Boosted by strong demand and company forays into health care and digital transformation of government, Amazon stock moves into buy range.

Shares of an Ohio firm that makes the paper filler that prevents items from jostling around in delivery boxes have risen more than 25% after it said Amazon.com is taking a stake in the firm. Ranpack Holdings said in a securities filing that the e-commerce giant has agreed to buy a warrant for 18.

Elon Musk said there is a path for Tesla to become worth more than the next five most valuable companies combined. That’s Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Alphabet. Their market values total roughly $15 trillion.

However, the U.S. stock market could move sharply on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 based on commentary from the Federal Reserve, and earnings results from several "Magnificent Seven" companies: Apple ( AAPL 3.65%), Meta Platforms ( META 2.19%), Microsoft ( MSFT 2.91%), and Tesla ( TSLA 0.24%). Read on for details.

Wall Street opens up on relief Meta and Microsoft kept their AI spending plans even as their earnings come in mixed. Next up, Apple after the close.

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund tracks the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index, encompassing industries such as retail, media, hotels, leisure, apparel, automobiles, and diversified consumer services. Despite weakening sentiment indicators, the ETF recently tested its uptrend support near $220 and held firm.

Latest earnings for four Magnificent Seven stocks are announced this week. Tesla shares fall then rebound after earnings miss

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Microsoft's disappointing Azure numbers are "neutral to modestly negative" for rivals Amazon.com and Alphabet, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Brad Erickson. Alphabet stock rose 1% while Amazon's was marginally lower.

Microsoft alone is projecting $80 billion of infrastructure spend for data centers in 2025; meanwhile, OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank are leading the newly announced Stargate initiative under President Trump — a project aiming to invest $500 billion into AI frameworks over the coming years.

In his ongoing rampage against the laws of the land, Trump this week fired National Labor Relations Board acting chair Gwynne Wilcox — despite her congressional appointment not being up until 2028. Wilcox’s firing closes down the NLRB,

The news comes from CEO Elon Musk, who finally admitted it during Wednesday's Tesla earnings call (via Electrek ). "The truth is that we will need to replace all HW3 computers in vehicles where FSD was purchased," said Musk after Tesla's head of FSD, Ashok Elluswamy, said the company is "not giving up on it."