Google parent company’s second-quarter earnings outpace expectations

Alphabet reports $84.7bn in revenue, on back of Search and Cloud, up from the same period last year

Google's parent company, Alphabet, outperformed analysts' expectations on Tuesday, reporting second-quarter earnings of $1.89 per share, the same as its first quarter results.

Alphabet's CEO, Sundar Pichai, touted the results as proof that the company's investments across different areas of its tech empire were seeing positive returns.