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Big Tech Posts Mixed Earnings, AI Layoffs Amid Market Dip

4/30/2026

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Summary

Story summary

On April 29, 2026, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft released quarterly earnings, reporting $5.11, $2.78, $56.31 billion revenue, and $4.27 per share, while their stocks moved up 6%, rose, fell over 5%, and slipped about 3%.
AI spending of $650 billion is planned for 2026, and Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon announced layoffs of 8,000, 125,000, and 30,000 workers.
The Dow fell 0.59%, the S&P 500 fell 0.24%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.31%.

History

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After the Nasdaq peaked at 5,048.62 on March 10 2000, the dot-com bubble burst, wiping out about 78 % of its value by October 2002 and prompting massive job cuts at Amazon. The crash taught investors that rapid tech spending can trigger sharp corrections, a warning echoed as AI-driven investment fuels 2026 layoffs across Alphabet, Meta and others.

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Story summary

On April 29, 2026, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft released quarterly earnings, reporting $5.11, $2.78, $56.31 billion revenue, and $4.27 per share, while their stocks moved up 6%, rose, fell over 5%, and slipped about 3%.
AI spending of $650 billion is planned for 2026, and Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon announced layoffs of 8,000, 125,000, and 30,000 workers.
The Dow fell 0.59%, the S&P 500 fell 0.24%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.31%.

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