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How Google (Alphabet) Makes Money

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Alphabet leverages its various platforms and services to generate a substantial portion of its revenue from advertising. Alphabet competes with companies that provide online platforms for connecting people with information and relevant advertising, digital content and application platforms, enterprise cloud services, and more.

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Wayfair’s Q1 Sales Surge As Consumers Shop From Home

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Online retail giant Wayfair saw its sales surge in the first quarter of 2020, even while its net loss grew. The company’s net loss, however, grew to $285.9 million, compared with a net loss of $200.4 The company’s net loss, however, grew to $285.9 million, compared with a net loss of $200.4 million to $2.3

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Yum! Brands Beats In Q1, Pizza Hut A Weak Link

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The company reported that the loss was largely due to lower company sales, down 5 percent YoY. Brands is already well underway, helping us deliver a solid start to 2017 with core operating profit growth of 9% in the first quarter,” said CEO Greg Creed in the release. billion in Q1. Our strategic transformation of Yum!

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Amazon Surges On Wall Street Beat

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Eight straight quarters of profits seem to have finally shaken off its reputation for being the world’s most successful company that failed to post a profit after 18 years in business. Amazon also managed to lower some of its operating costs as it also saw an uptick in subscription and advertising revenue. “So

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Task Forces Fizzle, AI Sizzles And Twitter Trips Over Earnings

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Continued investment in retail initiatives such as Amazon Web Services (for retail, naturally), higher shipping costs (consumer want it NOW), web programming and a host of other initiatives, none of which are surprising. Losses were down — and Twitter affirms that the goal for next year is “driving toward” profitability.

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Planning business scenarios for financial agility

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Indonesia media company PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) has seen a surge of viewership – with demand high for family-oriented programmes with millions of children housebound, but a decline in advertising revenues. Because programming licenses are very high, and we may not meet some profitability scenarios that we have. Jarod Suwahjo.

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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. But, with the rise of index funds and the commoditization of investment advice, generating sufficient investment ‘alpha’ to justify a fee has become more challenging for advisors. Read more of Adam’s articles here.