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Alphabet tanks nearly 13% for worst day ever, losing $500 billion
Alphabet's free cash flow was negative nine point oh seven billion dollars, while the company kept its record spending plans; investors were unimpressed.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After HoursPublished
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- First reported by CNBC: “Alphabet tanks nearly 13% for worst day ever, losing $500 billion in value”, with reporting from WSJ and IBTimes.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 2:05 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAlphabet dropped nearly thirteen percent, losing five hundred billion dollars in one day, because free cash flow came in at negative nine point oh seven billion against an expected positive two point seven.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive hundred billion! That demolishes the old record of two seventy-five, and it still has two hundred sixty-five billion in cash!
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat old record was this July. Google isn't breaking records, it's renting them.
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