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AT&T's rivals still seeking answer to iPhone - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 1 day 20 hours 55 minutes ago
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile operator in terms of customers, and No. 3 carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. plan to unleash another wave of devices that mimic the iPhone's most popular features. They've also taken other steps like partnering with Google Inc. and, in the case of Sprint and T-Mobile USA, offering a cheaper "all-you-can-eat" plans to boost sales.
Searching the e-store: Google Commerce Search Now Available to Power Retail Websites [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 19 hours 10 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced a new hosted enterprise search product, Google Commerce Search™, to power online retail stores and e-commerce websites with the speed and accuracy customers expect from Google™. While e-commerce has advanced significantly in the past 15 years, search technology has been a barrier to online retail growth. The average online retailer conversion rate is just three percent1 but could potentially be five to ten times higher.2 Commerce Search will help reta...
Google to Present at the Fifth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 13 hours 9 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Product Management, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Fifth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit in Menlo Park, California. The session is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time / 12:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
ASMP Photographers React to Google Judge s Denial [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 11 hours 10 minutes ago
On November 4, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling on a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s earlier decision in the case of Authors Guild et al. v. Google, Inc. The effect of the decision is to exclude photographers and other creators of visual materials from participating in the settlement of the case, despite the fact that they had been part of the plaintiff class for over two years.
CHARGE Anywhere(R) Releases the First Secure Mobile Payment Application for Google(R)'s Android(TM) [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 5 hours 32 minutes ago
...respective owners. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. QuickBooks is a registered trademark and service mark of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries...
Tiger's Robertson attracted to Intel, Google - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 11 hours 42 minutes ago
Robertson, one of the most successful hedge-fund managers in history, also said he was concerned about U.S. dependence on China as a source for borrowing. He highlighted overseas currencies, such as the Norwegian krone, as more solid than the U.S. dollar.
Protect those Apple, Google and tech windfalls - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 13 days 3 hours 52 minutes ago
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Hedge fund veteran says Intel, Google attractive - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 13 hours 25 minutes ago
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Google to launch music service, report says - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 14 hours 5 minutes ago
Dollar stays down as Beige Book cites small gains
On2 Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statement and Mailing of Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- On2 Technologies, Inc. today announced that the Securities...and also constitutes a Prospectus of Google Inc. (the "proxy statement/prospectus...the proposed acquisition of On2 by Google. As described below, holders of...
Adobe Debuts Photoshop.com Mobile for Android [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 16 hours 11 minutes ago
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. The release comes less than a month after the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which quickly established itself as one of the “Top Free” applications on the Apple mobile platform. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing tools, color adj...
Google and Apple director part ways - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 26 days 14 hours 4 minutes ago
Google shares paced gains in the technology sector. Shares got a lift after analysts raised their price estimates for the Internet giant. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports in San Francisco.
Google quarterly profit, sales top Wall Street vie - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 23 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected Google to post earnings excluding items of $5.42 a share, and $4.24 billion in net revenue.
Viacom tries to prove its relevance Marsh on Monday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 14 hours 27 minutes ago
A new book from Ken Auletta should soothe investor worries about the search giant's immediate prospects. But what comes after that?
On the verge of independence, AOL weighs on parent - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 11 hours 23 minutes ago
"More than half of the total revenue decline was a result of the continued drop in AOL subscription revenue" and changes in foreign currency exchange rates, Time Warner Chief Financial Officer John Martin said during a conference call with analysts. AOL lost 438,000 subscribers in the period.
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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 |