dois artigos sobre google

Analysis of Google's 10-K

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"Acquisitions. The company noted that 15 acquisitions were made during 2005. The total purchase price for these companies was $130.5 million. In addition, Google paid $400,000 for an undisclosed patent last year. Several other acquisitions have already been made in 2006, including dMarc (for $102 million, with about $1.2 billion in payments through 2008 if certain goals are met), Writely, and @Last Software."
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Google Finance (oficialmente lançado aqui, mas até então eu não tinha comentado)

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"It’s not surprising that Google (GOOG) would want to enter the market for financial content. Finance and entertainment consistently top the popularity rankings for Web users. (The rankings tend not to include porn.) In January, the Forbes article claimed, Yahoo! Finance had 34.3 million worldwide users, up 21% year over year, and Microsoft’s (MSFT) MSN Money had 24 million worldwide users, up 19%. The Nielsen-Net Ratings stats for the top finance sites are different, but still show huge readership and Yahoo leading.But the threat to Yahoo (YHOO) might not come from Google launching its own finance portal. Rather, the more significant threat comes from users accessing financial content via search engines"
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todos os dois artigos muito bons. Recomendo ler o segundo com calma.