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Google Falls After Q2 Report (GOOG)
Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 5:03pm | 211Read More...Worldwide Internet search leader Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) released its fiscal second-quarter earnings results on Thursday after the closing bell. The company missed both Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates, sending the shares down 5 percent in late trade. Management Commentary “Google had...
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The Top 23 Gay Marriage Supporters in Business Today
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 4:32pm | 1663Read More...Editor's note: This piece was originally published on March 27, 2013 This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two landmark cases on the issue of same-sex marriage that may change the current government definition of marriage as we know it. The heavy-hitters who have financed the battle to...
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SLIDESHOW: 13 Major Tech Founders and Innovators That Are 'Smitten With The Mitten'
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 4:30pm | 126Read More...Technology companies are often synonymous with Silicon Valley or other tech hubs, but many of the founders of the major publicly traded tech companies come from a place that hasn't exactly been known for innovation in the last 30 years: Detroit. Encompassing the entire Metro Detroit area as...
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Here Are 14 Yearbook Photos of Business Big Shots
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:19pm | 95Read More...When we think of the business titans of our age, we often associate their likeness with private jets, cash flows in the millions, intense board room meetings and bold leadership. Yet, the humble beginnings of the CEOs, co-founders and chairmen of some of America's top companies are often...
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Android Beats Chrome as the Chosen OS for Google Glass
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 9:13am | 470Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has confirmed that the company's highly anticipated goggles, officially known as Google Glass, will not be powered by Chrome OS or some other new operating system. Rather, Google Glass will use the ultra-successful mobile operating system that can be found in more phones than...
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Four Stocks Most Analysts are Bullish On
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 12:17pm | 891Read More...Almost all major equity research firms give these stocks Buy, Outperform, Overweight, Hold, Equal Weight, Market Perform or Neutral ratings. This might create a situation in which analysts are weary to go against the overwhelming majority. If one of these stocks declines drastically, almost all of...
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Should Google Go Private?
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 7:18pm | 699Read More...Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) as a public company has served a lot of folks quite well. Since the largest U.S. Internet search provider went public nearly eight years ago, the shares have risen six-fold. That has made co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page very wealthy. As of March 2012, each had a net...
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3 ETFs For Google Earnings (GOOG, FDN, IYW)
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 6:37pm | 608Read More...Thursday's major after-hours news came in the form of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the largest U.S. Internet search provider, announcing its first-quarter results. California-based Google said its first-quarter profit rose to $2.89 billion, or $8.75 a share, from a profit of $1.8 billion, or $5.51 a...
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Bono Covers Bob Dylan Song at Steve Jobs Memorial
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 8:46am | 377Read More...Colleagues, family and friends gathered to remember one of the tech industry's greatest thinkers and innovators. According to the New York Times (via Business Insider), U2's frontman performed a cover of the Bob Dylan song, “Every Grain of Sand,” at the memorial, while Joan Baez sang “Swing Low,...
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5 Stocks For Yom Kippur
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 3:54pm | 430Read More...Yom Kippur, the holiest and most solemn day of the year for Jews, is coming up this weekend. In honor of the holiday, Benzinga decided to profile some of the leading Jewish business leaders and their companies. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one of the most innovative and admired companies in the world....
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Patent Wars: Attack Of The Clones
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 9:51am | 783Read More...This morning, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced it was buying Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) at a whopping premium, over 60%. Many are questioning why would Google, a software provider, go after a hardware company? Patents, patents, patents and more patents. Ever since a group led by Apple (NASDAQ...
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Is Google About To Go Back To The Future?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:48am | 680Read More...Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported earnings last night after the bell that absolutely destroyed Wall Street estimates. The earnings estimates were not even close, and this is reminiscent of the company's early days, when Wall Street analysts did not have a clue on earnings estimates. The...
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Google Continues Investing In Renewable Energy (GOOG)
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 1:03pm | 354Read More...In an interview published on Wednesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) reiterated that it is still working towards making renewable energy cheaper than coal for consumers, but it expects to reach its goal in the long-term. According to Reuters, Google Advisor Rick Needham said, “We're still moving forward...
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Earnings Preview: Google (GOOG)
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 1:26pm | 188Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings tonight after the bell, and all eyes will be looking to see what Larry Page has to say on his first conference call, as company CEO. Page took over for Eric Schmidt, as the company is trying to move into social networking successfully, despite having...
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Mark Zuckerberg Beats Steve Jobs AND Donates $100M To Newark Public Schools
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 10:40am | 237Read More...According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the only people ahead of Mark Zuckerberg on the Forbes 400 list in the Bay area were Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison, 66, who was number 3 overall at $27 billion, and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both 37, who tied...
