Alphabet now expects to lay out $85 billion in capital expenditures this year -- up from a previously planned $75 billion -- and expects to further accelerate that spending next year. Alphabet's AI capex will be allocated toward servers,

Stocks were mixed Thursday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined as UnitedHealth Group fell after saying it was “complying with formal criminal and civil requests” from the U.S. Department of Justice, and as IBM slumped following its second-quarter earnings.

Most leaders in the tech industry owe their wealth to founding equity stakes in their platforms, which Google’s Sundar Pichai does not have.

Margin can help the company's profits explode in the next few years.

Shares of the EV maker pared losses and traded close to flat in afterhours trading, following results that showed net income plunging 16% and automot

For me, the main stock story on Opening Bid today was Alphabet. The numbers were so strong that one has to wonder why the stock didn't gain more — especially considering shares trade at a discounted forward PE ratio relative to the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ).

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded near all-time highs at midday as a strong earnings report from Alphabet lifted big tech stocks.

While there are lingering concerns about Google’s search business in the long run, analysts see some positives ahead of upcoming second-quarter results.

It's also likely that the pullback in ServiceNow on Friday was due to some profit-taking by opportunistic investors. The market was clearly impressed with the company's second-quarter earnings report published late Wednesday; it notched convincing beats on both the top and bottom lines, after all.