex Surge; Microsoft, Meta, Amazon Face Same Scrutiny
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Alphabet, Tesla Hit by AI Capex Surge; Microsoft, Meta, Amazon Face Same Scrutiny

Soaring capital expenditures and crumbling free cash flow at Alphabet and Tesla triggered sharp stock declines. As Micro...

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Google Hit with €890M EU Fine, in 'Constructive' Talks to Avoid More Penalties
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Google Hit with €890M EU Fine, in 'Constructive' Talks to Avoid More Penalties

The EU fined Google €890 million for anti-competitive practices under the Digital Markets Act, but regulators noted 'sub...

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