Firm ranks Google low on governance
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Google Inc. tried to democratize the initial public offering process through its unusual auction, but its corporate governance is anything but shareholder-friendly, according to an influential proxy adviser.
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In A Race to the Bottom: Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies, Privacy International spray-paints the fa&ccedil;ades of landmark companies that line today's Main Street on the Web. The painted colors are assessments of each company's performance on privacy issues. Though the rankings are colorful, what they say isn't pretty.  Nobody in the &quot;interim rankings&quot; (.pdf) gets the top (green) mark for &quot;Privacy-friendly and privacy enhancing&quot;. The bottom (black) mark, for &quot;Comprehensive consumer surveillance &amp; entrenched hostility to privacy&quot;, goes to just one company: Google.
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Google's calls for a global privacy standard are not enough to allay concerns about its purchase of DoubleClick.
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Shares of Google Inc. GOOG.O  fell almost 3 percent on Thursday, after the Web search leader  warned it could not sustain in revenue growth rate, a sign that  it could report disappointing fourth-quarter results.
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The initial public offering of  Internet search engine Google Inc. 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.
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Elements of Google's privacy policy are "vague", the firm's global privacy counsel tells BBC News.
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CHICAGO _ Google Inc.&#39;s initial public offering may have captured investors&#39; fancy, but a leading proxy voting advisory service says its corporate governance leaves a lot to be desired.
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When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google Inc. ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings, and demanded an apology.
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InfoWorld - When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings and demanded an apology.
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Google set its long-awaited initial public offering at $85 a share on Wednesday, enduring a series of hurdles to come in at the low end of its recently lowered pricing range.
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GOOGLE, the web search engine, has slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited initial public offering to between £47 and £52 per share from £59 to £74 per share.
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Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than $2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years.
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Google Inc , the world's  top Internet company, on Thursday reported a  weaker-than-expected 17 percent rise in quarterly profit,  disappointing investors hungry for more and sending its shares  down 9.5 percent.
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WASHINGTON - Hugely popular internet search engine Google Inc. cautioned Thursday its current pace of revenue growth is expected to slow.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - The auction for Google  Inc.'s highly anticipated initial public offering got off to a  rocky start on Friday after the Web search company sidestepped  a bullet from U.S. securities regulators.
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Google is being taken to task by a UK-based privacy group over its apparent lack of a commitment to the privacy of its users. However, the company is doing what it can do discredit the report.
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Google Inc., the world's most popular  Web search engine, on Wednesday slashed the price range on its  eagerly awaited initial public offering (IPO) to between $85  and $95 per share from between $108 and $135 per share.