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Alphabet revenue misses expectations, stock drops 8%
Alphabet reported third-quarter revenue of $127.6 billion, up 25% year over year, but short of analyst expectations, and its stock fell 8% in early after-hours trading.[2, 5, 9 +1] CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement that Alphabet's AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries, with the highest year-over-year query growth rate.[11] Bloomberg noted investors are focused on whether the company can protect its search business as AI changes how people find information.[3]
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 7 rated outlets that covered it, 1 is left of center, 5 are center and 1 is right of center. 4 more are not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 1 of 42 left-leaning, 5 of 33 center and 1 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70).
- Center: Fortune (−0.25), ABC News (−0.19), Bloomberg (+0.08), Forbes (+0.19), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: none.
Not rated TechCrunch, The Information, The Verge, Semafor. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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