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The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
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globe investor
Alphabet, Microsoft earnings show hefty AI bets are driving growth
The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021.
market news
The close: U.S. stocks fall as GDP report spreads rate-cut gloom; Alphabet surges 15% in post market
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, Wednesday, April 24.
technology
Google scraps minimum wage, benefits rules for suppliers and staffing firms
FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and often false comments. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Tokyo District Court, demands 1.4 million yen ($9,400) in damages for 63 medical professionals.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
technology
Google fires 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
technology
Google parent Alphabet weighing offer for HubSpot, sources say
Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of Alphabet logo in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
globe investor
Nvidia, Alphabet lead market cap surge in March
The logo of NVIDIA as seen at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in May of 2022
investment ideas
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio calls Magnificent Seven a ‘bit frothy’
Ray Dalio, Bridgewater's co-chairman and co-chief investment officer, speaks during the Skybridge Capital SALT New York 2021 conference in New York City, U.S., September 15, 2021.
investment ideas
AI frenzy puts Nvidia ahead of Amazon in market value
FILE PHOTO: A NVIDIA logo is shown at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
investment ideas
Investors punish Microsoft, Alphabet as AI returns fall short of lofty expectations
The logo of Microsoft is displayed outside the headquarters in Paris, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.
report on business
Google parent Alphabet holiday ad revenue disappoints, shares drop 4 per cent
FILE - The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. A legal advisor to the European Union's top court said Thursday that Google should still pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case in which regulators found the company gave its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
inside the market
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020
opinion
Small caps are down but not out – here’s why they’re set to outperform
Brooke Thackray
technology
Alphabet shares soar as Wall Street cheers arrival of AI model Gemini
Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
rob magazine
Searching for bargains with Manulife’s dividend-focused Prakash Chaudhari
PRAKASH CHAUDHARI is the SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER AND CO-HEAD OF THE ESSENTIAL EQUITY TEAM MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, photographed in Toronto Oct 2023
international business
Google-parent Alphabet dissolves stake in trading app Robinhood
FILE - This Dec. 17, 2020, photo shows the logo for the Robinhood app on a smartphone in New York. After a rocket rise where it introduced millions of people to investing and reshaped the brokerage industry, all while racking up a long list of controversies in less than eight years, Robinhood is about to take the leap itself into the stock market. Robinhood Markets and three of its executives are selling up to 60.5 million shares of its stock in an initial public offering, with trading expected to begin on the Nasdaq Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
world
YouTube, TikTok must detail child protection measures by Nov. 30, EU says
FILE - Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Google on Monday, Nov. 6, will try to protect a lucrative piece of its internet empire at the same time it’s still entangled in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. The latest threat will unfold in a San Francisco federal court, where a 10-person jury will decide whether Google's digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
report on business
Google-parent Alphabet reports quarterly revenue above estimates
FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
investment ideas
Strong ad sales, stable enterprise spending wind beneath Big Tech earnings
The Microsoft logo at the Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting in Bellevue, Washington, on November 30, 2016.
inside the market
Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
A red light on Bay Street in Canada's financial district is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
technology
EU to study mobile ecosystems to counter any Apple, Google antitrust pushback
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo
investment ideas
Tech giants’ market cap dips on rising bond yields, AI caution
The Microsoft logo is seen at the Microsoft store in New York City, July 28, 2015.
world
Google introduces generative AI to ‘search’ in India, Japan
FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
mobility
Waymo, Cruise approved to operate robotaxis day and night after contentious vote
California Public Utilities Commission president Alice Reynolds, left, listens to public comment during a meeting regarding a proposed robotaxi expansion Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
u.s. business
White House partners with Amazon, Google and Best Buy to secure devices from cyberattacks
The fence surrounding the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019. Approval was given for a new and taller fence around the White House complex in 2017 and now construction of a almost 13-foot tall fence is slated to begin this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Toronto Star owner Nordstar, Postmedia in talks to merge
u.s. business
U.S. newspaper publisher Gannett sues Google, alleges it monopolizes online advertising market
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/
international business
Google-parent Alphabet exceeds expectations on ad uptick
FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of building BV100, during a tour of Google's new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
investment ideas
Tech earnings to test markets’ ‘most crowded’ trade
The iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are displayed at the Apple Fifth Avenue store, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in New York.
inside the market
Gordon Pape: Want to know how to profit from AI? Here’s what ChatGPT advises
Rhis file photo taken on Jan. 23 in Toulouse, southwestern France shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT.
world
YouTube restores Donald Trump’s channel
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to deliver remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
technology
Google unveils ‘magic wand’ to draft documents as AI race tightens
FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. Google is girding for a battle of wits in artificial intelligence with “Bard," a conversational service apparently aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of “trusted testers" before being widely released later in the year, according to a Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
opinion
With mass layoffs, Big Tech drops the good-guy act
Noam Cohen