Google revenue up 13%; Alphabet warns of the difficult quarter as consumers search pandemic, not shopping

Alphabet Inc (GOOGLE) recently left behind analysts’ prediction for quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slowdown from the novel Coronavirus. Shares of Alphabet rose 4% to $1,282 following the after-hours release of financial results. Alphabet shares were down about 8% this year at Tuesday’s close.