Google owner Alphabet becomes trillion-dollar company
(The Guardian Business News)

Tech giant is the fourth US firm to achieve the valuation - after Microsoft, Apple and AmazonGoogle´s owner Alphabet has become a trillion-dollar company for the first time, making it only the fourth US firm to reach the bumper valuation.Alphabet´s value, based on the price of its Wall Street-listed shares, passed $1tn (£776bn) in the final minutes of trading on Thursday night, with shares closing at a record high of $1,450.16 each. Continue reading...