Alphabet (Google) Class A

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Market cap $4.53T

As part of the antitrust settlement between Google and Epic Games, third-party app developers will have access to the Google Play Store beginning next week.

Both Amazon and Alphabet operate large cloud computing units, but their core businesses are quite different. Alphabet is growing faster than Amazon.

One of the newest stocks added to the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) investment portfolio is Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). While the position started towards the end of Warren Buffett's time as CEO of Berkshire, the legendary investor wants people to know he gets the credit for buying the stock.

Meta Platforms is reportedly launching a cloud computing business to compete with the top players. But Alphabet already has a booming cloud computing business that is delivering incredible results.

The European Commission is preparing to issue a new wave of fines against Google, the Financial Times reported Wednesday (July 15). The move marks an escalation in the enforcement of the European Union's digital regulations, according to the report, which cited internal documents and unnamed sources.

Google said it has made its largest solar power and battery storage purchase to date. The first two phases of the project, located in Arkansas, will generate enough electricity to power about 6% of the state's peak demand.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares are advancing Wednesday after Warren Buffett publicly confirmed he personally drove Berkshire Hathaway Inc's (NYSE:BRK) decision to build a position in the company, while admitting he should have made the move years earlier. Here's what you need to know.

A Google DeepMind researcher said he resigned over the company's work with the Pentagon. "When Google signed the deal, my conscience simply said 'nope,'" he told Business Insider.

Booking Holdings, Alphabet, and six other companies have underperformed their sectors despite improving earnings expectations, setting up potential upside during second-quarter earnings season.

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed the purchase of just over 17.8 million Alphabet shares in November, valued at $4.3 billion at the time. The investment firm expanded its bet earlier this year, adding 36.4 million more of Alphabet's Class A shares and 3.6 million Class C shares, bringing its total holdings to about 58 million shares.