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Big Tech's AI Stake Gains Are Now 42% of Mag7 Profits — and a Market Risk
Alphabet and Amazon leaned on mark-to-market gains from SpaceX and Anthropic for most of their quarterly profit, exposin...
Big Tech's AI Bond Wave Is Repricing Canadian, Swiss and Sterling Credit
Alphabet and Amazon have become top issuers in smaller currency bond markets, pushing long-term borrowing costs higher a...
Berkshire Hathaway Lifts Alphabet Stake 83%, Halting 14-Quarter Stock Sell-Off
The disclosure makes Alphabet Berkshire's third-largest stock at $37.8 billion, as Greg Abel begins deploying the cash p...
Google DeepMind's Leadership Shake-Up Tests Its Scientific Independence
A CEO-to-chair move, key departures and missed model deadlines leave Google's flagship AI lab defending its London-roote...
Berkshire’s Abel puts capital to work: buybacks surge, 14-quarter stock-selling streak ends
Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $7.8bn of its own stock in Q2 and July and became a net buyer of equities for the first t...
Google Overhauls AI Leadership: Hassabis Shifts to Research, Dean Exits as Shares Fall
Demis Hassabis gives up the DeepMind CEO role to become Alphabet's chief scientist, while Jeff Dean leaves to start an i...
S&P 500 Earnings Shatter Records: Q2 Profit Surge 47%, Beating Forecasts by Historic Margin
Corporate America just posted its strongest profit growth on record outside the pandemic, fueled by AI, one-time valuati...
Waymo’s Zeekr Imports Top 3,200 Despite 127.5% US Tariffs
Customs data shows Alphabet’s Waymo has imported thousands of Chinese-built Zeekr vans, far exceeding market expectation...
S&P 500 Q2 Earnings Track a 47% Growth Rate as AI Spending Extends the Rally
The S&P 500 is on pace for 47% year-on-year Q2 earnings growth, fueled by AI investment — though one-off gains at Alphab...
AI Spending Under Microscope: Alphabet, Tesla, Intel Deliver the First Verdicts
Investors are no longer rewarding AI ambition with blind capital. As Alphabet, Tesla and Intel report, the market demand...
Steve Eisman Warns Any AI Capex Cut Will Trigger a 'Straight Down' US Stock Plunge
The 'Big Short' investor sees the US market as a one-way bet on AI's success, with Alphabet's negative free cash flow an...
Hang Seng Eyes August Gains as Nasdaq’s 25,000 Level Becomes Last Line of Defense
The Hang Seng Index recovered two-thirds of its spring losses in July but faces a critical test at 25,000. Meanwhile, th...
Google Lifts Capex Target to $195B as AI Drives 24% Revenue Surge
Alphabet's Q2 revenue jumped 24% to $119.8B, fueled by an 82% cloud spike, but the company now plans to spend at least $...
US Stocks Tumble as Oil Tops $100, Tech Sells Off on Alphabet and Tesla Warnings
A triple blow of surging oil prices, rising bond yields, and disappointing signals from Alphabet and Tesla sent the S&P ...
Sergey Brin briefly overtakes Larry Ellison as world’s third-richest person on Alphabet’s AI-driven rally
A sharp run in Alphabet shares lifted co-founder Sergey Brin’s fortune to $245.3 billion, temporarily pushing him past O...