How Google floated past Wall St
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By going Dutch, the geeks of the search engine taught the bankers a lesson in finance, writes John Naughton. If you were seeking a case study in schadenfreude, then last week&#39;s coverage of the Google flotation
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Shares in Google rose $15.01 or 17.7 percent, to open at $100.01 its public debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The jump was a surprise, given the initial $85 price of the shares and the unusual style of the sale.
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Google Inc. may be subject to the law of gravity, after all. Its shares, which more than doubled in the two months after the company's Aug. 19 initial public offering and traded as high as $201.60 on Nov. 3, have slipped about 17 percent over the past two weeks. They closed at $167.54 yesterday, down 2.88 percent for the day, ...
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(InfoWorld) - Google beat Wall Street's expectations for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, 2006, as the company continues on a tear, selling search engine advertising much faster than its biggest rivals and than the industry average. Google generated revenue of $3.21 billion, an increase of 67 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Subtracting the commissions it pays to its advertising partners, revenue came in at $2.23 billion, topping the consensus expectation of $2.195 billion from analysts polled by Thomson Financial. Net income was $1.03 billion, or $3.29 per share, compared with $372.2 million, or $1.22 per share, in 2005's fourth quarter. On a pro forma basis, which excludes certain items, net income was $997 million, or $3.18 per share, topping analysts' expectation of $2.92 per share.
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Google, like so many dot-coms before it, came roaring out of the IPO gate Thursday priced at the low end of expectations and promptly surged in value as investors piled onto the much-hyped share offering.
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Google's stock set yet another milestone during trading Tuesday, surpassing the $500 mark for the first time ever. As of Tuesday afternoon, the company was one of six to be trading at the $500-plus level.
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Google Inc. GOOG.O stock jumped more  than 12 percent on Wednesday to new highs, pushing the Web  search leader past eBay Inc. EBAY.O as the biggest Internet  company in terms of stock market value, after trouncing  quarterly earnings forecasts.
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Shares of the Web search giant leapt 15.43 percent yesterday, on the heels of a 6.33 percent spurt the previous day, even as the broader financial markets continued to retreat.
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NEW YORK Despite voluble skepticism among investors, Google&#39;s stock jumped about 18 percent to $100.01 a share when it debuted Thursday on the Nasdaq stock market.
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InfoWorld - Google beat Wall Street&#39;s expectations for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, 2006, as the company continues on a tear, selling search engine advertising much faster than its biggest rivals and than the industry average.
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GoogleÂs shares gained $14.60, or 3 percent, today to close at $509.65, passing the $500 mark for the first time.
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Google's spooky valuation could drive investors batty.
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The seldom-used auction system that Web search giant Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) used in its initial public offering was expected by some to change the way Wall Street does business.
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GoogleÂs shares gained $14.60, or 3 percent, to close at $509.65, passing the $500 mark for the first time.
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After a bumpy ride toward becoming a publicly traded company, Google Inc. finally saw its stock start trading on the Nasdaq exchange at around noon Eastern Daylight Time Thursday and with a strong opening at $100.01, up from its $85 initial offering price. The stock, which trades under the GOOG ticker symbol, closed at $100.34, up 18 percent.
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Shares of Web Search leader Google Inc.  on Tuesday surged past the highly anticipated $500 milestone for the first time, continuing its strong climb since it became public company in August 2004.
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Shortly before noon today, Google Inc. stock began trading under the ticker symbol GOOG on the Nasdaq stock market. -The Washington Post