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Alphabet (GOOG 1.14%) (GOOGL 1.48%) recently gave investors some encouraging news during its first-quarter earnings release, including a better-than-feared result that was relatively upbeat for the rest of the year. This flies in the face of many investors' concerns regarding the effects of tariffs, but we'll see how tariffs affect Alphabet as we move along throughout the year.During its Q1 earnings report, the company also made one exciting announcement: A $70 billion share repurchase authorization. This i ...