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Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told analysts that investments in artificial intelligence software meant to better predict where to place ads are making its services more attractive to advertisers. The company is selling more ads as its YouTube video service and Google search grow globally, he said. … [Read more...] about Alphabet Trounces Profit Estimates As Google Reins In Costs

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At the same time, there has been increased scrutiny of tech firms over the data collection and distribution essential to serving up and soliciting online advertising. The companies argue that more data helps make advertising more personalized and relevant, though some watchdog groups say there should be limits placed on how much information marketers should have access to. … [Read more...] about Google parent Alphabet’s stock tumbles on slow advertising growth

Debt service on COFINA bonds is payable from a statutorily assigned portion of the sales tax or of any substitute tax such as the VAT.   The statutorily assigned taxes should be sufficient to pay full debt service on the COFINA bonds for the foreseeable future.  Puerto Rico case law as well as a series of Puerto Rico Attorney General opinions support the validity of such an assignment.  Much of the outstanding g.o. debt has been issued and/or purchased with full awareness by the g.o. bondholders that the relevant portion of the sales tax has been assigned to COFINA and its bondholders.  Similar assignments of specified tax revenues to independent bond-issuing authorities have been upheld in other jurisdictions.  The complaint allegedly ready on someone’s shelf seeking an adjudication that the COFINA structure is a legal sham or that the assigned sales tax revenues remain “available resources” for the payment of g.o. debt service may be … [Read more...] about Can Alphabet Soup Fix Puerto Rico’s Debt Service Issues?

Alphabet said on Monday first-quarter net income rose to $9.4 billion (£6.75 billion) or $13.33 per Class A and B common share and Class C capital share, from $5.43 billion or $7.73 per share a year earlier. … [Read more...] about Alphabet’s profit jumps 73 percent in first quarter