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Travel Easy With Peek.com's CEO And Co-Founder Ruzwana Bashir
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 10:14am | 318Read More...Peek.com CEO and co-founder Ruzwana Bashir appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning to talk travel. Her company has existed for just 11 months, and has already seen backing from the likes of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Eric Schmidt, amongst other high-profile investors. She started the company...
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Google Delays Glass Until 2014 (GOOG)
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 11:32am | 542Read More...After originally promising availability in 2013, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now saying its Glass entry in the wearable computing space won’t happen until 2014 according to Computerworld. The latest setback follows affirmation to Computerworld by inside sources in May at the Google I/O developer...
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The Top 23 Gay Marriage Supporters in Business Today
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 4:32pm | 1663Read More...Editor's note: This piece was originally published on March 27, 2013 This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two landmark cases on the issue of same-sex marriage that may change the current government definition of marriage as we know it. The heavy-hitters who have financed the battle to...
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Will YouTube Overtake Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Dish Network?
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 12:11pm | 618Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is sending a powerful message to TV networks, pay-TV services and anyone else in the traditional television industry: your days could be numbered. According to the Associated Press, Schmidt gave a presentation last night to woo advertisers and...
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Four Stocks Most Analysts are Bullish On
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 12:17pm | 891Read More...Almost all major equity research firms give these stocks Buy, Outperform, Overweight, Hold, Equal Weight, Market Perform or Neutral ratings. This might create a situation in which analysts are weary to go against the overwhelming majority. If one of these stocks declines drastically, almost all of...
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iPad 3's Biggest Competitor Will Be…
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:45am | 406Read More...A company that rhymes with “oogle.” According to Gizmodo, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release its own iPad 3 competitor within six months. The news comes from Google's own Eric Schmidt, who told this Italian publication that the company is getting ready to produce a tablet of the “highest quality...
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Is Google About To Go Back To The Future?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:48am | 680Read More...Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported earnings last night after the bell that absolutely destroyed Wall Street estimates. The earnings estimates were not even close, and this is reminiscent of the company's early days, when Wall Street analysts did not have a clue on earnings estimates. The...
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Eric Schmidt and Lady Gaga Invest in Social Media Startup
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 11:23am | 164Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt and pop diva Lady Gaga reportedly are among investors in Backplane, a new startup co-founded by Lady Gaga's business manager Troy Carter. The social media platform will power online communities around specific interests, such as sports teams and musicians...
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Eric Schmidt Invests in Display Ad Startup Spongecell
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 11:25am | 141Read More...A group of investors that includes Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt, Jim Pallotta of private equity firm Raptor Group, and Brian Rooney, a board member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, has invested an undisclosed amount, estimated to be near $1 million, in rich media ad firm Spongecell. The...
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Mobile Usage Growth Makes For Lucrative Advertising Medium (GOOG)
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 2:53pm | 146Read More...In a keynote speech on Sunday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that mobile usage has grown much faster than anticipated. Currently, YouTube sees 200 million mobile playbacks a day. Internet searches peak much higher through mobile devices than through their desktop internet...
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Obama Meeting "The Tech Trifecta" (AAPL, GOOG)
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:06pm | 358Read More...President Obama is scheduled to meet the "Tech Trifecta" today, and people are sure to pay attention, more so than usual. Obama is meeting with Faceook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs, and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Eric Schmidt at an undisclosed private residence in San...
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Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With President Obama Thursday in San Francisco -ABC
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 8:52am | 43Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs, Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Eric Schmidt and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will meet with President Obama on Thursday in San Francisco, ABC News reports.
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Eric Schmidt Will Get Another Big Deal (GOOG)
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 4:15pm | 315Read More...Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) for another couple of months, until Larry Page becomes CEO and Schmidt becomes Chairman of the company. He's already starting to cash in on this news, as reports came out that he supposedly tried out to be a talk show host, and he's received $100...
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Eric Schmidt Selling $335 Million Worth Of Stock (GOOG)
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 8:52am | 135Read More...In conjunction with him stepping down as CEO of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Eric Schmidt is going to sell $335 million worth of stock. In an SEC filing, Schmidt will sell approximately 534,000 shares of the technology company as part of a trading plan to diversify his portfolio. If Schmidt were to sell...
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Google and Facebook Rivalry Takes Centerstage (GOOG)
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:49am | 131Read More...The technology industry's latest rivalry takes centerstage next week when Internet powers Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook lay out their competing visions to create a new generation of Web services at a high-profile conference in San Francisco. The relationship between the two Internet icons...
