google s parent company, alphabet, and microsoft have both unveiled quarterly report cards that beat expectations. alphabet shares jumped a little more than 1.5% in after hours trade, as the company announced that its quarterly revenue rose to more than $69 billion. that s 3% higher than the previous year. microsoft stock also got a boost in extended trading, up a smidge over 8.5%, with a quarterly revenue beat that was mainly driven by growth in its cloud computing businesses. of briefings at insider intelligence. some signs of resilience here? yes. although clyde either one or two caveats that. expectations have drops considerably in the last year so this is the type of growth that both of these companies would have been mortified by just a year ago and now expectations have dropped to the point that this is meeting the point that this is meeting the mega expectations of the market is a win. the mega expectations of the market is a win. there is a lot of chat right marke
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