Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
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first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
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And it's considering price increases down the road.
The company expects those measures to contribute to that higher profit and revenue this year, and investors were really feeling that optimism.
Mattel shares rocketed 15% higher on Wednesday and held on to those gains the rest of the week.
Now, this wouldn't be a stock market podcast if we didn't talk about AI at least once, right?
I mean, I'm joking, but seriously, in markets, politics, advertising, it is everywhere, including in Amazon's earnings.
The tech giant is joining other tech giants like Meta Platforms and Alphabet and spending big on AI.
Amazon said Thursday that it planned more than $100 billion in capital expenditure for this year, a record amount, as part of a push to build generative AI infrastructure.
Now, there's been some concern among some investors questioning whether such spending sprees are prudent and if AI stocks are overvalued.
Plus, Amazon also projected lower than expected sales and operating income.
And after disappointing cloud results from Alphabet and Microsoft, investors took special notice of Amazon Web Services revenue missing expectations in the latest quarter.
The stock ended Friday's trading session down 4.1%, and on a weekly basis, Amazon shares lost 3.6%.
And now you know what's news in markets this week.
You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.
Today's show was produced by Zoe Kolkin with supervising producer Talia Arbel.
I'm Francesca Fontana.
Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday.
Hey, listeners.
It's Saturday, February 1st.
I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
Let's get to it.
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