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  "title": "Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle returned just 9.3% of cash to shareholders in the first three quarters of 2026, a 15-year low amid AI spending (Patturaja Murugaboopathy/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/microsoft-alphabet-amazon-meta-and-oracle-returned-just-9-3-of-cash",
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  "published": "2026-10-30T19:25:32.000Z",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have a collective $3T+ in AI spending commitments over the coming years, including Alphabet's $1T and Meta's $800B (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/alphabet-meta-microsoft-amazon-and-oracle-have-a-collective-3t-in-ai",
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