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Investors turn on Google owner Alphabet after profit miss, ad slowdown and high spending
Source: The Guardian · Published
Net profit slid 25% from a year earlier to $26.2bn, well short of expectations, though revenue rose to $127.6bn Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday, erasing tens of billions of dollars in stock market value from the $4tn tech giant. The company had reported lower-than-expected profit and a slowdown in its advertising business while it maintained…
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