La casa matriz de Google reparte dividendos por primera vez en su historia

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26 Apr 202412:02

Summary

TLDREn este resumen de noticias económicas, se abordan varios temas de actualidad. Google's parent company, Alphabet, anunció su primer dividendo histórico y superó las expectativas de mercado con un aumento del 15% en sus ingresos, llegando a 80,500 millones de dólares. Esto se debió en parte al fuerte rendimiento en publicidad de Google y YouTube. Además, la Casa Blanca ha convocado a líderes de la industria tecnológica para discutir la inteligencia artificial y sus riesgos, incluida la posibilidad de ciberataques. Mientras tanto, Cuba enfrenta su peor crisis económica en tres décadas, con escasez de alimentos y medicinas, y una inflación acelerada, lo que ha provocado una escasez de efectivo en los bancos. Por otro lado, la economía de Rusia parece resistente a las sanciones, con un crecimiento del PIB del 4,9% en el último trimestre de 2023, aunque se prevé que 2024 será desafiante para el gobierno. Finalmente, las empresas alemanas expresan su preocupación por la competencia de China, que se está expandiendo en sectores tradicionalmente dominados por ellos, y temen perder su ventaja competitiva en el mercado global.

Takeaways

📈 Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced its first dividend in history and exceeded the most optimistic market expectations, with a 15% increase in revenue to $80.5 billion in the last quarter.
🚀 Alphabet's stock price soared more than 14% in after-hours trading, and for the first time, the company surpassed a market capitalization of 2 trillion dollars.
💻 Both Alphabet and Microsoft have reported market-pleasing results, highlighting the profitability of artificial intelligence (AI) and its current strength in cloud computing business lines.
🌟 Despite some issues with Alphabet's Gemini program due to a lack of image creation criteria, the company has shown a 28% growth in cloud computing, which is a positive development.
🤖 The White House has called for companies developing AI solutions to join a panel that includes leaders from major tech, defense, and infrastructure companies to design a strategy to address both opportunities and risks of AI, especially considering the amplified potential for cyberattacks.
🏛 The panel will also involve academics, civil rights leaders, and politicians to ensure the responsible use of AI and to protect critical infrastructures like electricity networks and air transport.
📉 Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in three decades, with a severe shortage of food and medicine, a clear inflationary spiral, and now citizens are facing a lack of cash from banks, with no dollars, euros, or Cuban pesos available.
💸 The Cuban government is trying to promote the use of electronic transactions as part of a plan to bank the population, but for now, it does not seem to be working.
📊 The Russian Central Bank maintained interest rates unchanged after President Vladimir Putin warned against a premature cut in interest rates to combat debt.
🛑 Despite sanctions, the Russian economy is expected to grow faster than that of all industrialized countries, although growth is largely due to increased military spending by the Russian government.
⚖️ German companies are increasingly feeling the pressure from China, especially at the Hanover fair this year, where Chinese exhibitors showcased their strengths in sectors traditionally dominated by German companies.
🚗 There is a concern that China is nationalizing its industry, as seen in construction machinery where imports have dropped to almost zero because China wants to use Chinese equipment in the country.