Is Google Flying Too High?
On Nov 17 Google shares closed above 400 for the first time at to be exact Its a stunning climb for a company that was priced at 85 ahead of its on August 19 The current market cap billion is nearly five times its initial value of 231 billion By contrast Time Warner has a market cap of 83 billion and General Motors is valued at just 128 billion Were in uncharted territory here says Scott Cleland of tech researcher The Precursor Group
Is the soaring valuation warranted or is this the reenactment of a bad trip from the Internet boom late 90s...
While the Number of Americans Using the Internet Appears to Have Rea...
The annual report this year issued jointly with cosponsor and contributor net shows that the Internet continues to grow as a dominant channel for both reaching and transacting with todays travel consumers In fact while growth in the number of adult travelers using the Internet for any purpose has slowed the number of online travelers who used the Internet to actually plan and book trips grew significantly this past year...
Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (18-11-2005)
internet search giant Google saw its stock price surge to record highs today after launching an online service that challenges classified advertising sites such as eBay and craigslist
Googles stock topped 400 a share during trading The company had made its market debut in August at 85 a share
Yesterday the Silicon Valley company launched Google Base an online service enabling people to freely advertise anything from apartment rentals to used sporting goods...
What Can Google Learn From Netscape's Downfall?
Its been 10 years since the initial public offering of illfated Internet pioneer Netscape Communications and the oftentold story of its rise and fall has inspired inevitable comparisons to the industrys current darling Google
Like Netscape Google had a wildly successful created a mainstream technology for optimizing Internet use and as a result has Microsoft gunning for them in the same way it went for Netscapes jugular...
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In a conversation with reporters Jack Ma the of Chinas Alibaba the same people who now runs Yahoo China has vowed to defeat giant Google in the war for Chinese searchers
For the search engine I think Google is very powerful But it is not that powerful in China now said Ma who founded Alibabacom in with dollars of capital borrowed from relatives
Asked to spell out Alibabacoms strategy Ma said We win eBay buy Yahoo and stop Google That is for fun Competition is for fun...