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Alphabet Cracks the Lid on a Black Box That’s Still Too Opaque
Google’s parent shares a little more financial information with investors, but it can do better.
A little illumination.
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Let me start by saying that I am new to writing about Alphabet Inc. I’m usually based in Asia, where I write about Foxconn Technology Group, Samsung Electronics Corp. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., among others.
These are huge companies that lead their sectors and have different levels of transparency. When I started preparing to cover U.S. technology giants, I figured that the high standards of earnings disclosure at the center of global capitalism would make life a little easier.