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Chinese national charged with spying on Ford - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 4 hours 58 minutes ago
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IBM, AMD lead tech sector retreat - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 10 hours 32 minutes ago
"With the loss situation projected to continue through 2010 despite improved sales and margin estimates, we recommend investors remain on the sidelines with AMD pending evidence of significant improvement in operational performance," Thomas Weisel Partners analyst Kevin Cassidy said in a note. See story on AMD results.
Clearwire Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 4 hours 16 minutes ago
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) (along with its subsidiaries, “Clearwire” or the “Company”), a leading provider of wireless broadband services, today reported its unaudited condensed consolidated financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
Officials' call for strong dollar can't stem slide - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 40 days 4 hours 13 minutes ago
Against other units, such as the Canadian and Australian dollars, the greenback's slide has been even more dramatic. It's fallen about 6% since Sept. 1 against Canada's loonie, bringing both units close to the same level, and about 8% against the Aussie dollar.
Critical Alerts For Google, DIRECTV, Arcelor Mittal, T. Rowe Price, and Aeropostale Released By Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 6 hours 50 minutes ago
Critical Alerts For Google, DIRECTV, Arcelor Mittal, T. Rowe Price, and Aeropostale... Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Google Inc. , DIRECTV Group, Inc. , Arcelor Mittal , T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. , and Aeropostale...
Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact: source
Yahoo! | 1 hour 46 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Tech stocks slide led by IBM, AMD - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 11 hours 26 minutes ago
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Tech stocks weaken, with Apple, TI earnings on tap - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 35 days 10 hours 42 minutes ago
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect Apple to earn $1.42 a share on $9.2 billion in sales for the quarter. Sales of the iPhone are expected to gain much of investors' attention. See full story.
AlertMe Energy Launches with Google and British Gas [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 20 hours 21 minutes ago
AlertMe, the award-winning home energy management service, today announced the launch of AlertMe Energy, giving consumers the ability to monitor their home energy usage online and act on that information to reduce their bills and carbon footprint. AlertMe Energy includes easy-to-install hardware and an online service that can be accessed from any Web browser. It is also tightly integrated with Google PowerMeter, making it easy to track energy consumption live from an iGoogle home page.
Barnes & Noble debuts Nook e-reader device - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 3 hours 59 minutes ago
The News Hub panel discusses Nook, Barnes & Noble e-reader, which premieres Oct. 20, as well as the planned launch for Plastic Logic's Que.
Ballmer: Yahoo deal facing some snags in Europe - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 4 hours 59 minutes ago
Murdoch reiterates News Corp.'s 2010 outlook
Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 7 hours 29 minutes ago
That compares to earnings of 48 cents a share, and $15 billion in revenue in the same period last year, at a time when Microsoft was giving its first indications it expected a heavy impact on its businesses as a result of the economic downturn.
Motorola, AT&T lead telecoms - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 35 days 9 hours 28 minutes ago
Shares of iPCS /quotes/comstock/15*!ipcs/quotes/nls/ipcs (IPCS 23.87, +5.99, +33.50%) surged 33% in recent action. Sprint fell a few pennies.
AMD reports a smaller loss - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 4 hours 41 minutes ago
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Is Amazon overvalued at its all-time high? - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 8 hours 37 minutes ago
However, many brokers were still in support of the stock Friday as the shares surged more than 24% to set a new all-time high -- on a split-adjusted basis -- of $116.88 by midday trading. At least four brokers upgraded their ratings to buy following the company's strong third-quarter results, in which earnings jumped 69% on strong sales across all product lines. See full story on Amazon's results.
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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 |