Add a stock ticker to desktop in Windows PC to keep a check on stock market updates and news in real-time using these free tools.

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Google's parent company, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), comes in two flavors. There's the Class C stock with the GOOG ticker, and then we have the Class A stock called GOOGL.

Fox News removed a live stocks ticker from its broadcast for the first time in 28 years when the stock market crashed after Trump announced sweeping tariffs on April 2, 2025.