From the Right · Read · October 29, 2026
Oct 28 · Alphabet shares fall about 10% after its quarterly revenue misses forecasts and its cash flow turns negative on AI spending, while Microsoft rises on 48% Azure growth
Fox Business: Alphabet, Microsoft earnings reveal surging AI demand as spending soars
Grade B (82/100). Fox Business reports both companies' revenue and cloud growth, Alphabet's spending outlook, Pichai's and the CFO's remarks and Microsoft's contracted future revenue.
B: Leaves out key context.
- Leaves out something important (minus 18 points): omits that Alphabet missed revenue forecasts and its shares fell about 10%, which ABC and CNBC report
Splits: Fox Business reports both companies' revenue and cloud growth, Alphabet's spending outlook, Pichai's and the CFO's remarks and Microsoft's contracted future revenue.
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