Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-layoffs-corporate-jan-2026">announced</a> plans to cut about 16 thousand employees worldwide. This was part of the largest wave of layoffs among corporate staff in the history of the company, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/amazon-job-cuts-stock-2a2a6398?mod=RTA">writes</a> Barron's. Thus, the company expects to "optimize the management structure and eliminate bureaucracy," <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-layoffs-corporate-jan-2026">according to the</a> message of Amazon's senior vice president for human resources and technology Beth Galetti.

Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees. This is part of the largest optimization in its history

Cardiff Oncology, Inc.

Shares of Cardiff Oncology, a micro-cap developer of a drug targeting a specific form of colorectal cancer, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CRDF/">plunged</a>&nbsp;32% on Tuesday, January 27. Investors reacted to the company’s <a href="https://investors.cardiffoncology.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cardiff-oncology-announces-executive-leadership-changes-it">announcement</a>&nbsp;of an immediate management reshuffle. The selloff came despite the <a href="https://investors.cardiffoncology.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cardiff-oncology-announces-positive-update-its-randomized-phase">release of positive clinical data</a> for its lead drug later the same day, as well as the company’s explanation that the executive changes reflected a transition to a new stage of development.

Cardiff Oncology plunges 32% amid management reshuffle, despite upbeat trial data

ASML Holding N.V.

Lasertec Corporation

Tokyo Electron Limited

ASML order book dynamics - one of the key indicators of demand for AI technologies 

ASML surprised the market with record order volume. Shares hit a new high

Redwire Corporation

Shares of Redwire, a mid-cap maker of spacecraft and technologies for building infrastructure on Mars, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RDW/">surged</a>&nbsp;nearly 30% on Tuesday, January 27, to their highest levels since mid-2025. Investors were reacting to the <a href="https://ir.redwirespace.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/215/redwire-selected-for-missile-defense-agencys-151">announcement</a>&nbsp;that the company had been selected as one of the vendors under a $151 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency program.

Mid-cap SpaceX peer Redwire jumps 30% on new U.S. government contract

F5, Inc.

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Seagate Technology Holdings plc

Venu Holding Corporation

Qorvo, Inc.

General Motors Company

Micron Technology, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Richtech Robotics Inc.

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

Synchrony Financial

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: Fed signals in focus

In recent months, the markets have been re-energized by the need to reallocate capital from the U.S. to international markets. But the US market is still the largest in the world. In this regard, the search for alternatives looks like a difficult task. Ask Askar Akhmedov, CFA, Chief Investment Officer of ATLAS Capital, tells us which countries an investor can look at.

Which countries to look at for investors who plan to reduce their investments in the US market

Pinterest, Inc.

Cutting hundreds of employees will allow Pinterest to increase funding for AI development

Pinterest decided to cut up to 15% of its staff due to its focus on AI. What happened to its stock?

Tesla, Inc.

SpaceX IPO has the potential to be the largest in history. The company expects to raise up to $50 bln

Musk proposed timing SpaceX IPO to coincide with start of planetary parade - Financial Times

Dario Amodei believes that superintelligence holds dangers for which the world is not yet prepared

'It's time for humanity to wake up': seven major AI risks from Anthropic head's essay 

Anthropic has raised up to $15 billion at a company valuation of $350 billion amid explosive growth in AI businesses. SpaceX is considering an IPO in mid-2026 to raise up to $50 billion at a valuation of $1.5 trillion - potentially the largest offering in history. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of January 28.

Top story for the morning: Anthropic raises up to $15 billion, SpaceX prepares $1.5 trillion IPO

The precious metal broke through $5200, the euro jumped to its highest against the dollar in nearly five years

Gold and the euro soared after Trump's words that the dollar is "doing great" 

Cloudflare, Inc.

Cloudflare's free infrastructure proved essential to the suddenly popular AI agent Moltbot

Donald Trump