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These Fed alternative indicators show inflation is at lowest in years

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

People shop for groceries at a store in Brooklyn on July 13, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Pricing data from June indicated that outside of some select items where costs continue to grow, inflation is trending back towards the Federal Reserve’s inflation goal. So-called trimmed mean measures, which exclude outliers...

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Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

Almost four years into the artificial intelligence boom, the world’s biggest tech companies are still making grand promises about the future. The problem is, they’re burning through their cash in the process. AI spending among the megacaps is projected to reach $765 billion this year, before rising to nearly $1.2 trillion in 2027, according to...

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Fed officials who voted to hike rates say action is needed now against inflation

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

Beth Hammack, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, during a research conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, US, on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Desiree Rios | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve officials who voted this week against the decision to hold interest rates...

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Tim Cook sees Apple’s hybrid AI strategy as a ‘competitive weapon’

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

Tim Cook arriving at the annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 7th, 2026. David A. Grogan | CNBC Apple CEO Tim Cook had a lot to talk about on his last earnings call as CEO, as his company’s stock price trended lower on concerns about supply constraints....

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Amazon collected $600 million in Trump tariff refunds

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that reads “Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm” during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Amazon disclosed Thursday that it...

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Microsoft’s Xbox chief lays out plan to pass rivals on margin by 2030

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

Asha Sharma, CEO of Xbox at Microsoft, speaks at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco on June 4, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is looking to push the gaming unit’s margin back in line with its rivals by next year and beat them on profitability by...

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AWS earnings Q2 2026

TazaPulseJuly 31, 2026

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the HumanX Conference in San Francisco on April 7, 2026. Big Event Media | Getty Images Amazon’s cloud segment grew faster than analysts had predicted in the second quarter, with revenue increasing almost 37%, marking the strongest expansion since 2021. The digital commerce company said in a...

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(JMKE) starts trading on the New York Stock Exchange

TazaPulseJuly 30, 2026

Actor Danny DeVito, from left, Charlie Morrison, chief executive officer of Jersey Mike’s Subs Inc., Eli Manning, former National Football League (NFL) quarterback and founding partner of Brand Velocity Partners, and Peter Cancro, founder and chairman of Jersey Mike’s Subs Inc., during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...

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Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2026

TazaPulseJuly 30, 2026

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is set to announce its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, according to estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.82 Revenue: $196.47 billion...

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Amazon’s Zoox to begin charging for rides in Las Vegas next month

TazaPulseJuly 30, 2026

A Zoox robotaxi is seen driving on Nov. 19, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon-owned Zoox on Thursday received a temporary exemption from U.S. regulators, paving the way for the company to start offering paid robotaxi rides. The exemption from some National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rules allows Zoox to...