How Alphabet became the biggest company in the world

Since Google restructured to become Alphabet it has almost doubled its total value - despite its products remaining the same as ever

Silicon Valley - and Wall Street - have a new king. Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google, looks set to become the world's largest publicly traded company on Tuesday thanks to a spike in its share price, following exceptionally good results and a decision to come clean on how its makes and spends its money.

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