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Al is an Associate Editor at BARRON’S. He spent 17 years on Wall Street and joined BARRON’S from broker R.W Baird, where he was the industrial strategist. He is a frequent guest offering market and industry analysis on Sirius XM, Wharton’s Business Radio, the BARRON’S Live and The Readback podcasts; and on CBS News, Cheddar, Yahoo Finance, Fox Business BARRON’S Roundtable, Claman Countdown, and The Big Money Show

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Amazon's $77 billion quarter, BP's record profit, and a $6.3 billion hack | The 8:30

Julie Hyman opens on what she calls a perfect storm: Amazon and Intel disappointing, oil pushing higher on the war, and overnight the largest cryptocurrency theft on record. Amazon spent $77 billion in a single quarter and still missed on revenue. Intel beat on earnings and then guided low. SanDisk beat on both lines and fell anyway. Then the Binance heist, about $6.3 billion gone, with Owen Lau of Clear Street on what it means for an industry that keeps surviving these. Ener

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The spending on artificial intelligence will end, but probably not when investors suspect it will.

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U.S. manufacturing could be headed for an AI-fueled revival. Our roundtable pros size up the trend and offer 10 promising stocks.

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Update on EVs: Talking Tesla and More with Gary Black

Barron's senior managing editor Lauren R. Rublin and senior writer Al Root discuss the future of electric-vehicle companies and investing...