$AMZN - Amazon accused President Trump of putting “improper pressure” on Pentagon officials who awarded a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft.

$MS - Morgan Stanley is axing about 1,500 jobs globally in a “year-end efficiency push,” reports Bloomberg. That's about 2% of its total workforce.

$MRK - Drugmaker deal roundup: Merck is buying ArQule for about $2.7 billion to diversify its cancer lineup and Sanofi is buying Synthorx for $2.5 billion for...similar reasons.

$DIS - Disney has officially brought in over $10 billion in box office sales so far this year, a new record.

$NFLX - Netflix earned the most Golden Globe nominations of any studio with 17, including four best picture nominations.