Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) Reports 2Q'02019 Results

Alphabet Inc. reported 2Q-02019 results yesterday (25 July 02019) when the markets closed.
Nutshell: Alphabet Inc. had a good 2nd-quarter.

GOOG closed yesterday at $1132.12. Today (26 July 02019) it opened at $1224.04; hit an intra-day high of $1265.55; and closed up 10.45% at $1250.41. Note: GOOG did not make a new 52-week high. Volume: 4.48M vs. 1.59M.

GOOGL was up 9.62% today, so it under-performed GOOG.

Alphabet's market value at the close on 26 July 02019 was $869.549 billion.

A limit order was placed to sell one GOOG share at 414 $Pi (i.e. $1300.62).

Merge AT&T and IBM Into One Company

16 July 02019 headline: 

"AT&T and IBM Announce Multi-Year Strategic Alliance"

Hmm... Now I'm thinking about an AT&T/IBM merger.

AT&T and IBM market values on 16 July 02019.

   AT&T    $245.603B   
    IBM    $127.575B   (includes Red Hat) 
   =================
   ATTIBM  $373.178B   ($373,178,000,000)

Comparison market values on 16 July 02019.

   Microsoft   $1.056T     ($1,056,000,000,000)
   Amazon.com  $995.22B    ($  995,220,000,000)
   Apple       $946.787B   ($  946,787,000,000)
   Alphabet    $799.494B   ($  799,494,000,000)  [Google]
   Facebook    $582.573B   ($  582,573,000,000)  
   ATTIBM      $373.178B   ($  373,178,000,000)  [AT&T + IBM]

I'd be shocked if the federal government would 
let AT&T and IBM become one company, but...