Giants thats benefited from more money in american wallets earlier this year. For more, i want to bring in abigail, whos been following all the action in the s p. A big day, catching up to the nasdaq. Tech is helping. Abigail we have this record high. Market watchers have been waiting for the s p 500 for a week very closely. The nasdaq has been hitting record high after high. Tech, especially with amazon and other tech names, really driving the gains for the s p 500. Morning the this s p 500 briefly went negative after putting in an alltime high. We have this wall of worry. Not only do we have no still is, a second deal is not on the table yet. We have a election jitters, u. S. China trade jitters, the possibility of a second wave. It was not a robust finish for the s p 500, that a record high. One day versions are a little high, given the others closed a little high. The last time this index put in a record high was almost two years ago. Its really the habs and and havenots. Vs techno
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
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