Big Tech Spending Plans, Iran Talks, Stocks Rebound, More
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We get more with Bloomberg's Parmi Olson, tech columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
What really intrigues me about this is this kind of almost an identity shift for these companies. Because if you think about why they're so valuable in the first place, it's that they're asset light, right? Like they have a lot of staff and they maybe have some data centers, but then they build this incredibly valuable software and they have incredible margins. Now they're becoming these kind of capital intensive infrastructure operators. They're almost like telecoms now with all this CapEx spending. So it does feel like this is a gradual shift and we're seeing it continue to happen. And there's definitely going to be some kind of questioning in the market about whether they deserve these premium valuations when they are spending quite so much.
And as Bloomberg's Parmi Olson, Amazon shares dropped after the company yesterday announced it plans to spend $200 billion this year on data centers, chips and other equipment. Amazon shares down about 7.5% this morning. Meanwhile, dip buyers are driving a rebound in U.S. stocks, betting that the three-day sell-off led by technology was overdone. Bitcoin bounced more than 5% after sliding to the lowest level since October 2024. Currently, S&P futures are up six-tenths of a percent. Dow futures up about the same. Nasdaq futures up eight-tenths of a percent. The 10-year Treasury yield at 4.2 percent. And taking a look at Bitcoin this morning at $67,000. That's up more than 6 percent. The U.S. and Iran held indirect talks today in a bid to dial down tensions that have threatened to spiral into war.
Bloomberg's Kasia Klimaczynska is following from Washington.
How much are major tech companies planning to spend on capital expenditures this year?
I'm on the map. with the U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff, and then separately with representatives from Iran. But Iran also said before those talks even started that it won't be a major step, that those will be just some sort of broad talks.
And Bloomberg's Kasia Klimacinska reports President Trump has threatened to strike Iran if it does not reach a deal on its nuclear program. The U.S. warned its citizens in Iran today to leave or stockpile food and water if they can't. Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded. Officials say Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev was hospitalized after being attacked today by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow. An investigative committee spokesperson did not say who might be behind the attack. Alexeyev has served as the first deputy head of Russia's military intelligence since 2011. President Trump is looking to address affordability concerns here at home with the launch of a new prescription drug discount site.
And Bloomberg Government's Maeve Sheehy has more on TrumpRx.gov.
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