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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is being added to the Dow Jones stock index Ben Schoon | Jun 23 2026 - 8:30 pm PT | Jun 23 2026 - 8:30 pm PT Effective next week, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is being added to the Dow Jones stock index. …
… Part of the plan involves selling $10 billion in stock to Berkshire Hathaway, the massive global holding company formerly led by Warren Buffett. “The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s av… …
If Alphabet’s record-breaking $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings — and it does — we can safely say that investors are voracious. …
… Alphabet said in a press release that it's selling $80 billion of stock "to fund investments in its world-class AI compute infrastructure to meet its unprecedented customer demand." Holding company Berkshire Hathaway, which already had a stake that was worth around $20 billion , is buying $10 billi… …
… Alphabet will basically sell its own stock to get the cash, with a $30 billion public offering, a $40 billion program allowing the company to sell stock over time, and a $10 billion private placement investment from Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. …
… All Google stock has been converted to Alphabet stock, and there's no change in intrinsic valuation or any other issue that would impact the value of a previous stock purchase other than a healthy kick to the underlying stock price since Google announced the move, anyway . …
… Alphabet stock fell five per cent on Monday, its biggest one-day decline in more than a year. …
… Alphabet has already committed to more than $180 billion in capital expenditures this year and has said it expects that to “significantly increase” in 2027. To help with that, Alphabet recently announced an $80 billion equity sale. …
… It's entirely possible nothing will come of it, but even the possibility of a Google/Alphabet acquisition caused Fitbit shares to shoot up 27 percent. Alphabet's shares rose a more modest 2 percent on the news. …
News Jul 2, 2026 by Nick Farrell Google gets a $1.97 billion Swedish kicking Alphabet’s Google has been ordered to cough up $1.97 billion after a Swedish court decided its shopping search antics were a bit too grabby. …