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If You Invested $1,000 In Google When It Acquired YouTube, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 8:28am | 428In 2006, Google made its biggest acquisition in company history in a move that transformed it and is considered by many experts to be among the best acquisitions of all time. The YouTube Acquisition: On Oct. 9, 2006, Google announced it was paying $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock deal to...
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First Earnings Call For Google's Ruth Porat Spurs 3 Expectations From The Street
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 1:07pm | 429Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is scheduled to report its second-quarter numbers after the closing bell on Thursday. Scott Kessler, S&P Capital IQ analyst, was on CNBC to discuss the things to look out for in Google's numbers and the Street's expectations regarding Ruth...
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Should Startups File Patents Or Stick To Trade Secrets?
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 2:18pm | 572Trade secrets have protected the Coke (NYSE: KO) formula for generations, but is this an appropriate path for startups? One prominent company, SpaceX, has already chosen to keep trade secrets over patents, fearing that the latter would provide Chinese competitors with too much info. "We have...
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Google's Earnings Disappoint, But The Stock Doesn't!
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 6:31pm | 418After Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) big news Wednesday that the company had sold off its Motorola Mobility business to Lenovo Group (OTC: LNVGY) for $2.9 billion, the search engine behemoth announced its earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2013 Thursday after the bell. All in all, the report...
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Why Did The Motorola Mobility News From Google Cause Lenovo Shares To Drop?
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 9:07am | 704Shares of Lenovo Group (OTC: LNVGY) fell more than eight percent after Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that it was selling its Motorola Mobility unit to the company for $2.91 billion. According to Google’s press release, the deal includes a payment to Google of $1.41 million in cash and...
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Consumer Reports Shows Droid and Samsung Are Loved More Than New iPhones
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 12:57pm | 571In a new report out Wednesday, Consumer Reports said Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s new iPhone 5S “Tops the already great iPhone 5 with a surprisingly reliable fingerprint reader, a faster processor, and better-than-ever camera.” So far, so good. In addition, the not-for-profit ratings organization...
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Guess How Much It Costs To Build The Moto X? (GOOG)
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 10:32am | 614Ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011, expectations have been high about just what kind of smartphone the marriage would produce. Now that the world knows about the Moto X, what it does, and how much it will sell for ($579), the next question might be, “What does...
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Barron's Recap (5/26/12): The Top 50 Annuities, and Tech Firms Hoard Cash
Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 8:05am | 1041This weekend in Barron's online: the top 50 annuities, Intel finally goes mobile, what tech companies should do with all that cash, and the prospects for Snap-on. Cover Story "The Top 50 Annuities" by Karen Hube. A year ago, guaranteed payouts and benefits on all kinds of annuities were far more...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 30 (CMCSA, GM, KFT, V)
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:02am | 1279Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have posted stellar results, but earnings season rolls on. Here is a quick day-by-day rundown of what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most prominent earnings reports. Monday Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Watson...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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Garmin, Jabil Circuit and Other Top Tech Stocks in February
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:58am | 1000Here's a quick look at some of the top performing tech stocks in February. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and they all pay a dividend too. Advantest (NYSE: ATE) rose more than 33% in the past month but is still down almost 31% from a year ago. This Tokyo-based maker...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Loophole Saves Apple from Device Ban in Germany, Ruining Motorola's Celebration
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 3:09pm | 347Motorola just won an injunction against Apple and it doesn't even matter. According to Reuters, a German court ruled that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) cannot sell certain devices in Germany because they infringe on two of Motorola's (NASDAQ: MMI) patents. But Apple doesn't sell its own products in Germany...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 10
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 8:36am | 883The new earnings season gets underway this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on Tuesday. The rest of the week will bring results from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Analysts anticipate year-over-year earnings...
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Microsoft Seeking Complete Ban of Motorola Mobility Phones
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 1:07pm | 481According to Bloomberg, in a trial that began yesterday in front of the International Trade Commission [ITC], Microsoft accused Motorola Mobility of infringing on seven of its patents. Microsoft is asking the ITC to impose a complete ban on the import and sale of Motorola Mobility phones. "We...