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SMF Notes Google Inc.

(GOOG)’s Seoul office was raided by South Korea’s antitrust regulator as part of a probe into whether the owner of the world’s largest search engine unfairly blocked competitors in the mobile-search market, a person familiar with the investigation said.

The on-site investigation at Google’s office resulted from April complaints filed by NHN Corp. (035420) and Daum Communications Corp. (035720), South Korea’s two…

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Added by ken flagg on September 7, 2011 at 7:40pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google Inc. (GOOG), which moved its Chinese search-engine service

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offshore last year to avoid the country’s online censorship rules, said China’s government renewed the company’s Internet license.

“We can…

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Added by ken flagg on September 7, 2011 at 5:16pm — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google initiated with a Buy at Hilliard Lyons; tgt $700 (558.06 -5.71)

Hilliard Lyons initiates GOOG with a Buy and price target of $700 saying they project continued strength in net revenue growth representative of several factors including; growth in mobile advertising from increased mobile device sales, an increased base of global users and efficiencies made in core search.

Added by ken flagg on August 15, 2011 at 2:17pm — No Comments

SMF Notes MMI Motorola Mobility/ Google (GOOG) Conference Call (24.47 ) -Update-

Mildly accretive on a non GAAP business; GOOG says it keeps plenty of financial flexibility; notes strong track record on acquisitions... see deal as opportunity to increase value to shareholders... Patent portfolio ramifications: says patents will help against AAPL; will protect Andriod eco system under threat from some companies; not prepared to talk about specific strategies; says MMI patents will help protect the ecosystem; MMI has over 17K patents worldwide;… Continue

Added by ken flagg on August 15, 2011 at 2:08pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility

http://investor.google.com/releases/2011/0815.html

Added by ken flagg on August 15, 2011 at 8:59am — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google target raised to $790

at RBC Capital Mkts following last night's earnings (528.94 )

RBC Capital Mkts raises their GOOG tgt to $790 from $680 after co reported its strongest quarter in several years, with revenue handily exceeding all expectations at +36% Y/Y and, more importantly, EBITDA margins holding steady at 54.5%, in line with consensus. The biggest differences between this quarter and 3Q10 (the last "beat and raise") are that: 1)… Continue

Added by ken flagg on July 15, 2011 at 9:10am — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google reinstated with a Buy at Needham;

tgt $725 (528.94 )

Needham is reinstating GOOG with a buy and $725 tgt. They believe Google is a compelling investment given its multiple bln dollar growth opportunities. Search remains the engine of growth and their 2H11 Search rev ests could prove conservative as advertisers shift more of their budgets online and wait to flush their budgets; they expect advertisers to shift more of their budgets online; their FY12… Continue

Added by ken flagg on July 15, 2011 at 9:08am — No Comments

SMF Notes Google Plus:

initial success changes tone of earnings call, potential for more - Stifel Nicolaus (531.99 ) -Update-

Stifel believes the success of Google Plus is a big deal for Google shareholders. The beta launch of Google's social sharing platform, Google Plus (G+), now counts users "in the millions", even with invitations to the platform scarce. Firm believes Google's social media effort, spearheaded by G+, will be more…

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Added by ken flagg on July 11, 2011 at 9:15am — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google: Facebook rapidly gaining share but Google holding Its own -

The Benchmark Company (480.22 ) -Update-

The Benchmark Company notes search industry growth appears to have slowed sequentially. But Google gained share in digital advertising while also enhancing search monetization. Mobile searches were less than 1% of all searches last year but now represent about 3%, they believe. Google's stock price reflects concern over Facebook, inefficient cash mgmt and regulatory oversight,… Continue

Added by ken flagg on June 24, 2011 at 8:42am — No Comments

SMF Notes Google to Announce Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Results

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (January 10, 2011) - Google…

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Added by ken flagg on April 14, 2011 at 8:33am — No Comments

