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[2006-03-31] US Backs Microsoft In Antitrust Fight
Microsoft has long complained that antitrust regulators with the European Union have been holding back information related to the investigation, and US diplomats have raised the issue as well.
[2006-03-31] Businesses Take Stock Of Google Local Ads
The latest play for the local search market officially debuted from Google as the search advertising company discussed the launch of the new AdWords feature.
[2006-03-30] Google Revenue Jeopardized By Keyword Case
Searching for Edina Realty on Google returns a top-of-the-page sponsored link run by TheMLSonline.com, and Edina Realty has sued the advertiser over use of its trademark.
[2006-03-30] Bloggers Gaming Google Finance
To gain added exposure for their stories, some bloggers have begun taking advantage of the way Google Finance incorporates content as part of a company's information page.
[2006-03-30] Google to Sell Another 5.3 Million Shares
Google's building their war-chest again, this time they are hoping to raise $2.1 billion by selling 5.3 million shares before they join the S&P 500, according to the Washington Post.
[2006-03-30] Google, AOL Finalize Billion Dollar Deal
The investment agreement that kept Google's place as AOL's search and advertising partner has been hammered out to the satisfaction of both sides.
[2006-03-30] Google To Sell Over $2 Billion In New Shares
Google is going for another secondary public offering, the third time it is offering fresh shares to the public.
[2006-03-29] Yahoo: Banking Today, Payments Tomorrow?
If Yahoo Japan's most recent attempt at starting a joint venture and taking a position in an online bank succeeds, it could be a testing ground for establishing an online payment service.
[2006-03-29] Jupiter Research Becomes JupiterKagan
A $10.1 million price tag allowed MCG Capital Corporation's JupiterKagan to purchase Jupiter Research from the Jupitermedia Corporation.
[2006-03-29] Microsoft Shares Buoyed Despite EU Woes
Intra-day trading on Microsoft lifted the stock price by 14 cents, but concerns raised by the European Commission over the forthcoming Vista operating system could prove troublesome.
[2006-03-29] Microsoft Announces 9-cent Dividend
Bink reports that Microsoft' board of directors has announced a 9-cent dividend to be given to all shareholders.
[2006-03-29] Google Surprise: A New Stock Sale
Another 5.3 million shares of GOOG, worth about $2.1 billion at current valuation, should help smooth the company's entry into the S&P 500 index.
[2006-03-28] Facebook Seeking Faces Of Presidents
Preferably Benjamins, and lots of them, as the college and high school networking site could rake in $2 billion from a sale; Viacom has been suggested as one suitor, but we can suggest another deep-pocketed company too.
[2006-03-28] Yawn, Google Extends Search Share Lead
In today's exciting news, the Sun remains warm to the touch, no one under fourteen should read Scott Adams' "God's Debris," and Google gained six percentage points in the US search market for February.
[2006-03-24] Google Gets Indexed By S&P
On March 31, Google will become part of the Standard and Poor's 500 index of US-based companies, a move that had been anticipated ever since the company's IPO took place.
[2006-03-23] Why Google Finance Makes Me Sad
I've had several folks ask me what I think of Google Finance. There's already a fair amount of good commentary out there on the topic ...
[2006-03-23] PayPal Mobilizes Money By Phone
With a PayPal account, users can send and receive payments from their using text messaging from their mobile phones.
[2006-03-23] The Flip Side
I knew it would happen. Someone would latch onto my story about Yahoo! Finance and extrapolate to the whole company. It's human nature.
[2006-03-21] Google Finance: Simple, Sophisticated
The search advertising company launched its financial news site last night, with an interesting take on meshing stock charts and news related to a company.
[2006-03-21] Google Launches Yahoo Finance Rival
I'm a heavy user of Yahoo Finance, in part because whenever you search for a ticker at Google, the first result is always a summary from Yahoo.
[2006-03-17] Using Digg to Game the Stock Market
In yesterday's show #120 of FIR: The Hobson & Holtz Report podcast, Shel and I talked about the teenager who gamed Google News with a fake press release.
[2006-03-16] $5.5m for Podcast Venture
Podcasting as a viable business venture takes another mainstream step with news that PodTech Network has received $5.5 million in venture capital funding from Venrock Associates, US Venture Partners, and Silicon Valley angel investors.
[2006-03-15] NewRoo New To News Corp
The Fox Interactive division of News Corp picked up NewRoo.com for between $5 million and $10 million, edging Yahoo aside to buy the 3-person startup.
[2006-03-09] More Details of Google's Click Fraud Settlement
Verne Kopytoff of the San Francisco Chronicle is one of the first journalists to cover news that Google has settled the class action suit on click fraud for $90m.
[2006-03-08] Google Wants You to Forget Financial Forecast
Coming soon to the Google store, their own Men in Black "flashy thing".
[2006-03-08] Google Disclosures And Fallout
The search advertising company accidentally provided financial guidance to analysts before excising it from the presentation that was made available online.
[2006-03-06] Firefox Earned $72M in 2005 from Google
The browser business isn't a half bad place to be, it seems.
[2006-03-03] AMD Gains, Intel Loses
As AMD scores a hot deal with Google to provide the Opteron chips in the new hardware it buys, Intel sees its share of the server market dip, and its financials and stock price follows.
[2006-03-02] Google Coos To Analysts, Market Hearts Flutter
Executives from the Googleplex whispered sweetly into the ears of industry analysts and convinced them growth opportunities do indeed exist for the search advertising company.
[2006-03-01] Google Shares Slammed
Google Stock plummeted Tuesday, losing $30.58 and going down to $362.62. At one time, shares were as low as $338.51.
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