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Alphabet To Post ‘Big’ 2016 On Google Search: Analyst

Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google will see strong revenue growth in Q4, underpinned by continuing growth in search advertising, according to a report on Thursday from ITG Investment Research. “We expect new segment disclosures, along with improvements in cost and capital structures, to be additional positives that could impact the quarter and the rest of 2016,” wrote ITG Investment analyst Steve Weinstein. “Our data suggest modestly better volume and

This Could Boost Alphabet Against Apple in China

Source Alphabet. When it comes to smartphone operating system market share, China is quickly becoming the new U.S. For years, Alphabet ‘s Android commanded near monopolistic market share with

Apple, Facebook Data Center Capital Spending Eyed

Whether Apple (AAPL), Google, Amazon.com, Facebook and other big spenders on data centers will keep it up in 2016 is a big question heading into fourth-quarter earnings calls. And it has investors in equipment companies on edge. “There has been talk of a slowdown in capex for Web 2.0 companies,” said Mark Sue, an analyst at RBC Capital, in a research report. Apple filed this month to build its second warehouse-sized data center in Reno, Nev.