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Text: Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares are trading lower Thursday and have fallen nearly 6% over the last week. Mega-cap tech stocks have been under pressure since the Federal Reserve raised rates by 50 basis points last Wednesday, its first rate hike of at least half a.
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