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| Jan.5 |
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Google to launch charitable foundation
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| Jan.13 |
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Google settles SEC charges
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| Feb.1 |
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7-fold improvement in quarter profit Google earned $204.1 million, or 71 cents per share, during 4th-quarter of 2004, comparing to $27.3 million, 10 cents in 2003
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| Mar.10 |
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Founders worth $7.2 billion each
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| Apr.5 |
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Google to archive video clips
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| Apr.9 |
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Execs paid $1 a year| Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, CEO Eric Schmidt, asked that their annual pay be cut to $1 | |
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| Apr.21 |
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Profit Soars, Topping Forecasts First-quarter profit increased by nearly 6-fold as the search engine's rapid growth continued to soar beyond expectations
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| Apr.22 |
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Stock Rises on Strong 1Q Earnings
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| May.13 |
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Shareholders meet for first time
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| May.20 |
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Home-page software upgraded
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| Jun.2 |
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Shares hit $287
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| Jun.8 |
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$80bn Google takes top media spot Internet search phenomenon become the world's biggest media company ahead of Time Warner
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| Jul.12 |
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Google Driving Up Peninsula Real Estate
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| Jul.20 |
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Microsoft sues Google over hiring
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| Jul.21 |
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Stock tumbles Shares hit $317.80 and tumbled to $290 after twofold increase in sales and an even bigger jump in profits
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| Jul.22 |
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Stock Sinks on Slow Revenue Growth
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| Jul.28 |
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Microsoft wins employee battle w. Google
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| Aug.9 |
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Cnet went too far in googling
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| Aug.18 |
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Google files to sell 14.2 million shares
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| Aug.22 |
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Hard drive search introduced In a battle for desktop dominance, Desktop 2 allows computer users to search their PC hard drive faster
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| Aug.24 |
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Google to add instant messages and chat Google Talk will compete against AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo and will be an extension of the free G-mail e-mail service
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| Sep.1 |
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Google selling print ads
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| Sep.14 |
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Partial legal victory over Microsoft
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| Sep.15 |
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New feature sorts through blogs Google introduced a search engine devoted to scanning blogs, released at google.com/blogsearch
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| Sep.29 |
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Google plans offices, NASA partnership Google will build up to 1 million square feet of offices at NASA Ames Research Center and collaborate on research
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| Sep.30 |
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Officials say Google dodging taxes
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| Oct.1 |
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Google Wants Free Wireless For City| Google Inc.is creating a springboard for the search engine to leap into the telecommunications industry | |
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| Oct.4 |
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Bid For Free S.F. Wireless Confirmed The proposal must first be selected among the finalists, a process that city hope to complete in three weeks
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Google, Sun target Microsoft Office Sun Microsystems and Google unveiled a partnership in which they will distribute software technologies together
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| Oct.11 |
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Google Pours $1 Billion Into Philanthropics The altruistic effort under the Google.org follows through on a pledge that the company made last year
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| Oct.15 |
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India warns: Google terror threat President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is warning free mapping program could help terrorists by providing photos
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| Oct.20 |
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Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges| Google lived up to the lofty expectations that analysts and investors had for the search leader | | |
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| Nov.6 |
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Yahoo, Google to launch wireless services
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| Nov.16 |
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Searchable classified database created Google Base has its sights set on conquering classified advertising
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Google, Mountain View Offer Free Wi-Fi The city is to become the first city to bring free wireless internet service to the entire town
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| Nov.17 |
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Shares Hit $400 Milestone| Share is marking a gain of nearly $100 a share in the 4 weeks since Google reported quarterly financial results | | |
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| Dec.1 |
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University made $336m on Google stock Stanford received 1.8 million shares in exchange for allowing Google to use key Internet search technology
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| Dec.9 |
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Nasdaq 100 set to add Google
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| Dec.15 |
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Google, Microsoft and Sun to fund lab $7.5 million donated for a new computer science lab to make easier for Internet entrepreneurs to test their ideas
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| Dec.16 |
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AOL Nears Major Deal With Google Time Warner is negotiating with Google to broaden a lucrative advertising partnership with America Online unit
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| Dec.17 |
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Google to buy piece of AOL| Google is close to buying a 5% stake for $1 billion as part of a deal that would expand the advertising partnership | |
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| Dec.23 |
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Google settles hiring suit Google has settled a bitter court battle with Microsoft over the hiring of Kai-Fu Lee, one of the MS former executives
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