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Amazon and Intel post worse-than-expected results

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Amazon and Intel reported financial results that fell short of expectations, contributing to broader concerns about big tech companies' performance. Amazon's third-quarter revenue reached $200 billion but failed to satisfy investors due to rising debt and financing costs surpassing revenue growth. Meanwhile, Intel's fourth-quarter sales projections also disappointed, causing its stock price to drop by 20% in after-hours trading. The article highlights the uncertainty surrounding AI investments amid growing opposition to the technology and questions about their financial viability.

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Amazon and Intel reported worse-than-expected financial results, contributing to a broader trend of disappointing Big Tech earnings that have negatively impacted markets. Amazon recorded $200 billion in third-quarter revenues but failed to reassure wary investors concerned about the sustainability of AI investments amid rising debt and financing costs. Meanwhile, Intel's fourth-quarter sales projections fell short of expectations, causing its stock price to drop by 20% after market close. The surge in AI spending has become the largest expenditure in American history, despite growing public skepticism over the technology and its reliance on data centers. Investors are questioning how these massive investments will eventually yield returns.

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Amazon’s $200 billion in third-quarter revenues were not enough to reassure investors, who have grown wary of the AI trade as surging debt and financing costs outpace revenues and push firms into negative cash flows.

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Amazon and Intel post worse-than-expected results · assertive framing

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Amazon and Intel reported worse-than-expected figures, adding to a run of underwhelming Big Tech results that have weighed on markets. asserted

that → report → markets

debt → reassure → flows

Intel’s fourth-quarter sales projections also disappointed markets, pushing its stock down 20% in after-hours trading. asserted

projections → disappoint → trading

AI investment recently became the single-biggest spending spree in American history, despite rising opposition to the technology and the data centers it relies on. asserted

it → become → technology

The market is “scratching its head — how does all this pay off?” an investor told Bloomberg. asserted

investor → scratch → Bloomberg