Google revenues and income rise

October 12th, 2009 Google board member steps downMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.

October 9th, 2009 FCC expected to open probe of Google Voice serviceWASHINGTON — Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T that Google's messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. The Federal Communications Commission's probe was described to The Associated Press by people with knowledge of the inquiry.

October 7th, 2009 Google CEO: Europe keeping pace with US recoveryNEW YORK — Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.

October 7th, 2009 Media6Degrees hires former Google executive as CEOPHILADELPHIA — Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.

September 16th, 2009 SAN JOSE - So far, you have been spending time browsing to read news on Internet. But now, top search engine and content giant Google will help you read news, as if you were actually flipping newspapers or magazines.

September 14th, 2009 Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new formatSAN FRANCISCO — Google is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine. The change eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers.

September 10th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google is working on a micropayment system that would allow newspapers to easily charge for online content, the web search giant has revealed in a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America. In the proposal, which was released on the internet Thursday, Google said that its micropayment system would be up and running within the year and would enable simple payment of one cent to several dollars.

August 27th, 2009 Antitrust watchdog probes Google ItalyROME — Italy's antitrust watchdog is investigating allegations by Italian newspapers that Google Italy is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site by dropping them from its search engine. Google said the newspapers were free to remove themselves from Google News while still remaining on its search engine.

August 11th, 2009 Judge allows objection to Google Book dealSAN FRANCISCO — A judge has granted The Media Exchange Company Inc. the opportunity to file an objection to a settlement reached between Google Inc.

August 5th, 2009 Google to buy video compression firm for $106.5MMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.

August 3rd, 2009 Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more appsSAN FRANCISCO — Google is launching a rare marketing campaign Monday to try to boost its sales of online business applications. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is leasing billboards along major highways in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston this month to promote a bundle of business applications that sells for $50 per worker annually.

July 16th, 2009 Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad salesMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.

June 22nd, 2009 Mexico signs agreement with Google to push tourismMEXICO CITY — Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History signed an agreement with Google Mexico to promote archaeological and historical sites in a bid to revive tourism following the swine flu epidemic. The plan uses several elements of the Google platform, including placing maps of archaeological sites and directions to them on Google Earth.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - Internet search engine Google has become the world's first 100 billion dollar brand. It is worth almost 25 per cent more than rival computing corporation Microsoft, according to the annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brands report.

April 17th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search powerhouse Google bucked the economic downturn in the first quarter, posting an 8.9-percent rise in profits as revenues climbed 6.2 percent. The Silicon Valley-based online advertising giant earned $1.42 billion in the quarter, up from $1.31 billion in the same quarter a year ago.