July 23 : Alphabet's first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring AI spending strains one of the world's most profitable companies, and the pain is only expected to increase.The Google parent burned $5.9 billion in the second quarter, even as the cloud uni

July 23 : Alphabet's first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring AI spending strains one of the world's most profitable companies, and the pain is only expected to increase.The Google parent burned $5.9 billion in the second quarter, even as the cloud uni

Alphabet posted its first negative free cash flow in at least a decade, burning $5.9 billion more than it retained in the second quarter. This loss is viewed as a significant change to a company...