Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. became two of the most valuable companies in the world by largely ignoring Wall Street and its concerns about their spending and big-money acquisitions. Now, in t...
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Opinion: Big Tech shows its good to be big, as growth slowdown leads to stock gains while smaller rivals find only pain
After super charged, double-digital growth during the pandemic, the results from the five biggest U.S. tech giants this week showed a slowdown as they grapple with inflation, looming recession and an ...
Opinion: With Sheryl Sandberg gone from Facebook, Wall Street should fear its future
When Sheryl Sandberg first joined Facebook in 2008, she was often referred to as the “adult in the room” that could help co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, then just 24 years old, turn it...
Opinion: Big Tech is no longer winning as big, but these two stocks still seem safe
The Big Tech earnings boom is officially over, but some of the world’s most powerful and valuable companies are breaking off from the pack. As this column told you months ago, profit increases are no ...
Opinion: Meta CFO cries ‘wolf’ again with bleak Facebook outlook — but he may be right this time
Chief Financial Officer David Wehner has warned of impending financial doom at Facebook so many times that this column has dubbed him “the Chicken Little of Silicon Valley.” But this time, the sky may...
Opinion: Zuckerberg and Intel are shipping the proceeds from their layoffs straight to Wall Street
For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those t...