WebProNews

Google's Stock Hits $675 Per Share

A little more than two weeks ago, Google’s stock hit $600 per share.  We all “ooh”ed and “aah”ed.  Now the search giant has hit $675, and it may be only a matter of time before it passes $700.

Google Still On a Hiring Binge

I support Google’s relaxed dress code.  But given all the hiring the company’s doing, I’d recommend one tweak: name tags.  Google added over 2,100 employees this last quarter, making it seemingly impossible for anybody to keep track of anything.

Google Earnings As Expected, Revenue Up 57%

Google shares have been up and down in after-hours trading, but largely have hovered around the closing price of $639.62 soon after Google released its earnings report for the third quarter of 2007. Google beat analyst expectations by a slim margin.

eBay Drops On Earnings Report

Shares of EBAY slid six percent this morning even though the company beat estimates.

Earnings: Yahoo Profits Flat In Q3

Net income for Yahoo's third quarter of 2007 turned out to be the same 11 cents per diluted share it was during the same quarter in 2006.

Yahoo Gains Search (Ad) Ground Against Google

According to a new study, search marketers are still giving far more money to Google than to Yahoo.  But when spending increases were presented as percentages, it turned out that Yahoo experienced a greater gain.

Money Week For Yahoo, eBay, & Google

Quarterly earnings reports from three of the Internet's most prominent brands hit the markets this week.

With Or Without Harry, Amazon Stock Soars

So Harry Potter was the cause of Amazon's tripling profit? What will they do when there are no more books coming out? They'll be just fine, because that's not what happened, the New York Times just sort of made it sound that way.

Yikes Microsoft Makes A Lot of Money

Pit Google against Microsoft all you want, the Beast of Redmond still made over three times as much money as the Mountain View Giant last quarter. For the fiscal year, Microsoft surpassed $50 billion.

Google Funds Ubiquisys's Femtocells

Ubiquisys just secured $25 million in funding, and though you may not recognize that company’s name (or be able to pronounce it), you’ll know one of its backers: Google.