Google Can Keep Chrome, Android

Plus, Zscaler's highest margin ever.

September 03, 2025

Today is Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

The Early Bird Index today is 90.18

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Google Can Keep Chrome, Android

Google parent Alphabet $GOOGL ( ▲ 9.14% ) jumped 7.07% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after receiving some positive clarity regarding its longstanding regulatory battle.

Details: Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome or Android, according to the latest developments on Tuesday. The company will have to share some search data with rivals to avoid a monopoly, but at least it gets to keep Chrome.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Google Chrome is extremely important to Google's business, though it does not generate direct revenue from users as it is a free product. 

  • It links Google's advertising business with its other major online services, enabling Google to deliver highly targeted advertisements, which constitute the lion's share of Google's revenue, about 80%. 

Final Thoughts: Shares of Apple $AAPL ( ▲ 3.81% ) , which has a partnership with Google, jumped 2.97% in after-hours trading.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR), Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), Macy's (NYSE: M), American Eagle (NYSE: AEO), C3.ai (NYSE: AI), GitLab (Nasdaq: GTLB), Campbell Soup (Nasdaq: CPB), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), PagerDuty (NYSE: PD), Asana (NYSE: ASAN), Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), Descartes (Nasdaq: DSGX), Credo Technology Group (Nasdaq: CRDO), REV Group (NYSE: REVG), ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), Figma (NYSE: FIG), J.Jill (NYSE: JILL), Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY).

Notable IPOs Today: NMP Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: NMP), The Beachbody Company, Inc. Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: BODI).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.

Notable Economic Events Today: JOLTS Job Openings (10:00 a.m. ET), Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. ET), The Beige Book (2:00 p.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Zscaler's Highest Margin Ever

Shares of Zscaler $ZS ( ▼ 1.45% ) lifted 1.54% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the cloud security company posted better-than-expected financial earnings results.

Financials: Zscaler reported earnings of 89 cents per share and revenue of $719.2 million in the past quarter. Both were better than expected.

Quote: “We had an outstanding Q4, in which we achieved a new milestone of more than $3 billion of Annual Recurring Revenue while achieving our highest ever operating margin for a quarter.” - Jay Chaudhry, Chairman and CEO of Zscaler.

Outlook: The company projects revenue to be between $772 million to $774 million in the current quarter and earnings per share to be between 85 cents to 86 cents. Both projections were better than what analysts had predicted.

Final Thoughts: Zscaler was already up over 51% this year.

Solana Alpenglow’s Approval Vote

The price of the cryptocurrency Solana $SOL.X ( ▲ 2.79% ) jumped about 4% on Tuesday after a vote regarding a major upgrade passed with wide support.

Details: Ninety-eight percent of the Solana community voted “yes” to enact the Alpenglow consensus protocol.

Definition: The Alpenglow consensus protocol is an upgrade that is said to make the Solana network faster for users and investors.

Final Thoughts: Solana is up about 28% in the last 30 days.

Playing Ketchup to the Times: Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies (CNN)

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