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Some pundits are underplaying the big picture when it comes to shares of Alphabet.

Google parent Alphabet plans to spend $10 billion more in capital expenditures this year than previously anticipated as the company works to meet surging demand for Google Cloud.

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Asian shares are lower after Wall Street inched to more records as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks offset a steep tumble for EV-maker Tesla

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Alphabet , faced with unprecedented threats from AI rivals, will be keen to assure investors this week that the company's own spending on the technology is helping it dig a deeper moat around its search and advertising businesses.

AI upstarts were supposed to lay siege to Google’s search-engine dominance. So far, the defense is winning, writes Asa Fitch, following second-quarter results from parent company Alphabet. A: Google’s

"The price to the AI show keeps climbing for hyperscalers": Fool chief investment officer Andy Cross noted Alphabet's capital expenditure is soaring ahead of buybacks. Buyback spend this quarter reached just 0.6 times capex – last year it came in at 1.18 times.