Google Confounds European Investors
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Web surfers from Beijing to Berkeley  have made Google their search engine of choice, but some of  Europe's institutional investors have gone sour on the dot-com  on the eve of its initial public offering.
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SAN JOSE, California - Initial shares of Google Inc. were priced late last night at $85 US each -- the low end of estimates that the company had revised downward hours earlier.
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European stock markets were broadly higher on on Wednesday, but London shares fell as investors digested a weak showing in Tokyo and Hong Kong despite a rebound in New York overnight.
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Investors are hoping for good financial news from the search engine giant.
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Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web content.
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In spite of Google's annual revenue growth of 52%, many Wall Street analysts are now advising their clients to hold off on buying Google stock. Has Microsoft's bid for Yahoo made that much of a dent, or are there other factors at play?
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Europe's bourses are expected to track the climb on the Nasdaq overnight and open slightly firmer. Ericsson though is likley to suffer following a disappointing update and VW will be in focus after rejecting an union pay cuts offer as insufficient.
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European equities retreated on Thursday, with technology stocks under pressure after disappointing news from Applied Materials, while the euro&#39;s rise to new record highs against the dollar also weighed.
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Google's market dominance may convince U.S. and European regulators to let Microsoft through.
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Google attacked European  parliamentarians and privacy advocates on Monday for trying to  have competition authorities consider the handling of personal  information in its $3.1 billion takeover of rival DoubleClick.
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The proposed Google merger could still be held up in Europe, where personal privacy has more legal protections than in the United States.
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Time is running out for prospective  investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc.  GOOG.O, the Web's No. 1 search company.
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Business & money: Search giant shocks investors with lower-than expected profits.
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Despite strong profit growth, shares in Google are down sharply as investors reacted badly to its latest results.
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European equities fell as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of weak demand.
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Google is facing mounting protests from newspaper publishers in Europe, the impact of which could ultimately affect the amount of content available to end users through search engines.
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The initial public offering of Internet search engine Google Inc. (GOOG.O) was billed as a bonanza for millions of U.S. investors -- but the little guy, with check in hand, was left out of the party.