HubSpot Shares Plunge 12% as Alphabet Shelves Acquisition Plans

For context: Google had $305B in revenue in 2023 of which $240B (78.8%) came from advertising revenue, majorly selling to SMB. Hubspot had revenue of $2.17B from selling sales and marketing tools.

One of the biggest challenges today ...

• Alphabet's Q4 earnings report showed slightly weaker revenues than expected, causing shares to drop.
• Advertising revenue hit $72.46 billion, surpassing forecasts and breaking previous records.
• Alphabet, heavily reliant on ad sales,...

Will we be seeing all the LinkedIn post flooding with 10 things to learn from this - like it happened during the earlier proposed acquisition

• US stock indices experienced their worst day in over 18 months, driven by poor results from Tesla and Alphabet, leading to a tech sector sell-off.
• The S&P 500 fell 2.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.6%, with major losses from ...