Amazon has reportedly won a $600 million dollar, 10-year contract to supply cloud computing services to the CIA. The online retailer will help the spy agency build a private cloud infrastructure to keep up with emerging technologies.
The Miami-based homebuilder posted a surprise fiscal first-quarter profit as it controlled costs and hedged against housing woes by purchasing troubled loans and properties from banks.
Lennar posted third-quarter earnings of $30 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with a loss of $171.6 million, or 97 cents a share, a year earlier.
Housing data is in the financial spotlight this week, along with an FOMC meeting, the leading economic indicators index and quarterly reports from a number of companies including Adobe, AutoZone and Lennar.