Archive for April, 2009

Tech Stocks: Nasdaq closes strong month as tech stocks advance

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Technology stocks stay positive despite weakness late in the session, helping the Nasdaq Composite Index to close out its best month in more than six years.

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Tech Stocks: Earnings, chip sector keep tech shares afloat

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Technology stocks stay in positive territory, though major indexes pare gains from earlier in the session.

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AOL appoints Google exec to head advertising (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Time Warner Inc’s AOL Internet unit said on Thursday it has appointed former Google Inc executive Jeff Levick as president of global advertising and strategy, overseeing its Platform-A advertising sales business.

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Frugal Google raised 1Q lobbying tally to $880K (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Google Inc. has been getting more frugal with its employees and other expenses as the recession crimps its growth, but the Internet search leader isn’t skimping on political lobbying, according to a recent disclosure form.

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AOL says goodbye to Google, ponders independence

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

In early 2006, as Google Inc. was securing its dominance of the Internet search advertising market, it invested $1 billion in AOL, the Time Warner Inc. online unit that was struggling to redefine itself for a new era.

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Tech Stocks: Nasdaq breaks through 1,700 mark

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Technology stocks make strong gains, pushing the Nasdaq Composite Index past the 1,700 mark to its highest level in nearly six months.

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Google puts flu tracker to work on swine flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Using a new tracking tool, search engine giant Google said on Wednesday it saw a spike in searches for information about flu among people in Mexico last week even before news of the outbreak became widely known.

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Google president of display ads to leave company (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

The president of Google Inc’s global display advertising business is leaving, marking the latest in a series of changes within the Internet company’s sales team in the past two months.

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Google on pace for a record lobbying year

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Google Inc. spent $880,000 on lobbying in Washington, D.C. in the first quarter of this year, putting the increasingly politically savvy Internet giant on pace to outdistance the $2.84 million it spent last year.

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Google display ads head quits (CNN Money)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

David Rosenblatt is the third top Google sales executive to leave since March.

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