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Alphabet reported second-quarter cloud revenue that far surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. Meanwhile, Tesla missed Wall Street’s profit expectations even after a strong quarter of auto sales, a setback for the electric-vehicle maker. Ed Ludlow with more

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