Amazon.com, Inc.

• AMZN Stock Price 24h change: +2.38%. From 234.34 USD to 239.91 USD. The price surged following reports of a strategic corporate restructuring aimed at eliminating bureaucracy and management layers to improve operational efficiency.
• From a technical perspective, AMZN is exhibiting a "bullish recovery" as it rebounded above its 5-day and 50-day moving averages (approx. $234.80 and $232.55). While the RSI remains neutral at 51, the price action suggests a testing of near-term resistance at $240.45, supported by positive earnings momentum and a recent shift toward a "Buy" rating in several technical oscillators.
• Amazon is initiating a major restructuring this January, planning to cut approximately 16,000 corporate roles (about 10% of white-collar staff) to flatten management layers and speed up decision-making.• The company officially announced it will share its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results on February 5, 2026, with investors focusing on AWS growth and margin improvements.• Amazon's satellite initiative, Project Kuiper, announced plans to add 32 satellites via its first Arianespace launch on an Ariane 6 rocket, signaling an acceleration of its global broadband infrastructure.
• US tech sector maintains a "bend the knee" trend toward the current administration, reaping rewards such as multi-billion dollar government funding and executive orders prohibiting state-level AI regulation.• Microsoft issued an emergency "out-of-band" fix for Windows 11 after a January security update caused critical system shutdown failures, highlighting ongoing operational stability risks in major software deployments.

• AMZN Stock Price 24h change: +0.68%. From 231.31 USD to 232.89 USD.
• From a technical perspective, the stock is in a "short-term consolidation" phase with a neutral-to-bearish lean: while the 200-day SMA at 219.66 provides long-term support, the 20-day and 50-day SMAs (at 236.10 and 232.75) act as resistance. RSI at 42.2 and a negative MACD of -2.62 suggest prevailing selling pressure and high volatility as the price tests major support levels.
• Amazon is reportedly planning to announce a new round of approximately 16,000 job layoffs starting January 27, 2026, primarily targeting corporate and AWS roles to drive efficiency and reallocate billions into AI infrastructure.
• Arete Research raised its price target for Amazon to $283 from $264, citing the bullish thesis that AWS and AI integration will re-accelerate profit growth despite near-term tariff rhetoric headwinds.
• Amazon filed an objection to Saks Global’s bankruptcy financing plan, alleging the retailer failed to uphold agreements to sell products on Amazon and is now unfairly leveraging assets to the detriment of creditors.
• The e-commerce sector is undergoing a structural shift toward "Agentic AI" and unified platforms in 2026, as retailers move away from rigid legacy systems to modular, AI-driven architectures to lower ownership costs and enable store-based fulfillment.
• Big Tech headcounts, including Amazon and Alphabet, have returned to pandemic-era peaks despite recent layoffs, signaling a reshuffling of talent toward high-priority AI and robotics divisions rather than a net reduction in workforce.