Two unnamed officials told The Financial Times that the European Commission, the EU's antitrust watchdog, is preparing to launch a new investigation into Google's parent company, Alphabet.
Alphabet (GOOG) is upgraded to Buy with a $322 price target, driven by robust Google Cloud growth and AI integration across platforms. Google Cloud backlog surged 46% sequentially, with margin-accretive revenue expansion highlighting economies of scale. Alphabet signed a major deal with Anthropic to deliver over 1 million TPUs as part of a multi-cloud strategy for the AI developer.
Alphabet delivered a stellar Q3, beating top- and bottom-line estimates, with Search and Cloud segments showing robust double-digit growth. GOOGL's advancements in AI, including Gemini and ad tools, are driving revenue growth and justifying increased capex to build out AI infrastructure. My LSTM neural network model projects a 20% upside to a $349 price target, supporting a continued BUY rating despite overbought technicals.
Turkish telecoms operator Turkcell signed an agreement with Google on Wednesday for strategic cooperation on cloud technologies, the company said in a notice.
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Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday that it will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its infrastructure and data centre capacity in Europe's largest economy.
There might be more glamorous members of the Magnificent Seven, but Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) is delivering glamorous and magnificent returns in its own right this year. As of November 6, the internet search giant was higher by 51.42% YTD.
Alphabet (GOOGL) delivered record Q3 2025 results, with $102B in revenue and $35B in operating income, driven by AI integration across its ecosystem. GOOGL's full-stack AI approach—spanning Gemini, TPUs, Search, YouTube, and Cloud—creates a durable moat and positions it ahead of most tech peers. Google Cloud's 33% YoY growth, expanding margins, and deep enterprise AI adoption highlight its rising competitiveness versus AWS and Azure.
South Korea said on Tuesday it has delayed a decision on Google's request for permission to export map data, saying it will make a final ruling once the company submits additional documents.
Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo appointed a new CFO Monday. The company tapped Google finance executive Steve Fieler.
The market finally rewards GOOG's well-diversified Big Tech offerings across advertising monetization (through search and YouTube), AI/ cloud computing, and robo-taxi, amongst others. GOOG continues to maintain its leading market share for search engine/ browser/ streaming end markets, which explains the double digits growth observed in the advertising segment. This is on top of its vertically integrated compute/ TPU/ AI capabilities, allowing Google Cloud to report profitable growth and growing multi-year backlog to $157.7B.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines each traded up about 2% on Monday, following weeks of staffing disruptions at airports across the U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned last week that flight cancellations could rise to as high as 20% if the government shutdown continued to impact traffic control staffing, after Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford said up to 40% of controllers were not showing up for work on any given day. More than 5,000 flights were delayed and more than 1,000 were canceled across the U.S. on Saturday, with roughly one-third of flights at New York's LaGuardia and John F.