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Knowing how to value digital tech companies is critical to value investing

Tech companies are synonymous with innovation.

Tech

Big Tech’s valuations are cheapest in three years after slump

The megacap tech stocks may get cheaper still.

Tech

The case against big bad monopolist Google

If Biden becomes the next US President, tech giants like Google would find themselves adjusting to a whole new regulated world.

Global review

Google accused of abusing market power in landmark US case

“People use Google because they choose to, not because they’re forced to, or because they can’t find alternatives."

Tech

Google's Fitbit deal is all about data, not fitness

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): Two weeks ago, search giant Google acquired fledgling fitness device maker, Fitbit, for US$2.1 billion ($2.9 billion). In mid2015, Fitbit was listed at a US$4.1 billion valuation, with its stock soaring to US$51.90 within six weeks of

Tech

Google and Facebook can't count on consumers saving them

(Sept 11): The scrutiny of giant technology companies and the inevitable anxiety that follows are now so commonplace that they have become rote. Once terms like “techlash” become household words, it’s easy to become numb.

US-China trade war

Trump calls for inquiry into Google's work with China

WASHINGTON (July 16): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration would investigate whether Alphabet Inc’s Google supports the Chinese government, following accusations that a company official refuted hours later at a Senate hearing.

Tech

Paging Larry Page: Alphabet deserves better

SINGAPORE (July 1): At a meeting last week of Alphabet stockholders, a man lobbed a simple query at the company’s chairman: Where is the CEO?

Sector Focus

Big tech is armed, waiting to repel US antitrust onslaught

(June 10): Investors were caught off guard by the sudden US assault on technology giants last week, but behind the scenes, the industry’s biggest companies have been preparing for this moment of reckoning for months.

Tech

Tech's US$900 bil rout is price of earnings becoming ordinary

(Oct 11): Investors enamoured of tech stocks that suddenly seem only to fall are searching for answers. The simplest may be that the group just isn’t that special anymore.
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