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Nvidia stock remains above its 50-day moving average with Meta and Microsoft scheduled to report earnings this week.
COPLEY, OHIO / ACCESS Newswire / January 27, 2026 / OuterBox, a leading performance marketing and web development agency, today announced the appointment of Matt Prater as Executive Vice President of Innovation, a newly created executive role designed ...
STORY: Microsoft and Meta will kick off Big Tech earnings this week under pressure to prove their costly bets on AI can power another year of strong growth.That's as a resurgent Alphabet takes the lead in the high-stakes race.The companies, along with Amazon, are expected to lift their AI spending this year by 30% to more than $500 billion.It's an unprecedented outlay that will sharpen investor scrutiny.Some have expressed doubts over whether Microsoft squandered a first-mover advantage in AI it secured through its OpenAI investment.Meta too is under pressure to show payoffs from its expensive push into superintelligence.Both stocks declined more than 6% in the last three months of 2025.While Amazon saw a small 5% gain after its November deal with OpenAI signaled that the largest cloud-computing provider in the U.S. was no longer behind on AI.Alphabet shares though surged about 29% in that period.It followed a strong reception of Google's latest Gemini 3 model.The company also recently struck a deal to power Apple's revamped Siri.LSEG data showed that in the October-December quarter, Google Cloud revenue growth likely quickened to 35% from 33.5% in the previous three months.But doubts linger about the real-world benefits for the businesses adopting the technology.And feeding into bubble fears that hounded the technology industry for much of last year.
Global stock markets mostly rose Tuesday as investors geared up for the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting outcome and earnings from tech titans, which will be pored over for signs of AI momentum.Investor attention was also on the Federal Reserve's policy meeting starting Tuesday.
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DigitalNet.ai today announced the appointment of Vinoo Srinivas Murali as Chief Revenue Officer – Data & AI, strengthening the company’s executive leadership as it accelerates global growth and market adoption of its enterprise AI platform, JanusAI, and autonomous cybersecurity solution, ATLAS. Vinoo is a seasoned global enterprise sales leader with more than 25 years of experience driving revenue growth and go-to-market execution across Artificia
Wall Street wants an answer now on the only question that has reliably moved the AI complex: Is the buildout still expanding — and at what price?
While Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, Alphabet, and Microsoft expand leverage to fund capital-intensive AI infrastructure, ReelTime executes disciplined debt reduction and balance-sheet transformation ReelTime Media announced it has reduced its outstanding debt by more than 50 percent through strategic renegotiations and debt extinguishments, bringing total debt reduction over the past year to more than 64 percent and significantly strengthening its balance sheet to support long term growth and shareholder
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The emergence of Moltbot, previously known as Clawdbot, affirms Cloudflare’s positioning as a cloud-network and security solution for the AI age.
Nvidia stock was rising early Tuesday even as Microsoft revealed the use of its own artificial-intelligence chip. The focus for the week is on earnings from Microsoft and Meta Platforms both big customers of Nvidia. “Maia 200 is…the most efficient inference system Microsoft has ever deployed, with 30% better performance per dollar than the latest generation hardware in our fleet today,” said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Microsoft Cloud and AI Group, in a statement.
Earnings season is in full swing, with 102 companies in the benchmark S&P 500 index reporting earnings this week, according to LSEG. Tuesday's highlights includes airlines, health insurers and transportation specialists: UnitedHealth booked charges related to a restructuring and a major cyberattack, and warned annual sales could fall.
ORLANDO, Fla., January 27, 2026--Kore.ai, a global leader in enterprise AI and agentic solutions, today announced a strategic growth investment led by AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, with continued participation from existing investors Vistara Growth, Beedie Capital and Sweetwater Private Equity. The investment builds on Kore.ai’s strong momentum and long-term investor relationships, and will support the company’s next phase of growth by scaling go-to-market initiatives, deepening gl
The fourth quarter earnings season kicks into high gear this week, with Big Tech results from Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, and Apple headlining the earnings calendar.
There is a change in the way the federal government operates that investors need to incorporate into their thinking. If they do it right, they can get some gains by holding stocks that President Donald Trump might covet. The White House often points out that Trump is a businessman and his second administration has demonstrated a willingness to do business directly with American companies.
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed after a solid start to the week, with all the major indices, except the Russell 2000, finishing the day higher. Anticipation of earnings reports from mega-cap technology stocks, including Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla, and the January Federal Reserve meeting, where the Fed is expected to hold rates steady, ... Here Are Tuesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Affirm Holdings, Alcoa, Block, Coinbase Global,CoreWeave, Datadog, Intuitive Sur
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LOS ANGELES, January 27, 2026--Prodoscore (the "Company"), a leading provider of employee productivity and data intelligence software, today released its Q4 2025 Productivity Pulse report, an in-depth analysis of productivity trends across U.S. industries, departments and job roles. The report presents data from over 9,000 employees across 176 companies, spanning 80 job roles and 10 industries. Productivity is measured by employee use of cloud tools, including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, CR
Joint engineering effort with Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs enhances Richtech’s ADAM robot and extends intelligent automation across physical environments LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Richtech Robotics Inc. (Nasdaq: RR) (“Richtech Robotics”), a U.S.-based provider of AI-driven robots operating in commercial and industrial environments, today announced a hands-on collaboration with Microsoft through the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to jointly develop and deploy agentic artifi
Facebook parent Meta Platforms will pay Gorilla Glass maker Corning up to $6 billion over the next several years in a deal to provide fiber-optic cables for its AI data centers, the companies said on Tuesday. Corning will supply advanced optical fiber, cable and connectivity products to Meta, while expanding its manufacturing capacity in North Carolina, including at its cable factory in Hickory, where Meta will be the anchor customer. Corning's optical connectivity products are among key components required to support the massive computing and data transmission demands at data centers.
The EU AI GRID has been launched in Vilnius, marking a significant advancement in AI infrastructure within Europe. This initiative, spearheaded by Telecentras and Singapore-based Embedded LLM, aims to provide a network that complies with GDPR data and the EU AI Act, ensuring digital sovereignty and protection of sensitive information. The project is designed to empower AI users in Europe with transparency and robust data protection, thereby enhancing productivity and security. The EU AI GRID...
Amazon Web Services will support the Air Force's Cloud One program through 2028.
CoreWeave stock was gaining again Tuesday as a $2 billion investment from Nvidia has analysts more convinced on its future trajectory.
Investment management company Vulcan Value Partners recently released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. All the strategies of Vulcan Value Partners delivered positive results in the year. The Large Cap Composite (Net) returned -1.5% in Q4 and 7.9% YTD, the Small Cap Composite (Net) gained 3.2% in Q4 and 9.5% […]
“Trust but verify,” a Russian proverb famously used by President Ronald Reagan during nuclear disarmament negotiations with the former Soviet Union, feels like an apt description of global investor sentiment toward U.S. markets. Stocks are poised to test new all-time highs again this week amid a parade of corporate earnings updates likely to consolidate forecasts of double-digit profit growth again this year, and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision that is likely to clear the way for further borrowing cost reductions over the next 12 months.
As a group, the Magnificent Seven are expected to report earnings growth of 20.3% for the fourth quarter.