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...Jim Tierney, head of US growth at AllianceBernstein, said that Alphabet’s first-quarter results reported on Thursday “didn’t lay the questions [about AI] to rest....
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...The EU this morning announced investigations into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in the first applications of its landmark Digital Markets Act....
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...Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia are all beating the market to a greater (Nvidia) or a lesser (Alphabet) degree....
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