Earnings season is causing a reshuffling among the ranks of the largest U.S. companies. Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +7.87% overtook Alphabet Inc. GOOG, +0.58% GOOGL, +0.86% and become the…
Read more Amazon is worth more than Alphabet for the first time in 16 monthsGoogle parent Alphabet Inc.’s stock was tumbling late Tuesday, as a rebound in digital advertising fell short of analysts’ lofty expectations. The search-engine powerhouse reported a jump in…
Read more Alphabet’s stock dips because advertising was good, but not good enoughFinancial conditions are now looser than in September, says economist Financial conditions in the U.S. are looser than in September, says economist. Getty Images The feel-good tone gripping…
Read more November's rally just erased two months of Fed tightening, economist saysThe Nasdaq Composite Index fell into its 70th correction in history on Wednesday, as surging long-term Treasury yields increased borrowing costs and weighed on stocks. The interest rate…
Read more The Nasdaq just fell into a correction. Now what?Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. both reported mostly strong results Tuesday, but the disparate reactions from investors showed that Wall Street only cares about artificial intelligence right now.…
Read more Microsoft and Alphabet results show Wall Street only cares about AIGoogle’s top executives have long established a reputation of saying as little as possible on most topics: Earnings calls. Product development plans. Management moves. Legal matters are certainly…
Read more Psst: Here’s why Google’s antitrust trial against the Department of Justice isn’t being talked about muchFederal prosecutors opened a landmark antitrust trial against Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday with charges the search-engine giant for years intentionally snuffed competition through exclusive contracts with wireless…
Read more Google spent billions to build an illegal monopoly, Justice Department says as trial gets under way“Super apps” have never truly existed in the United States, and it is apparent at this point that they never will. That isn’t stopping some executives and investment…
Read more Sorry, Elon, a ‘super app’ is never going to fly in the U.S.Beer giant Heineken N.V. is the latest Western company to exit Russia, announcing Friday the sale of its Russian operations to Arnest Group for one euro. Under the…
Read more Heineken is the latest Western corporate giant to exit RussiaThe so-called Magnificent Seven grouping of technology stocks lost some of its luster this week after four of the seven moved into correction territory, meaning their stocks have fallen…
Read more ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks are losing some of their shine, but their bonds are doing fineU.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with the Dow flipping positive near the closing bell, as technology stocks bounced back. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose about…
Read more Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq post gains as big tech stocks reboundState regulators on Thursday opened the floodgates for more robotaxis on the streets of San Francisco. After a contentious, seven-hour meeting, the California Public Utilities Commission — which…
Read more Regulators open floodgates for driverless taxis in San Francisco, whether they’re wanted or notA wider swath of stocks have joined the S&P 500 SPX, +0.15%’s upswing after the so-called Magnificent Seven — Apple AAPL, +0.32%, Amazon AMZN, +1.11%, Alphabet GOOG, +0.08%,…
Read more The ‘narrow breadth’ chorus has fallen silent. What broadening participation in stock-market rally means for investors.There are two certainties in the tech world when it comes to digital advertising: Google and Meta. And then there’s everyone else. Through economic thick and thin, Google…
Read more Digital advertising is Meta and Google’s world, and everyone else is coping with itGoogle parent Alphabet Inc.’s stock jumped 6% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company beat estimates on the top and bottom line, and announced the transition of Chief…
Read more Alphabet earnings push stock up 6%; CFO Ruth Porat to become president, chief investment officerU.S. stocks finished mostly lower Thursday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 dragged down by disappointing earnings, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for a ninth straight…
Read more Dow posts longest winning streak in nearly 6 years; Nasdaq slumps over 2%Big Tech has gotten too big for Nasdaq’s liking. So the exchange has decided to make some changes to the Nasdaq 100 index, its most popular index, according…
Read more Nasdaq is making a big change to its most popular index. Here’s how it might impact your portfolio.A street was blocked for road work in my San Francisco neighborhood this month, with a worker holding a large STOP sign to direct traffic. A white car…
Read more Driverless cars are driving San Francisco crazy — ‘They are not ready for prime time’It is the notion that the Federal Reserve could deliver a hawkish jolt to markets even if it refrains from raising rates when its two-day policy meeting ends…
Read more How a hawkish Fed could kill a baby bull-market rally in U.S. stocksThe market capitalization of Apple Inc. has surpassed that of the entire Russell 2000 for two weeks, the longest stretch on record, according to Bloomberg data. Apple’s market…
Read more A stock-market milestone: Apple is now worth more than the entire Russell 2000
