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Manchin’s energy permitting plan complicates stopgap funding, Amazon to hold second Prime Day, Florida braces for hurricane as Ian gains strength, and other news to start your day...

The online retailer is holding its second two-day sales event next month, the first time it has had two Prime Days in one year...

Prime Early Access will offer "deep discounts on top brands" and follow a move by Target to bring forward holiday-focused sales...

What to watch in markets on Monday, September 26, 2022...

Stock futures edge lower amid currency market chaos; Week Ahead: Fed inflation gauge in focus as rates leap; Sterling crisis sends pound to all-time low against the dollar; Amazon follows Target in early holiday sales kick-start and Hurricane Ian bears down on Cuba, headed for Florida gulf coast...

If you'd invested $5,000 in an S&P 500 index fund 10 years ago, your investment would be worth around $12,500 today. For example, a $5,000 investment in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) would have grown over the past decade to around $44,000, while the same investment in Google (whose parent company is now called Alphabet) would be worth nearly $27,000 today. Not every stock will be the next Amazon or Alphabet, but some lucrative long-term buying opportunities have emerged in the growing cloud, semiconductor, and ad-tech markets as the grueling bear market drags on...

Since hitting a record high during the first week of January, the broad-based S&P 500 has gone on to lose as much as 24% of its value and delivered its worst first-half performance in 52 years. The growth stock-focused Nasdaq Composite has performed even worse, with a peak-to-trough decline of 34% since mid-November. This is something Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett knows all too well...

Three ways to protect capital in a bear market. Deposits, litigation, and merger arbitrage. Amazon is one of the latest opportunities to consider...