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Motorola may break even, but all eyes on forecast - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 13 hours 54 minutes ago
Motorola /quotes/comstock/13*!mot/quotes/nls/mot (MOT 7.83, -0.21, -2.61%) is scheduled to report third-quarter results on Thursday before the market open.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google Inc., Bank of America Corporation, American International Group, Citigroup and GMAC Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 35 days 11 hours 5 minutes ago
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), American International Group (NYSE: AIG), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and GMAC Inc. (NYSE: GJM).
What if friends won't follow you on Twitter? Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 14 hours 26 minutes ago
This is appalling on so many levels. It was an OK idea to send your weight and body fat information to your iPhone, to give yourself a reminder not to eat that piece of chocolate. But tweeting your fat information as a way to continually motivate yourself to lose weight is surely in the TMI category.
Clearwire said getting $1.5 billion from investors - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 17 hours 5 minutes ago
The Wall Street Journal, a sister publication of MarketWatch, reported that Sprint Nextel and a handful of cable companies will kick in the new funding, with an announcement coming as early as this week.
Ballmer laughs off Google OS challenge
Canada.com | 13 hours 48 minutes ago
Microsoft Corp's chief executive attempted to laugh off the challenge of Google Inc's (GOOG.O) planned computer operating system on Tuesday, conceding only that it was "interesting." "I will be respectful," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said to laughs from the audience at a conference for the company's technology partners in New Orleans, which was broadcast over the Internet.
Orange Signs Strategic Pan-European Mobile Partnership With Google [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 15 hours 5 minutes ago
LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --
Coming around again - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 22 days 2 hours 34 minutes ago
It would have been hard to imagine in March equity indexes would climb over 50% by the end of October. In March, the economy was facing the nationalization of the banking industry, collapse of the U.S. auto industry, mounting job losses and a deepening recession.
Clearwire to get $1.5 billion in financing: WSJ - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 19 hours 30 minutes ago
Ensco to relocate headquarters to U.K.
Techs edge lower as Amazon.com shares fall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 17 hours 58 minutes ago
But the tech-heavy benchmark was still up more than 1% for the week, after Intel Corp.'s results triggered a wave of optimism in the entire sector as the earnings season kicks off.
FCC looking into Google's Internet calling service - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 45 days 11 hours 51 minutes ago
Gillett adds that such call-blocking is prohibited, and asks Google to answer questions including how it chooses which calls to restrict, and whether its service should be classified as a "telecommunications service."
Google Inc. Acquires Carnegie Mellon Spin-off ReCAPTCHA Inc. [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 68 days 14 hours 3 minutes ago
Google Inc. Acquires Carnegie Mellon...Department, has been acquired by Google Inc. The Pittsburgh company developed...makes sense that reCAPTCHA Inc. ultimately would find a home within Google." Multiple ties exist...
Why Google should be looking over its shoulder
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 19 hours 39 minutes ago
Its biggest threat may well be the evolving social networks that allow users to query a close circle of trusted sources - rather than the Web at large - for information
IBM earnings climb 14%, raises earnings outlook - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 11 hours 42 minutes ago
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U.S. stocks end up; Dow-30 notches new '09 high - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 11 hours 42 minutes ago
BREAKINGAMD shares climb 2.9% after quarterly results
Chinese national charged with spying on Ford - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 11 hours 42 minutes ago
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Company Overview
| Company: | Google Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Internet Search & Navigation Services |
| Website: | http://www.google.com |
If you've never Googled, you probably aren't finding what you want online. Google operates the leading Internet search engine, offering targeted search results from billions of Web pages. Results are based on a proprietary algorithm -- Google's technology for ranking Web pages is called PageRank. The company generates nearly all of its revenue through ad sales. Advertisers can deliver relevant ads targeted to search queries or Web content. The Google Network is a network of third party customers that use Google's ad programs to deliver relevant ads to their own Web sites. Google subsidiaries include YouTube and DoubleClick. Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each have nearly 30% voting control of the firm.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 21,795.6 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 31.3 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 4,226.9 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.6 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 20,222 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 20.3 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |