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The CMA is consulting on forcing the tech giants to allow developers to steer customers away from their platforms for payment.
Alphabet stock's nearly 5% gain yesterday helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher on the Google parent's first day in the index. It was the best first-day for a new stock in the blue-chip average since Dow Inc.
U.S. stocks were headed for modest gains early Tuesday as markets look to close out the first half of the year on a positive note. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 60 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures were rising 0.
Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday proposed allowing app developers to steer users to alternative payment options outside Apple and Google's app stores to cut fees and boost competition. The Competition and Markets Authority said the proposals would remove restrictions that currently prevent UK developers from directing users to off-platform payment options, which are banned by Apple and restricted by Google.
Some investors may be wondering whether Alphabet stock still offers value after its strong run, or if most of the easy gains are already behind it. The share price closed at US$353.65, reflecting a 2.2% gain over the last 7 days, a 12.2% return year to date, and a 101.7% return over the past year, while the last 30 days were softer with the stock down 7.0%. Recent coverage has focused on Alphabet's ongoing role in artificial intelligence and digital advertising, along with market reactions...
Google has renewed its campaign for ministers to relax AI copyright laws, claiming a failure to do so will harm the economy.
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Shares of telecommunications giant Verizon (NYSE:VZ) fell 5.3% in the afternoon session after it was officially removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. VZ was replaced by Alphabet ending a decades-long membership.
D.A. Davidson Head of Technology Research Gil Luria recently appeared on CNBC to flag what he calls a contradictory set of AI-cycle assumptions baked into chip and software valuations. His call was that if AI infrastructure spending continues to compound through the end of the decade, Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) could be worth roughly four times its current price. However, if ... Wall Street Tech Analyst: Micron Could 4x If the AI Cycle Lasts Through 2030
Shares of online advertising giant Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) jumped 5% in the afternoon session after the company's shares officially debuted in the Dow Jones Industrial Average taking the slot vacated by Verizon.
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Uber and Alphabet's Waymo have ended their self-driving partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ride-hailing giant prepares to launch a new autonomous vehicle collaboration in the city. Under the partnership struck in 2023, Uber had integrated Waymo's autonomous vehicles into its ride-hailing and food delivery platforms. A Waymo spokesperson said that vehicles used for the pilot program have already been integrated back into its own Phoenix fleet, where they remain available through its app.
Alphabet recently joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon and expanding the index’s exposure to digital advertising, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence through its diversified businesses. This elevation into the blue-chip benchmark has sharpened attention on Alphabet’s heavy AI and cloud investments, including its very large recent US$85.00 billion capital raise to fund data center and compute capacity. We’ll now examine how Alphabet’s entry into the Dow,...
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Dow Jones Futures: The stock market rallied Monday on U.S.-Iran news. Alphabet, Rocket Lab, SpaceX stock and Tesla surged.

<body><p>STORY: "A lot of people are kind of worried about their spending habits" regarding AI, Lang said, "but I think today is a good day. On June 29th, I think the stock is turning around here."</p><p>Alphabet shares climbed on Monday as the Google parent made its debut in the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon Communications, and immediately ranking among its most influential members.</p><p>"And look, I mean, they came in with really strong earnings the last couple of quarters in April and in January," Lang noted. "And I don't think that that's going to reverse to the downside. And I think people are picking up Alphabet, Google here as a bargain right now coming into the next quarter, which they will report towards the end of July."</p></body>