Google Inc.
News and overview for Google Inc.
UPDATE 1-Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact -source
Reuters | 2 hours 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has had talks with News Corp (NWSA.O) about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc (GOOG.O), a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Tech stocks weaken, with Apple, TI earnings on tap - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 4 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 1 hour 43 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 | 31 days 9 hours 21 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.
Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 12 hours 51 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.
Ballmer: Yahoo deal facing some snags in Europe - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 37 days 10 hours 21 minutes ago
Murdoch reiterates News Corp.'s 2010 outlook
Motorola, AT&T lead telecoms - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 14 hours 50 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 | 38 days 10 hours 3 minutes ago
AMD
On2 Announces Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period in Connection with Proposed Acquisition of On2 by Google [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 54 days 18 hours 10 minutes ago
...with Proposed Acquisition of On2 by Google PRNewswire CLIFTON PARK, N.Y...FirstCall/ -- On2 Technologies, Inc. , a provider of advanced video compression...technologies, announced today that On2 and Google Inc. have been granted early termination...
Is Amazon overvalued at its all-time high? - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 13 hours 59 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.
O3b Networks, Ltd. Completes Third Quarter of 2009 Reaching Approximately $600 Million in Backlog and Has Acquired Customers for Every Product in Its Portfolio [Press Release]
Business Wire | 36 days 2 hours 1 minute ago
O3b Networks, the developer of a new fiber-quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone for telecommunications operators and Internet Service Providers announced today it will be closing out the third quarter of 2009 with approximately US$600 million in contracts for services and a customer base for each product in its portfolio.
Emicus.com Launches to Provide Real Time Information as Hurricane Ida Nears [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 15 hours 10 minutes ago
As Hurricane Ida approaches land, a new website, Emicus.com is available to help people prepare, react and recover from the storm. Emicus.com is an easy-to-use website that combines official government information and news coverage with user-generated images, videos and reports to provide a wealth of helpful information. Emicus.com provides real time, accurate information about Hurricane Ida including preparedness tips, Red Cross shelter locations, gas availability, water and sandbag distribu...
Tech-sector retreat led by eBay, EMC - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 16 hours 16 minutes ago
EBay /quotes/comstock/15*!ebay/quotes/nls/ebay (EBAY 23.77, -1.26, -5.03%) was off 4.3% in early trading, a day after the company also issued a weaker-than-expected outlook.
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Nokia in focus - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 17 hours 43 minutes ago
European shares turned lower Thursday as earnings from the likes of mobile phone giant Nokia disappointed. Asian stock markets finished mostly higher, with indexes in Hong Kong and Australia closing at their highest levels in more than a year.
Google to launch its own PC operating system
Canada.com | 2 days 12 hours 29 minutes ago
VALLEY, Idaho - Google Inc is planning a direct attack on Microsoft Corp's core business by taking on the software giant's globally dominant Windows operating system for personal computers.
Sign up for IAB SmartBrief
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 |