The United States stock market has been on an extraordinary run, with the S&P 500 hitting an all-time high of 6,090.27 on December 6, 2024, after a 27.58% year-to-date surge.
A Senate committee investigation found Amazon manipulated its warehouses' injury data to make them appear safer than they are and ignored internal reports linking worker injuries to speed and productivity quotas—which the online retail giant has insisted it does not enforce.
The economy and the stock market experience ups and downs over time. Being a long-term investor allows you to see the forest for the trees and base your investments on big-picture trends that could dictate which stocks perform the best over time.
A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by Bernie Sanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the e-commerce giant.
Investors looking for businesses that are well entrenched in their industries and can run circles around the popular market barometer, the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.00%) index, are in the right place.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's decision to bring workers back to the office full time was one of the biggest post-pandemic work headlines of 2024. But there was another major organizational shakeup in the Amazon plan: a greater focus on individual contributors, which Morgan Stanley recently estimated could lead to Amazon cutting as many as 14,000 manager positions.
China's Qianfan, Guo Wang and Honghu-3 projects have plans to put 38,000 low earth orbit satellites into space.
As the calendar gets to the end of 2024, Amazon (AMZN -0.66%) stock has had another banner year, up 52% year to date. It has a whole assortment of growth drivers, most notably, its heavily competitive generative artificial intelligence (AI) business.
When you hear the name Amazon.com (AMZN -0.66%), a couple of things probably pop to mind. E-commerce, first and most obviously -- after all, Amazon is the world's biggest e-commerce company -- and then cloud computing.
It's time for my annual list of 10 top stocks to buy for the new year. It's not so different than last year's list, so you won't be too surprised to see most of the picks.
Big Tech and retail giants go under the microscope of today's Options Corner. Tom White looks into the unusual market activity behind Amazon (AMZN), Marvell (MRVL), and TSMC (TSM).
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, major U.S. companies are starting to make donations to support his inaugural events — a repeat of what has happened in previous years, as corporate leaders seek to ingratiate themselves with incoming administrations.