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Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) on Friday named Amazon veteran Anand Varadarajan its new chief technology officer, starting Jan. 19.

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Starbucks has named longtime Amazon executive Anand Varadarajan as its new chief technology officer, tapping a veteran of the tech giant's grocery and supply chain operations as the coffee chain pushes to modernize technology in its stores.

Alibaba is transforming into a full-stack AI and cloud infrastructure leader, with its Cloud Intelligence Group now outpacing e-commerce growth. CIG revenues surged 34% year-over-year, driven by proprietary T-Head AI chips and dominant 34% market share in China's cloud infrastructure sector. BABA trades at a steep valuation discount to U.S. peers despite comparable growth and market dominance, suggesting significant upside potential if the gap narrows.

AWS drives most of its profit growth. Its advertising business is becoming its second profit engine.

Starbucks announced Friday that it has hired a new chief technology officer, Amazon veteran Anand Varadarajan. Varadarajan, who spent the last 19 years at Amazon, most recently led technology and supply chain for the tech giant's worldwide grocery stores business.