Google (GOOG) Strong Q3, Amazing Cash Flow
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... Henry Blodget: Conf call starts at 4:30. Link here: http://investor.google.com/webcast.html ...
Earnings: Google Comes In Higher Than Expected After All; Revenue, Income Up
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... for the last two quarters and this one was no exception: $2.8 billion, or 51 percent. That's down slightly from 52 percent in Q2. UK revenue totaling $776 million accounted for 14 percent of revenue, down slightly from 16 percent year over year and even with last quarter.
-- Paid clicks: Paid clicks on Google and AdSense sites were up 18 percent over Q307 but only 4 percent over last quarter. Then again, at least they were up.
Earnings release | Webcast 4:30 p.m. eastern | Slides | Transcript (via SeekingAlpha) ...
Google to Present at the Fourth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit
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... )--Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, President, Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Fourth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit in Laguna Beach, CA. The session is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. Eastern Time / 7:15 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. To access the live audio webcast of the presentation, please visit investor.google.com/webcast.html . About Google Inc. Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with ...
How Bad Is The Online Ad Market?
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... There is even higher interest than usual in what the two companies will have to say this time around. Indeed, Google is actually taking the unusual step of holding two conference calls with the Street: the first with CEO Eric Schmidt and the rest of the team, and then a more in-depth Q&A session hosted by CFO Patrick Pichette. (Kind of like listening to professor’s lecture, and then going to the recitation section.) Yahoo’s call, meanwhile, will market the first for new CEO Carol Bartz. ...
Before the call: Google expected to report higher Q4 earnings
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... ) is scheduled to release fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 results today in a conference call at 4:30 AM Eastern, followed by a Q&A session for analysts. To listen in to the live webcasts, see Google's Webcasts and Events. ...
Before the call: Google expected to report higher Q4 earnings
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... ) is scheduled to release fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 results today in a conference call at 4:30 AM Eastern, followed by a Q&A session for analysts. To listen in to the live webcasts, see Google's Webcasts and Events. ...
Earnings: Google Q4 Profits Plummet 70 Percent; But Still Beats Estimates
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... of $3.81 billion. The segment account for 67 percent of Google's total revenues during the period. Site revenues were up 22 compared to Q407.
—International: Revenues from outside of the United States were $2.86 billion. Google says that if foreign exchange rates remained constant from last year, the segment's revenues this past quarter would have been $266 million higher. UK retotaled $685 million, an increase to 14 percent over last year.
Release | Webcast (4:30 PM EDT)
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Earnings Call: Google's Schmidt: We All Had It Easy In Q4
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... We're producing ads that have greater relevancy and that will translate into more revenue. DoubleClick integration is almost complete and we're trying to bring search's benefits to display. We have 800 free apps on the G1 Android phone.
—What layoffs?: CFO Patrick Pichette avoided mentioning the contractors who were laid off during Q4, saying, "We're still hiring. We had a net gain of 100 employees in the quarter."
More to come
Release | Webcast (4:30 PM EDT)
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Google Earnings Beat Expectations; But Revenue Growth Keeps Slowing
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... during the quarter, down from an already historically low $263 million during the first quarter of the year.
—Employment: For the second quarter in a row, Google’s total employment dropped. The company said it had 19,786 employees as of June 30, down from 20,164 at the end of March. The company’s announcement earlier this year that it would layoff 200 sales and marketing employees took effect during the quarter.
Earnings release | Webcast (1:30 PM PT)
Google's Earnings Beat Expectations; But Revenue Growth Keeps Slowing
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... Earnings release | Webcast (1:30 PM PT)
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Google Earnings Edge Expectations
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... global economic downturn. "While most of the world's largest economies shrank, Google's year-over-year revenues were up 3%," he said. "These results highlight the enduring strength of our business model and our responsible efforts to manage expenses in a way that puts us in a good position for the economic upturn, when it occurs." Google's cost cutting brought its operating expenses for the quarter to 28% of revenues, compared to 31% of revenues during the same period in 2008. In a conference call for investors , CFO Patrick Pichette said that the company was pleased to ...
Google: Chrome OS Is About Driving Internet Use (Which Will Let Us Show More Ads) [GigaOM]
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... During Google’s quarterly earnings call today, a number of analysts asked questions about the company’s new ...
Google Beats Earnings Estimates; Net Revenue Growth Rebounds
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... increased. They totaled $186 million, up from $139 million during the second quarter, which was a historic low.
—Employment: Google’s workforce dropped for the third quarter in a row. The company said it had 19,665 employees, down from 19,786 employees at the end of June. Look for that to turn around, though, considering Schmidt’s statement about “investing heavily in our future.”
Earnings release | Webcast (1:30 PM PT)
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Google Plans To Invest “Heavily;” To Step Up Hiring; Seeking Acquisitions “Large and Small”
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... conference call this afternoon that “the worst of the recession is behind us,” and that the company now has the business confidence to invest “heavily” in the next phase of innovation. ...
Google talks display ad strategies, offerings
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... and sold in an open market, allowing more players to get some prime exposure. It also highlighted the Display Ad Builder, which allows users to choose from some pre-made ad templates and build their own. The ad game is changing as eyeballs scatter across old media and new media. Google - an advertising company posing as a search and Web company - is looking to take some of the complexity out of it and open it to a broader audience. A replay of Google’s webcast will be available at Google’s investor relations page.
LIVE ANALYSIS: Google Q4 Earnings (GOOG) (GOOG)
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... astounding: $2.5 billion for the quarter, for an annualized run-rate of $10 billion a year. Excluding $25 billion of cash (!), the company is trading at about 16X run-rate cash flow. Not cheap, but reasonable. The biggest issue for the company now is China: After clumsily giving the Chinese government a black-or-white ultimatum, the company may actually have to withdraw. This would be a big negative. Reading through the release now. Key Stats: Conference call starts at 4:30 PM ET. Listen here > PREVIEW The Bottom Line: Google's stock has been hit in the past week on the ...



