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Green Energy takes a hit, AI suits up, and Amazon extends the deal days.

Solar company shares are in the red pre-market after Republicans who control the U.S. Senate

Finance Committee unveiled changes to President Trump's tax and spending bill that would

fully phase out solar and wind energy tax credits by 2028.

Among relevant stock, Sun Run is down 26.8%. Solar Edge Technologies is down 21.8%.

And end-phase energy is down 16.7%. First solar, which analysts have said would come out of the tax

law changes better than its peers,

is down 9.4% pre-market.

The modified text of the bill extends tax credits for hydro, nuclear, and geothermal power to 2036.

The Senate language gives more time for clean energy projects to use the tax credits than the House version, which required that a project must start construction within 60 days of the bill's enactment and be placed into service by year-end 2028 to qualify for the tax credits.

The Defense Department has awarded a one-year $200 million contract to Open AI for the use of

its AI models. The Department announced a one-year contract on Monday after OpenAI said it would

collaborate with a Defense technology startup to deploy advanced AI systems for national security missions.

The Defense Department said under this award, the performer will develop prototype

frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting

and enterprise domains.

In a blog post, OpenAI said the contract represents the first arrangement in a new

initiative named OpenAI for government, which includes the existing chat GPT government product.

And just in case you needed an excuse to spend more money on Amazon, your wish is their command.

Amazon is extending its annual Prime Day shopping event to four full days this year,

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