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StockCram Editorial3 min readAmazon's $200B AI spending plan triggers worst tech selloff since April. Job cuts hit post-recession highs. S&P 500 turns negative for 2026 as mega-cap rally crumbles.
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- •Amazon's $200 billion AI spending plan triggered an 11% after-hours plunge and sent Nasdaq futures d...
- •January job cuts hit 108,435—the highest for the month since the Great Recession—while private payro...
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