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Big tech results show the reality of more complicated markets

Alphabet, Amazon and Apple presented their balance sheets for the fourth quarter of last year. All showed declining earnings with businesses generating less revenue, such as Cloud and advertising. Increased competition and macroeconomic conditions influenced the numbers.

The results shown by technology giants such as Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Yahoo for the fourth quarter of 2022 indicate that the dominant trends in technology ecosystems are more complex, especially for firms that for years maintained a virtual monopoly over their sector.

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