Amazon.com, Inc.

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Amazon plans to cut up to 30,000 employees, offsetting over-hiring and implementing AI tools to improve efficiency. HSBC beat earnings forecasts despite a $1.1 billion Madoff case provision and expects over $43 billion in net interest income in 2025. The price of gold fell below the $4000 mark ahead of talks between the US and China, which are expected to resolve trade tensions. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of October 28.

Highlights for the morning: Amazon cuts 30,000 employees, HSBC rises, gold is cheaper than $4000

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

ASML Holding N.V.

This week, investors are likely to be left in the dark about a number of key US macroeconomic indicators - their publication has been postponed due to the government shutdown that has lasted for 13 days. Data - from import prices and retail sales to wages and jobless claims - are very likely to be excluded from the publication calendar, Yahoo Finance <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-dip-as-government-shutdown-continues-rare-earths-rally-what-to-watch-this-week-114600627.html#:~:text=In%20the%20week%20ahead%2C%20the%20market%20will%20continue%20to%20fly%20blind%20on%20several%20key%20points%20of%20economic%20data%20that%20would%20normally%20publish%20if%20not%20for%20the%20gridlock%20in%20Washington.%20Figures%20ranging%20from%20import%20prices%20and%20retail%20sales%20to%20hourly%20earnings%20and%20jobless%20claims%20are%20likely%20to%20be%20missing%20from%20the%20calendar.">writes</a>.<br><br>The main macroeconomic release this week for Wall Street was supposed to be the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September in the U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics had planned to publish it on October 15, but <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/bls-to-publish-september-cpi-report-on-oct-24-despite-shutdown?sref=Y0jVLcFo">postponed</a> it to October 24. To work on it, the agency recalled some employees from vacation. If the report on inflation will be prepared on time, the Fed will receive it before its meeting on interest rates, which is scheduled for October 28-29, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/bls-to-publish-september-cpi-report-on-oct-24-despite-shutdown?sref=Y0jVLcFo">notes</a> Bloomberg.

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McDonald's Corporation

The fast-food restaurant chain is trying to win back low-income customers, whose flow is dwindling due to rising prices and a struggling economy

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Tractor Supply Company

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

Shares of restaurant chain Domino's Pizza have consistently outperformed Alphabet securities in terms of growth over the past 18 years

Apollo named three "boring" stocks ahead of Apple, Google and Amazon

Microsoft Corporation

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Levi Strauss & Co.

Bank of America named stocks with significant upside potential after the publication of quarterly reports,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/02/five-stocks-to-buy-after-earnings-per-bank-of-america.html">reports</a>&nbsp;CNBC. Among the companies the bank's analysts still see room for upward movement is Microsoft, which last week shocked Wall Street with strong quarterly results and, in particular, unexpectedly high revenue from its Azure cloud business.&nbsp;BofA also&nbsp;bet on Delta Air Lines, Domino's Pizza, Procter &amp; Gamble and Levi Strauss.

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