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Investors should rebalance exposure to US-focused funds; don't exit

Profits booked in these funds should be deployed in a diversified EM fund

M-cap of top 7 global tech stocks surged 61% last year, shows data

Apple alone commands a market cap of over $2.2 trillion, which is more than GDP of several countries, such as Brazil, Italy, Canada, and Russia

Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?

Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well

Characteristics of bubbles

There is no reason why the potential bubble in tech stocks will pop anytime soon

Alphabet sales growth back as Google advertising revenue rebounds

Alphabet shares rose 4.4 per cent after ending regular trading at $1,556.88

Be very aware of consequences if Section 230 is tweaked: Sundar Pichai

Section 230 makes it possible for Google to provide access to a wide range of information while responsibly protecting people from harm and keeping their information private, Sundar Pichai has said

Google parent moves to a majority voting approach for directors

Going forward, members of the company's directors will be elected by a majority vote, according to a company filing on Monday. The board approved the decision last week

Facebook, Alphabet bolster S&P 500 as investors await Covid-19 stimulus

Snap Inc surged 26.6% after the Snapchat messaging app owner beat user growth and revenue forecasts, as more people signed up to chat with friends and family during the Covid-19 pandemic

US antitrust case against Google mimics lawsuit that attacked Microsoft

Shares of Google parent Alphabet Inc. rose after the complaint came out as analysts argued getting rid of the payments may save the company money

Four big tech companies under attack, accused of 'monopoly power'

The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses

US expected to sue Google next week as DOJ seeks support from states

The Justice Department has also been investigating Google's "search advertising," the ads that appear under a search box if a person looks up a consumer item like "dishwasher"

Google parent agrees to $310 million sexual misconduct lawsuit settlement

Google's parent company has reached a $310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations of executives' sexual misconduct

At $200-billion market capitalisation, Reliance Industries isn't like FAANG

Morgan Stanley analysed how the Mukesh Ambani-led firm stacked up against eight global firms when they crossed the $200-billion milestone

Nasdaq rebounds after tech stocks stabilise, Tesla's shares jump 10.92%

Analysts said the Nasdaq's ability to hold its 50-day moving average, a technical support level, was key in reversing the market's direction.

SoftBank builds $1.2 billion Amazon stake; invests in Netflix, Tesla

Chief Executive Masayoshi Son last week announced a new investment management subsidiary that would park excess cash from a massive asset sale programme in liquid stocks

Engineer who moved to Uber jailed for stealing Google trade secrets

Uber fired Levandowski in 2017 and then settled a lawsuit from Alphabet over the misuse of trade secrets, setting back the ride-hailing company's self-driving project

Google's new subsea cable to link US, United Kingdom and Spain

The cable, named Grace Hopper after the computer scientist, will also connect to Spain, becoming the first Google fiber line to land there, the company said in a statement

Disney, Apple and other firms pawns of China: Attorney General William Barr

Barr chided US companies for being too willing to take steps to ensure access to the large Chinese market

Facebook, Google, Twitter suspend processing Hong Kong govt data requests

Facebook, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, said in a statement it was "pausing" reviews for all of its services "pending further assessment of the National Security Law."

In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?

With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally