The Nasdaq slowly sold off throughout the day as the market awaited new information from Alphabet and Tesla after hours, today, July 22, 2026.
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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) executives said the company’s second-quarter 2026 results were driven by broad demand for artificial intelligence across Search, YouTube and Google Cloud, while also signaling that heavy infrastructure spending will continue as capacity remains constrained. Chief Executive Su
Google's cloud business grew by more than 80 percent, the company said on Wednesday, which exceeded investor expectations who are looking for signs that the company's AI investments are paying off. "Our AI investments are redefining what’s possible across every part of our business," Pichai said.
Alphabet stock slid 4.7% in after-hours trading following the company’s disclosure in its mostly rosy second-quarter earnings report that its free cash flow had turned negative. The Google parent continues to spend heavily on data centers for artificial-intelligence computing.
Google reported Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates, driven by stellar cloud computing growth.
Market Domination Overtime Host Josh Lipton welcomes Senior Business Reporter Brooke DiPalma and Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to share breaking news of Alphabet's (GOOGL, GOOG) latest earnings results, highlighting the key numbers and what the report means for the tech giant's outlook.
Alphabet topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly cloud revenue growth on Wednesday, as the Google parent benefited from strong demand for its cloud computing services from enterprises worldwide thanks to the AI boom. Revenue at Google Cloud rose 82% to $24.8 billion during the quarter ended June, accelerating from the 63% jump reported in the preceding three months. The third-largest cloud services provider behind Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, Google has seen demand surge as companies race to secure the cloud capacity needed to develop, train and run AI models, helping it land major deals with firms, including Anthropic.
All-Star Charts chief options strategist Sean McLaughlin joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination to share how he's looking at the earnings, specifically Alphabet (GOOGL), with options in mind.
A Florida teen suing social-media platforms over claims their design led to mental health issues dropped his lawsuit against Meta Platforms ahead of a trial slated to begin next week in Los Angeles.
So much debt is being piled on tech companies right now.

IBM (IBM) is set to report quarterly earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell. Simplify Asset Management managing director and head of multi-asset solutions, Paisley Nardini, shares her thoughts on the upcoming results.

US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) are sliding in Wednesday's pre-market trading as investors eagerly await second quarter earnings from Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) after today's closing bell, officially kicking off earnings season for the Magnificent Seven. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Pras Subramanian and Fundstrat economic strategist Hardika Singh to discuss the outlook around this earnings season and which segments of Alphabet's business that investors will be watching more closely.
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled a passport-sized foldable phone and raised prices of two updated foldable models, as it grapples with rising memory chip prices while bracing for a new threat from Apple in the niche but growing segment. The South Korean technology company pioneered foldable smartphones but its dominance is set to be challenged by Apple which analysts expect this year to launch a foldable phone with a screen similar in size to an iPad mini. "Strategically, this is one of Samsung's most important foldable launches," said Francisco Jeronimo, vice president at researcher IDC.
Brent crude briefly topped $95 a barrel Wednesday after an 11th consecutive night of U.S. strikes against Iran, with Fed rate hike odds climbing
Host Kenny Polcari, Hennion & Walsh CIO Kevin Mahn, and Neostellar Capital Corp Principal Willy Lee break down Apple's intellectual property lawsuit against OpenAI, how it exposes Apple's AI vulnerabilities, and why the legal battle could push the highly anticipated IPO to 2027.
Investing.com -- Alphabet reports its second-quarter 2026 results after the bell on Wednesday, and for this cycle, Wall Street has made clear that the numbers themselves are almost beside the point.
SK hynix (SKHY) is considering acquiring Intel's (INTC) semiconductor campus in New Albany, Ohio, as
The Congressional Budget Office in January 2001 predicted such large future budget surpluses that it said all redeemable U.S. government debt could be paid off within five years. Treasury reversed course five years later as deficits instead widened, yet those bonds remain an afterthought. The long bond isn’t as closely followed as the 10-year note, the benchmark shown daily in this newsletter and important for things like mortgage rates.
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July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, pressured by weakness in chip stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the first batch of Big Tech earnings that could decide
Reach (LON:RCH) said first-half revenue fell as lower referral traffic, particularly from Google, continued to weigh on digital audiences, but the publisher maintained that it remains on track to deliver full-year profit in line with market expectations. Chief Executive Piers North told investors t
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