The Latest Breaking News from Alphabet

Concern that an economic slowdown would lead to shrinking earnings from U.S. mega-cap technology stocks eased late Tuesday when Microsoft (MSFT ) and Alphabet (GOOGL ) reported better-than-expected quarterly profits and revenue. Those two earnings results were the first of the major technology and internet stocks to report this earnings...

British American Tobacco (BAT) has been fined $635 million for breaching sanctions on North Korea. The British multinational, a leader in the sale of tobacco products, will pay the record sum to US authorities. BAT's Singapore subsidiary admitted to selling cigarettes to North Korea over a decade between 2007 and…

Alphabet reported its Q1 2023 financial earnings on Tuesday. The company made over $69 billion in revenue following its mass layoffs.

"We expect the broader markets to move back near record highs at some point in 2023, but it won't likely be because of Big Tech,” Sanders Morris Harris chairman George Ball said Tuesday.

After climbing by more than +77% this year, Meta Platforms (META ) may need a new catalyst to extend the rally. Meta Platforms posted an 11-month high earlier this month after implementing plans to cut costs and make the company more efficient. However, with the bulk of the cost-saving plans...

The latest ruling by an appeals court may well seal the deal.

Google's new DeepMind division is another exciting step in AI's evolution.

Put option premiums for Alphabet stock are high ahead of its earnings release due out on April 25. This is attracting short sellers to out-of-the-money put trades for profitable income plays.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL ) stock price this week has been under pressure and fell to a 2-1/2 week low Wednesday on concern Google may lose its dominance as the leader in online searches. On Sunday, the New York Times reported that Samsung Electronics was considering replacing Alphabet’s Google with Microsoft’s (MSFT...