Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row

2010-03-10T14:15:32Z

<div><p>ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.</p><p>Google threatened...

Google CEO: mobile computing reshaping Internet

2010-03-10T07:45:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Google CEO Eric Schmidt struck by explosion in mobile computing, defends company's influence</div><div><p>Google's CEO says mobile smartphones are transforming the Internet, and defended his company's growing dominance over information on the Web.</p><p>Eric Schmidt told an Arab media conference Wednesday he has been "struck by the e...

Spain World Mobile Phone Congress

2010-02-21T00:15:54Z

Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaks during a conference at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. The Mobile World Congress will be held from Feb. 15-18. (AP Photo)

Silicon Valley takes helm in wireless world

2010-02-22T08:39:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Google, Apple lead Silicon Valley in taking initiative, loosening controls in wireless world</div><div><p>Silicon Valley is looking like a winner in the tug-of-war with wireless carriers over who will control the new world of Internet-connected phones.</p><p>The tension between the ...

Google CEO goes on mobile charm offensive

2010-02-22T09:27:17Z

<div><p>BARCELONA (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt urged the mobile industry not to block opportunities offered by the mobile Web and said Google and telecoms carriers could have a symbiotic relationship.</p>&...

Amgen 2010 forecast shows potential upside

2010-02-22T15:07:53Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amgen Inc &lt;AMGN.O&gt; issued a 2010 forecast on Monday that showed potential to exceed Wall Street expectations, but the company's slightly higher fourth-quarter profit came in shy of analyst estimates primarily due to higher expens...

Google to stop censoring China Web results: CEO

2010-02-22T16:48:53Z

<div><p>Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday that the Internet giant is still censoring Web search results in China but that will change in a "reasonably short time from now."</p><p>"We're in conversation with the Chinese government," Schmidt told financial analysts in a confere...

Google quarterly net profit up five-fold

2010-02-22T16:50:10Z

<div><p>Google on Thursday posted a five-fold rise in quarterly net profit to 1.97 billion dollars and said annual net profit rose 54 percent to 6.52 billion dollars.</p><p>Fourth-quarter revenue rose 17 percent to 6.67 billion dollars, the Internet giant said in a statement.</p><p>"Given that the global economy is still in the early days of recovery, this was...

Google teams up with NY Times, Wash Post on 'Living Stories'

2010-02-23T18:51:43Z

<div><p>Google, The Washington Post and The New York Times unveiled an experiment in online presentation of news on Tuesday called "Living Stories," described as a more dynamic way of reading news on the Web.</p><p>"The ...

Google responds to newspaper critics

2010-02-23T20:10:11Z

<div><p>Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.</p><p>"Please don't shoot. I am unarmed," David Drummond, Google's chief legal counsel, told angry publishers last week at the World Newspaper Congress in ...

White House jobs forum focuses on job creation

2010-02-23T21:11:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Business and labor leaders, local officials discuss job strategies at White House forum</div><div><p>Participants in President Barack Obama's jobs forum Thursday broke into six groups to discuss job creation strategies. Summaries of the discussions in each group.</p><p></...

Google not to blame for US newspaper crisis: CEO

2010-02-23T21:23:54Z

<div><p>Google is being unfairly scapegoated by newspaper publishers and wants to help the troubled industry build online revenue, the chief executive of the Internet giant said.</p><p>"With dwindling revenue and diminished resources, frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in ...

Google CEO says not to blame for news media woes

2010-02-23T21:27:11Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is not to blame for the news industry's problems but is committed to playing a role in helping struggling publishers survive the transition to the online age, CEO Eric Schmidt said.</p><p>Publishers need to explore new ways to m...

Iraqi government launches YouTube channel

2010-02-24T00:39:06Z

<div><p>The Iraqi government launched an official YouTube channel on Wednesday, joining the White House, Britain's Royal Family, the Pope and others on the Google-owned video-sharing site.</p><p>The YouTube channel...

Google documents Iraqi museum treasures

2010-02-24T01:02:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Google documents artifacts of Iraq's national museum, photographs to be posted online</div><div><p>Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.&am...

Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO

2010-02-24T01:03:55Z

<div><p>US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said in Baghdad on Tuesday.</p><p>Eric Schmidt, on the last day of a three-day tour...

Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years

2010-02-24T16:01:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Vast change, more connection, coming to World Wide Web in near future</div><div><p>A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.&l...

Google sees economic revival in rising revenues

2010-02-24T18:20:10Z

<div><p>Google chief executive Eric Schmidt proclaimed the worst of the economic storm over Thursday as the Internet powerhouse reported quarterly revenue surged seven percent to 5.94 billion dollars.</p><p>"Google had a strong quarter -- we saw seven percent year-over-year revenue growth despite the tough economic conditions," Schm...

Google back on growth track, eyes deals

2010-02-24T18:24:22Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's growth machine is back in gear.</p><p>The world's No. 1 search engine not only posted higher-than-expected third-quarter profits and revenues, but also said it was looking for major acquisitions and ...

Genentech chairman resigns from Google board

2010-02-24T19:53:27Z

<div><p>Genentech chairman Arthur Levinson has resigned from the board of directors of Google amid a probe by US authorities into his membership of the boards of both the Internet giant and ...

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