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| Jan.5 |
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Yahoo to Drop Google as Search Engine
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| Jan.16 |
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Ad Service for E-Mail -Sources
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| Jan.23 |
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Friendster-Style Service Tried
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| Jan.30 |
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Google Battles Booble Over Trademarks
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| Feb.3 |
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Google Tops Global Brand Poll -- Again
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| Feb.12 |
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Environmental group's ads banned
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| Feb.17 |
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1 billion more pages added to Web index
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Yahoo begins to cut ties with Google
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| Feb.27 |
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Co-Founder Page Mum on IPO Plans
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| Feb.29 |
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Founders Keep 'Top 100' List of Ideas
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Co-Founders to Establish Foundation
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| Mar.16 |
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System to improve local search results
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| Mar.29 |
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Google highlights its shopping service
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| Mar.31 |
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Google to offer free e-mail E-mail service providing 250 to 500 times more storage space than Yahoo and Microsoft
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| Apr.1 |
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Ad Pricing Revised for Content Sites
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| Apr.5 |
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Google, Yahoo ban online casino ads The popular online search engines are reacting to a federal crackdown on Internet gambling
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| Apr.7 |
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Gmail headache grows
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| Apr.13 |
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Google May Change E-Mail Service
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| Apr.23 |
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Google May Announce IPO Plan Soon
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| Apr.26 |
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IPO Underwriters Chosen
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Co-Founder Brin Lives Modestly
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| Apr.27 |
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CEO: Web big enough for Yahoo, Google
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| Apr.29 |
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Google files long-awaited IPO plans| Google hopes to raise $2.7 billion to have a market value of at least $20 billion | | |
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| Apr.30 |
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Philosophical IPO notice The 'owners manual' for shareholders outlines plans to distribute initial shares fairly, put long-term opportunities ahead
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| May.10 |
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Blogger.com revised Internet search engine leader is continuing a flurry of improvements that has coincided with competition from Yahoo!
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| May.19 |
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Bug in Gmail Temporarily Boosts Storage
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| May.21 |
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Co-founders each hold nearly 16% stakes Larry Page and Sergey Brin's stakes expected be worth at least $3 billion apiece after the company's IPO
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| Jun.1 |
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Search toolbox souped for intranets
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| Jul.8 |
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Trademark tug-of-war with kid's Web site Entrepreneur Steven Esrig is alleging turf rightfully belongs to a small children's Web site called Googles.com
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| Jul.12 |
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Google to list on Nasdaq
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| Jul.23 |
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Lawsuit alleges discrimination A recently fired manager Brian Reid, 54, is contending the company culture discriminates against older workers
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| Jul.26 |
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Google to sell shares at $108 to $135 Google would sell 24.6 million shares. Between $2.66 billion and $3.32 billion in stock would be sold in the IPO
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| Jul.30 |
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Site opened to register bidders Google opened the site where prospective investors must register to bid for the company's shares
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| Aug.4 |
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Possible securities violations disclosed| Google may have illegally issued 23 million shares of its stock to hundreds of employees and consultants | |
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| Aug.9 |
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Google, Yahoo to settle patent dispute Online search engine leader will surrender more than $300 million of its stock to Yahoo
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| Aug.13 |
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IPO auction clears Playboy hurdle The company acknowledged a newly published interview with its founders contained misleading information
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| Aug.16 |
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Regulators open inquiry into stock issue Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into failure to register millions of shares
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| Aug.17 |
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No decision from SEC on IPO paperwork The long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent, was delayed while the company awaits final approval
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| Aug.18 |
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IPO price range to between $85 and $95| The Internet search giant reduced the number of shares to be sold by insiders to 19.6 million, down from 25.7 million | |
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Auction on IPO closed after SEC gives nod Google is receiving final approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission to proceed with the long-awaited stock sale
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| Aug.19 |
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Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
| The offer price had been cut to at $85 from an initial estimate of $108-135, in the face of weakness in the tech sector. The flotation ranks as the 3rd richest US-based IPO on the Nasdaq. The shares offered through a 'Dutch auction' to give small investors a better chance of getting their hands on the stock
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| Oct.6 |
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Book searches offered as new service Search leader is inviting publishers to include entire books in its index, enabling people to peek at the contents
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| Oct.14 |
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Software offered to search hard drive| Free software promises to scour documents, e-mails, instant messages and other stored files | |
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| Oct.21 |
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3rd-quarter profit more than doubles Google exceeded analyst expectations as the company propelled by a continued surge in online advertising
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| Oct.24 |
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Creative search for elite programmers
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| Oct.27 |
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Google buys digital mapping company Google Inc. has bought Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals
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| Nov.17 |
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New tool for scholarly research
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| Nov.19 |
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Founders, CEO to sell up to 16m shares
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| Dec.14 |
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Google Bringing Libraries to Web Google would digitize some of the world's most important libraries to attract more viewers to its site and its ads
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