CNBC Daily Open: Disney wins proxy showdown

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Wall Street mixed
The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its losses to a third straight day, falling 0.11% to 39,127.14 — dragged by a more than 8% dive in Intel shares after the company posted operating losses in its semiconductor manufacturing business. The S&P 500 ended up 0.11% at 5,211.49 to clock its first winning session of the week. The Nasdaq Composite finished up 0.23% at 16,277.46.

More evidence please
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday policymakers will take more time to assess the state of inflation, suggesting the timing of any potential interest rate cuts remains uncertain. Hedge fund managers Steve Cohen and David Einhorn said it would be difficult for the Fed to get inflation down to its 2% goal. In fact, Einhorn's loading up on gold positions in anticipation of a pick up in inflation.

Tech layoffs
Amazon's cloud computing division said Wednesday it's cutting hundreds of jobs in its physical stores, technology and sales and marketing units. Sales growth in the division has declined in recent quarters as companies trim their cloud computing expenditure. These cuts comes as Amazon confirmed it's ditching unmanned checkouts at its Fresh supermarkets in the U.S.

Elon lawsuits
Another former Twitter executive is suing Elon Musk and X for breach of contract and a failure to pay severance and benefits. Nick Caldwell, now chief product officer at Peloton, is claiming Musk and X "cheated" him and other executives out of a combined $200,000,000 in severance benefits.