Google's first earnings as Alphabet: Strong $18.7 billion in revenue, $7.35 earnings per share, $5B in buybacks

Today the corporate behemoth formerly known as Google shared how much cash it made (and spent) during its third quarter. Alphabet Inc — the silly name for Google’s new parent -- scraped up $18.7 billion in revenue and $7.35 earnings per share during the quarter. Analysts expected it to report $18.53 billion in revenue and $7.21 […]