Latest Alphabet Inc News

Investors' query: Can Google answer Microsoft's AI threat?

Feb. 08, 2023 16:15 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google, a company built on finding quick answers to people's questions, suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a potential threat to its internet empire — a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant...

Ford, Starbucks fall; Clorox, Gilead Sciences rise

Feb. 03, 2023 16:42 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Ford Motor Co., down $1.09 to $13.12. The automaker reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings and said its costs are too high. Amazon.com Inc., down $9.52 to...

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

Jan. 25, 2023 10:15 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government. The...

3M, Union Pacific fall; HighPeak Energy, GATX rise

Jan. 24, 2023 16:15 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson, unchanged at $168.31. The healthcare giant reported mixed financial results for the fourth-quarter. 3M Co., down $7.62 to $115. ...

China's Huawei looks to ports, factories to rebuild sales

Jan. 23, 2023 23:20 PM EST

TIANJIN, China (AP) — As technicians in a distant control room watch on display screens, an automated crane at one of China’s busiest ports moves cargo containers from a Korean freighter to self-driving trucks in a scene tech giant Huawei sees as its future after American sanctions crushed its...

Neftlix, Alphabet rise; Lilly, Concentrix fall

Jan. 20, 2023 16:25 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Alphabet Inc., up $4.97 to $98.02. Google's owner is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 6% of its workforce, the latest tech company to trim staff. Netflix Inc., up $26.72...