Digital ad market on mend as Meta, Alphabet, Snap show faster growth

A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on March 23, 2024.  Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Advertising is so back. After a brutal 2022, when brands reeled in spending to cope with inflation, and a 2023 defined by layoffs and cost cuts, the top digital advertising companies have started … Read more

Why chipmakers are the stars of the week, plus Cramer on 3 reports

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Best in months: The S & … Read more

Alphabet, Chipotle are big overbought names. Here are the others

Investors had a lot to digest this week, as government data stoked lingering doubts about the economy and a flood of earnings reports hit the tape. The major indexes all ended Thursday’s session lower, weighed down by a look at first-quarter U.S. gross domestic product that drastically missed expectations. But by Friday, upbeat earnings reports … Read more

U.S. chipmaker Intel was once dominant, now struggles to stay relevant

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Seth Wenig | AP Intel’s long-awaited turnaround looks farther away than ever after the company reported dismal first-quarter earnings. Investors pushed the shares down 10% on Friday to their lowest level of the … Read more

Alphabet stock up on strong earnings, first-ever dividend, buyback

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet shares shot up 10% on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and greenlit its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion buyback. The company on Thursday reported … Read more

Alphabet issues first-ever dividend, $70 billion buyback

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai departs federal court on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Pichai testified on Monday to defend his company in the largest antitrust case since the 1990s. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet said Thursday that it’s issuing a 20-cent per share dividend, the company’s first ever, and … Read more

Microsoft shares jump 4% after the AI winner delivers in right places

Microsoft delivered picture-perfect earnings after the bell Thursday, calming the market’s brief fears about runaway spending on AI infrastructure without the cloud revenues to show for it. Revenue increased about 17% year over year, to $61.86 billion, beating the Street consensus estimate of $60.8 billion, according to data from LSEG. Earnings per share (EPS) increased … Read more

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet went into its earnings report on Thursday facing concerns about the growth of its core Google ads business and the company’s ability to generate profits from its hefty investments in artificial intelligence. For the time being at least, the company put Wall Street’s fears to rest. Alphabet topped analysts’ estimates, reporting revenue growth of … Read more

Dow drops on inflation and growth concerns, Meta slides

Stocks tumbled Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data showed a sharp slowdown in growth and pointed to persistent inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 375.12 points, or 0.98%, to close at 38,085.80, weighed down by steep declines in Caterpillar and IBM. The S&P 500 dropped 0.46% to finish the session at 5,048.42, and … Read more

Alphabet set to report first-quarter results after market close

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Alphabet will report first-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here is what analysts are expecting. Earnings per share: $1.51, according to LSEG. Revenue: $78.59 billion, according to LSEG. YouTube … Read more