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It was not surprising that Amazon shares surged on Friday morning after the company’s “show me” quarter proved to be a “show of major force” from CEO Andy Jassy, according to CNBC’s Jim Cramer. Amazon reported third-quarter results Thursday evening that reignited investor enthusiasm in its cloud business, Amazon Web Services, the biggest in the world. The stock hit an all-time high of over $250 per share during Friday’s session. It must finish the day just above $242 to also make it a record-high close. Revenue from AWS – the company’s profit engine – surged 20% year over year to…

Sky Sports will show 31 Premier League fixtures live in late December and early January – with the top-flight’s Christmas and New Year schedule now released.Premier League Boxing Day football returns to Sky Sports with Manchester United hosting Newcastle at 8pm on December 26 – which will be the only top-flight fixture taking place that day. In a statement explaining why there is only one Boxing Day fixture this season, the Premier League said: “There are now several challenges to Premier League fixture scheduling rooted in the expansion of European club competitions – which led to a revision of our…

Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer Exxon Mobil Corp., speaks during a panel discussion at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, on July 15, 2025. Brian Kaiser | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesExxon Mobil is holding advanced talks with power providers and technology companies to cut the emissions of AI data centers that rely on natural gas by deploying carbon capture technology, CEO Darren Woods said Friday.”I’m hopeful that many of these hyperscalers are sincere when they talk about the desire to have low emission facilities, because certainly in the near…

As the tech industry’s giants race to build out AI infrastructure — Microsoft spent $34.9 billion in just one quarter while Meta plans to spend up to $72 billion this year  — they may not be the only ones footing the multi-hundred-billion-dollar bill.The consumer is increasingly facing AI-soaked subscription tiers as tech firms attempt to monetize their huge investments and bundle their software offerings with difficult-to-separate-out AI tools that can make it tough for customers to opt out — and more expensive if they don’t.One example is Microsoft 365, which now includes Copilot AI features in many of its tiers. The…

Jeff KassoufOct 31, 2025, 11:38 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.Seattle Reign FC head coach Laura Harvey said she used ChatGPT for tactical advice this past offseason, which ultimately led her and her staff to test out a new formation with five defenders.Harvey, who is a three-time NWSL Shield winner and three-time NWSL coach of the year, told the “Soccerish Podcast” that she had not previously played in a…

In August 2025, Chuck Smith went to buy coffee at a Walmart in Rochester, Indiana. But something seemed off.”I bent down to pick up the coffee and happened to notice the price,” he tells CNBC Make It. “I thought, ‘Do I spend that much money every time I buy the coffee?’ It really caught me off guard.”He checked his receipts in the Walmart app and found that the 38.2-ounce Maxwell House he’d been buying for years rang up at $21.44 — nearly double the $12.94 he paid less than a year earlier, in October 2024.Smith, 52, filmed a short TikTok…

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesReddit’s stock popped 7% Friday after the company surpassed third-quarter estimates and signaled strong advertising growth.The social media platform’s revenues surged 68% from a year ago to $585 million, beating an LSEG estimate of $546 million. Earnings per share totaled 80 cents, surpassing an estimate of 51 cents.Reddit also released a better-than-expected sales outlook for…

Wayne Johnson at the Gables of Wolf Creek, the retirement community he owns in Macon, GeorgiaAnnie Nova | CNBCA Republican who oversaw the country’s $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio during President Donald Trump’s first term has funded a class action effort against the administration over its current borrower policies.The proposed class action lawsuit, filed this week in federal court in Atlanta, said Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the largest credit rating companies are violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act — a federal law that, among other provisions, requires information in consumer credit reports to be accurate.According to the lawsuit,…

It’s a tough time for the American workforce.Earlier this month, Nestle announced 16,000 job cuts, followed last week by Target’s first layoffs in a decade, which eliminated 1,800 roles. The trend intensified this week when Amazon said it would lay off 14,000 employees—a figure Reuters reports could ultimately hit 30,000 workers. All of this is occurring as the country nears its second month of a government shutdown.Whether you’ve been directly impacted or are just worried about the future, it’s a stressful time. But it’s in times like these that experts say it is especially important to take care of your…

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner said it would be “irresponsible” for his side to play two games in 54 hours in December after reaching the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.Palace are set to face Arsenal in the last eight of the Carabao Cup on December 16, which would leave Oliver Glasner’s side – who host Manchester City in the league on December 14 and KuPS in the Conference League on December 18 – facing three matches in just five days. Palace are hopeful of moving their match at the Emirates to the following week, possibly on December 23, but Sky Sports News…