US Job Growth Misses Forecasts, Unemployment Slows, Wages Rise; Tesla Slips As Musk Pushes AI; Amazon Advances GenAI Efforts – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

US Markets­­­­­­­­

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• S&P 500 Gains For 3rd Session: Investor Sentiment Improves, But Greed Index Remains In ‘Fear’ Zone

Crypto

• Bonk Drops 30% Despite Massive Token Burn: What Is Going On?
• Solana To $520 By End Of 2025, VanEck Predicts
• Franklin Templeton Seeks SEC Approval For New Crypto Index ETF Focused On Bitcoin And Ether
• Bitcoin Spikes Among Trump Media ETF Move, Ethereum, Dogecoin Drop — Top Analyst Eyes ETH At $14K On Breakout

US Politics

• Trump Administration Instructs States To Not Spend Federal Funds Allocated For Building EV Chargers
• Trump’s Administration Drives ‘Renewed Optimism’ For Pebble Project
• Trump-Linked Resort Faces Crackdown In Indonesia Over Environmental Violations: Authorities Flag ‘Mismatch’ Between Plans And Implementation

US Economy

• US Economy Adds Fewer Than Expected Jobs In January, Unemployment Rate Slows, Wage Growth Spikes

World Economy

• Asia And Europe Markets Mixed; Dollar Steady Ahead of Key Data – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

• Take-Two Interactive Software Q3 Earnings: Revenue Miss, EPS Beat, Bookings Up 3%, Grand Theft Auto VI On Track For Fall Release
• Applovin Emerges As Nasdaq 100’s Dark Horse In A Market Fixated On Nvidia, Tesla, Palantir
• Gary Black Sees ‘Flurry’ Of Price Target Increases For Amazon Stock Despite Weak Guidance: ‘This Is How Wall Street Works’
• DoorDash Reveals Why It’s Betting On THC, CBD Delivery
• Aurora Mobile Enhances GPTBots.ai With DeepSeek Integration For Scalable AI Solutions: Details
• Evan Spiegel Takes A Shot At Mark Zuckerberg Over Meta Copying Snapchat’s Features On Instagram And Facebook
• Amazon Declines Nearly 3% In Friday Pre-Market: What’s Going On?
• Apple’s Pixar-Style Smart Tabletop Robot Prototype Has Anime-Like Moves — Here’s When You Can Possibly Get One
• Apple Faces Mounting Pressure From UK Government To Grant Spying Access To Encrypted Data Of Users Worldwide
• Google’s Quantum Computing Chief Challenges Nvidia’s Jensen Huang’s 20-Year Timeline: ‘Within Five Years We’ll See Real-World Applications That Are Possible Only On Quantum Computers’
• Amazon’s Rufus Is Changing How You Shop — Andy Jassy Explains How The AI Assistant Is Helping Customers Overcome Information Overload
• Amazon Says 1,000 GenAI Applications In Development, CEO Andy Jassy Sees ‘Significant Productivity And Cost Savings’
• Mark Zuckerberg Visits White House For Advancing American Tech Leadership Abroad As Meta CEO Continues To Strengthen Ties With Trump
• iPhone SE Could Be Unveiled As Early As Next Week — Apple’s Budget Model To Feature iPhone 14 Design And AI Feature
• Amazon To Pour Nearly $100 Billion Into AI In 2025, Surpassing Microsoft And Alphabet—Andy Jassy Says ‘Cost Of Inference Will Meaningfully Come Down’ Amid DeepSeek Worries

Electric Vehicle

• Tesla Stock Stumbles, But Musk’s $10 Trillion AI Bet Is In Motion
• Elon Musk’s Brother Kimbal Musk And Other Tesla Execs Sell Over $73 Million In Stock
• Tesla Drops 1.5% Premarket After Sales Of China-Made EVs In January Drop 11.5% YoY
• Mercedes Benz Gains Access To Tesla Supercharger Network: Looking To Add 500-1000 Supercharger Stalls A Month In North America, Says EV Giant’s Exec
• Elon Musk-Led Tesla Launches 0.99% APR Loan Rate On Model 3 In Canada Days After Hiking Prices
• Nikola, Once A $30 Billion EV Sensation, Struggles To Survive After Hindenburg Fallout And Mounting Losses
• Tesla Hikes Model X Price By $5000, Making It More Expensive Than Cybertruck

Consumer

• Skechers Posts Downbeat Results, Joins e.l.f. Beauty, LiveRamp And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Friday’s Pre-Market Session
• Walgreens Cashes In: Slashes Cencora Stake Again In Debt-Fighting Move
• Jeep Maker Stellantis Expands AI Push With Mistral AI Partnership: Details

Communication

• Why Is iQIYI Stock Gaining Today?
• Pinterest’s Gen Z Boom: Engagement Hits All-Time High As Advertiser Clicks Surge 90%—What’s Working For The Meta Rival
• Pinterest’s AI ‘Taste Graph’ Expands 75% As Meta-Rival Hits First $1 Billion Revenue Quarter

Healthcare

• Eli Lilly’s Recently Approved Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drug Shows Sustained And Durable Treatment At Two Years
• Novo Nordisk Eyes 2025 Regulatory Filing For Hemophilia Candidate After Encouraging Pediatric Study Data
• Denmark Could Ban Or Push Ozempic, Wegovy And Shipping Prices Through The Roof If Trump Escalates Over Greenland

Financial

• Plains All American Q4: EPS Beat, Focus On Growth Strategy, Positive Outlook & More
• Alphabet’s Verily Sells Granular Insurance To Elevance Health Amid Healthcare Strategy Refocus

General

• Peter Schiff Slams Fed’s Stress Tests For Ignoring Stagflation Risks: ‘They Know No Major Bank Could Survive It

Space

• 7 Years Ago Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launched A Tesla Car In Space: Here’s How To See Where It Is Right Now

Energy

• Jim Cramer Likes This Utilities Stock: ‘I Think You’ve Got A Good One

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