SMF Notes Sprint cozies up to Android with Market carrier billing

Google currently only has carrier billing in the US and in Japan, both regions where credit cards are pretty common so it seems like there are imminent plans to roll this out to carriers in countries where credit cards aren't as…

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Added by ken flagg on April 13, 2011 at 4:39pm — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google tgt lowered to $675 at ISI Group ahead of results. (569.09 )

ISI Group notes, given the recent strong data on the search business (both via its checks and via comScore), it's raising its 1Q11 net revenue forecast to $6.52 bln from $6.30 bln and its 2011 net revenue estimate to $27.74 bln from $26.86 bln ($6.44/$27.41 consensus). At the same time, as a result of its operating expense analysis, ISI now expects 1Q11 operating expenses to come in at $2.28 bln ($2.18 bln prior) resulting in an operating margin of 39.1% (39.7%… Continue

Added by ken flagg on April 6, 2011 at 7:48am — No Comments

SMF Notes Google Product Chief Jonathan Rosenberg Resigns After Page Takes CEO Job

Google Inc. (GOOG) Senior Vice President Jonathan Rosenberg plans to step down, a move that may give freer rein to new Chief Executive Officer Larry Page as he tries to shake up the company.

Rosenberg announced his resignation today, the Mountain View, California-based company said in an e-mailed statement. He oversaw the design and creation of all of Google’s products, including consumer and business… Continue

Added by ken flagg on April 5, 2011 at 8:08am — No Comments

SMF Notes Google Inc. (GOOG)'s dominance of the Internet-search industry is being considered for a broad antitrust

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:35 AM

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Google Inc. (GOOG)’s dominance of the Internet-search industry is being considered for a broad antitrust investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, two… Continue

Added by ken flagg on April 5, 2011 at 6:49am — No Comments

SMF Notes Google awarded "Stalking Horse" bidder status for Nortel patents - CNBC

Monday, April 4, 2011 5:05 AM

Google awarded "Stalking Horse" bidder status for Nortel patents - CNBC

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Added by ken flagg on April 4, 2011 at 5:15pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google agreed to settle FTC charges

Google agreed to settle FTC charges that it used deceptive tactics and

violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social

network, Google Buzz, in 2010 (582.71 +0.98)

Added by ken flagg on March 30, 2011 at 2:14pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google Inc. (GOOG), China's government is blocking its Gmail service

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Google Inc. (GOOG), the world’s largest Internet search company, said China ’s government is blocking its Gmail service, after users reported trouble accessing the site.

Users of… Continue

Added by ken flagg on March 21, 2011 at 9:23pm — No Comments

SMF Notes (MSFT), Google (GOOG) or both to adopt a new OS.

Canaccord Genuity notes NOK could soon announce a partnership with Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG) or both to adopt a new OS. According to the WSJ, the Finnish phone maker is in talks with MSFT about supplementing its Symbian operating system with Windows Phone 7, a person familiar with the situation has revealed. If both sides reach an agreement, CEO Elop is likely to announce the deal Friday, when the co is expected to present its strategy to investors in London… Continue

Added by ken flagg on February 10, 2011 at 2:36pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Google - Honeycomb demo notes - ISI Group (613.53 +2.49)

Google - Honeycomb demo notes - ISI Group (613.53 +2.49)

ISI Group notes Andy Rubin and some of his Android colleagues from Google justfinished a live demonstration of the company's newest version of its Android operating system, Honeycomb. Firm notes the Motorola (MMI) Xoom tablet was running Honeycomb.…

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Added by ken flagg on February 2, 2011 at 4:49pm — No Comments

SMF Notes GOOG Google target raised to $800 at Canaccord Genuity (637.44 +10.67)

Canaccord Genuity raises their GOOG tgt to $800 from $750 saying Google showed the kind of accelerating growth that they expect to continue as ad dollars shift online. Moreover, Google continues to gain share in search as mobile drives significant growth in usage, and display becomes more meaningful.

Added by ken flagg on January 21, 2011 at 1:33pm — No Comments