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Investors can't be blamed for feeling a little better about things these days, especially when compared with where the S&P 500 was two short weeks ago. However, there are big questions that still need to be answered before one can be optimistic.
Italy and the U.S. have reached an agreement to challenge "discriminatory" digital taxes on major tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta, signaling a shift in Italy's stance on the controversial 3% levy targeting U.S. tech giants.
The market expects Alphabet to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended March 2025.
OpenAI launched its new open-source coding agent, Codex CLI, alongside its advanced AI models o3 and o4-mini, as part of a strategic push to remain competitive amid rising pressure from rivals like DeepSeek, Anthropic, and Google.
Considering the blue-chip Dow face-planted ahead of the open on a disappointing Q1 report from UnitedHealth, which resulted in a -22% tanking by Thursday’s close, this was a pretty flat day.
April 17, 2025 – Alphabet Inc.'s Class C stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) experienced a decline today, trading at $153.50 as of 12:38 PM EDT, down $2.00 or 1.30% from its previous close of $155.50. The stock opened at $156.61 but fell to a daily low
