Alphabet, Barclays, United: Everything that matters this morning

Alphabet calls its Q1 performance ‘terrific’
Alphabet, the holding company name for Google, has seen shares jump over 5% as it hailed its Q1 numbers as “terrific”.
Revenues jumped from $20.3bn (£15.8bn) to $24.8bn, with revenues rising 22% year on year. Operating income, meanwhile, was $6.6bn, up from $5.3bn in Q1 of 2016.
Larry Page, the CEO of Alphabet, says Google’s decision to create Alphabet as a