What’s News in Markets: AWS Outage, Warner Plans, Earnings Movers

WSJ Your Money Briefing

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🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How did Amazon’s stock react to the big internet outage it was behind? And what did investors think of Warner Bros. putting itself up for sale? Plus, what were the notable movers among the myriad of earnings reports? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.0	here's the news moving markets this week.
0:42.8	Hey listeners, it's Saturday, October 25th. I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal,
0:48.9	and this is What's News and Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news
0:53.6	that drove them.
0:54.9	Let's get to it. Overall, we had a relatively sunny week in the stock market. Tech stocks took a hit
1:01.3	on Wednesday due to fears of renewed trade tensions between the U.S. and China, but overall,
1:07.6	investors seemed to be optimistic about President Trump's upcoming meeting with
1:11.5	Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, it was a jam-packed week for corporate earnings.
1:18.0	We'll dig into some specific earnings reports in a bit, but to put it in perspective,
1:22.4	nearly one-fifth of the S&P 500 reported results, including big names like Tesla and Netflix.
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