<story><title>Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results [pdf]</title><url>https://abc.xyz/assets/95/eb/9cef90184e09bac553796896c633/2023q4-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tra3</author><text>This caught my eye, total employees&lt;p&gt;- 2022: 190,234&lt;p&gt;- 2023: 182,502&lt;p&gt;Total increase in revenue of 10 billion.&lt;p&gt;Not sure what conclusion to draw from this, but being a software engineer I found employment count interesting. Though 5% change in head count seems hardly major.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results [pdf]</title><url>https://abc.xyz/assets/95/eb/9cef90184e09bac553796896c633/2023q4-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>resolutebat</author><text>Google Cloud made $864M in profit in a single quarter, more than ever before.&lt;p&gt;Google Bets lost $86&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;M in the same period, much less than ever before.</text></comment>