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Top Midday Stories: Consumer Prices Rise 3.4% YoY in July; CoreWeave Q2 Loss Narrower Than Expectations

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Update: Market Chatter: Meta Platforms Faces German Criminal Complaint Over AI Smart Glasses

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Doubles Down On AI Bonds And DeepMind Shake-Up – What Trade-Offs Are Emerging?

In early August 2026, Alphabet announced a large multi‑tranche bond issuance totaling more than US$20 billion in senior unsecured notes, while also reshaping Google DeepMind's leadership as Demis Hassabis moved from CEO to chairman and chief scientist of Alphabet. This combination of aggressive AI …

AI-Race-Based Dilution: Why Meta Is More Dangerous Than Alphabet

Quick Read Meta (META) saw operating margin collapse from 43% to 31% while Alphabet (GOOGL) expanded margins, powered by Google Cloud growing 82%. Meta's paused buybacks leave stock-based compensation unhedged, quietly expanding share count while Alphabet's $53B free cash flow absorbs vesting pressure. Alphabet's …

Alphabet at $343 Is The Same Classic Tech Bargain It Always Was

Quick Read GOOGL's 11th straight EPS beat featured 82% Cloud growth and a $460 billion backlog, yet the stock trades at a forward P/E of just 17. GOOGL trades at a trailing P/E of 18 versus MSFT's 28, while 58 of 64 analysts rate …

The Market Shaved 10% Off Meta Over a Month: One Analyst Targets 87% Returns Over The Next Year

Quick Read Meta's Q2 EPS missed estimates by 14%, burdened by $2.4B in legal charges and $1.2B in severance that collapsed free cash flow 91%. Rosenblatt's Barton Crockett targets $1,117 for META, implying 86% upside, betting WhatsApp AI agents will unlock high-margin commerce for …

Meta Faces a Potential $1.4 Trillion Legal Test

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms Inc. (META, Financials), the parent of Facebook and Instagram, is heading into its biggest youth social media trial yet, with potential damages the company says could reach as high as $1.4 trillion. Warning! GuruFocus has detected …

Market Chatter: Meta Platforms to Face Trial Over Children's Social Media Addiction Claims

Meta Platforms (META) is set to go to trial in California federal court over claims that it made Facebook and Instagram addictive to children and unlawfully gathered their data, Reuters reported Friday.The 29 states involved in the lawsuit are seeking age limits and the …

Mark Zuckerberg promises free AI for billions — then buries a bidding war in the fine print

The metaverse appears to be long gone. After writing his recent 6,500-word manifesto called "The Future is for Everyone," it's clear that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now hyperfocused on his parent company Meta's [NASDAQ: META] hyperscaling efforts. Must Read Jeff Bezos backs a …

Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigation

By Diana Novak Jones Aug 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose …

3 Reasons We Love Meta (META)

3 Reasons We Love Meta (META) Over the past six months, Meta's shares (currently trading at $591.67) have posted a disappointing 11.8% loss, well below the S&P 500's 11% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering …

'Avoid disaster': Sanders urges Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic to freeze AI development

[AI acronym floating over futuristic circuit board] Yuliya Taba/iStock via Getty Images Senator Bernie Sanders has urged leading AI companies to freeze development, warning that firms have lost control over models that could trigger disastrous consequences for millions. In a letter [https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/AI-Pause-Letter-FINAL.pdf] to the …

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) vs. Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): Washington and Brussels Both Turn Up the Heat on AI Safety

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google, along with Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Anthropic, and OpenAI, will meet White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary safety testing for the most advanced AI models. The meeting follows disclosures that Anthropic's and OpenAI's own AI systems breached other …

AI firm Manus to resume 'independent' operations after China blocks Meta deal

China has been cracking down on a practice known as "Singapore-washing," which is when companies leave the country to take advantage of looser regulations and funding opportunities (GREG BAKER) AI startup Manus said Tuesday it would resume "operating as an independent company," months after …

Manus returns to independence after China blocks Meta acquisition

Manus announced Tuesday that it will resume operating as an independent company, as it works to comply with Beijing's order to reverse Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup. Manus is an AI agent startup that originated in China in 2022 and later moved …

Meta Faces Thousands of Social Media Addiction Lawsuits

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms Inc. (META, Financials), the parent of Facebook and Instagram, suffered another legal setback after a U.S. appeals court allowed thousands of lawsuits over alleged social media addiction to move forward. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning …

How Nvidia’s Huang and Meta’s Zuckerberg Are Combating the AI Backlash

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Meta announces $1B fund for communities near its data centers

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley analyzes Meta (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for open-source "personal superintelligence," his criticism of rival AI labs, and Meta's $1 billion initiative to support communities hosting its data centers. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A Zuckerberg in this kind …

AMD Brings Meta's New AI Model to PCs

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD, Financials), the chipmaker competing with Nvidia in AI computing, is bringing Meta's new Muse Glimmer 30B model directly to supported PCs and workstations. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with AMD. Is …

Meta Stock Rises as $1 Billion AI Strategy Unfolds

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), the social-media and AI powerhouse behind Facebook and Instagram, unveiled its next big AI swing Monday, and the strategy is becoming hard to miss: Zuckerberg wants Meta's models everywhere. Shares gained approximately 0.9% in regular …

Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC Has $10.92 Million Stock Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOG

Montchanin Asset Management LLC Makes New Investment in Alphabet Inc. $GOOG

Earnings Release: Here's Why Analysts Cut Their VerticalScope Holdings Inc. (TSE:FORA) Price Target To CA$4.47

VerticalScope Holdings Inc. (TSE:FORA) Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

Billionaires Are Selling Alphabet Stock and Buying This TSX Stock Built for Canadian Growth

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