Google warns sales growth to slow
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Google, the world's most-used internet search engine, warns that fiercer competition is set to hit sales growth.
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Google will do better, but don't look for the company to dominate the market anytime soon, says the company's top exec.
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The company speaks of slow U.S. sales growth, but has its makeup really smeared?
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Googleâs share of the search market keeps growing, and no one seems willing to bet that will change soon. Body:\
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After a string of strong years, U.S.  auto sales are slowing and an increasing number of forecasts  say sales could fall next year to their lowest in nearly a  decade, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on  Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - A major semiconductor industry group warned that an economic slowdown could crimp sales of chips used in consumer devices, while GartnerÂ on Sunday said a global chip glut is worsening. Despite recording a fourth consecutiveÂ record high level of monthly chip salesÂ in October of $21.9 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) warned that greater dependance on sales of consumer electronics devices such as MP3 music players and digital cameras means the chip industry could face a downturn if an economic slowdown occurs. The global industry group said recent signs of such an economic slowdown could foretell slower chip growth in coming months. Sales for now, however, remain brisk ahead of the holiday season, the SIA said, with 9.2 percent growth in October compared to the same time last year. Sales were strongest to Europe. Market researcher GartnerÂ said production lines are churning out fewer chips than they could, and that the slowdown reflects an increase in inventory levels similar to 2004, when a glut caused a downturn in the industry. Specifically, global factory utilization rates, which measure the amount of chips a factory churns out compared to its total capacity, dropped to 88.6 percent in the third quarter from 91.2 percent in the second quarter, while in advanced, 12-inch (300 millimeter) factories, utilization rates fell to 87.9 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2004, when the rate bottomed at 87.3 percent, Gartner says. "So, it is looking more and more as though 2006 is repeating the inventory increase/production cutbacks seen in 2004," wrote Gartner analyst Bob Johnson in a report. He predicts that companies will slow down on factory expansion going into 2007.
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Google Inc. is setting out to expand its share of the business software market with a scaled-down version of its Internet-leading search engine that will go on sale Thursday for &#36;4,995.
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The AP article: Google Says Growth Is Slowing Down, that the search leader says that the growth that the company has seen so far this year, might not be sustainable.
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Analysts predict growth in mobile phone sales will drop below 10 percent this year.
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By Jonathan Thaw and John Liu  Baidu.com, China's most-used Internet search engine, forecast first-quarter sales will grow at the slowest pace since the company went public, as competition from Google increases.
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Google Inc  reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and predicted further spending to shore up its operations, sending its shares down as much as 9.5 percent.
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Holiday sales are expected to rise at their slowest pace in five years as the weak housing market and a credit crunch temper consumer spending, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday.
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Slow sales in Asia are expected to cut into sales and profits.
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Google Inc. Thursday warned that the growth it has showed so far this year may not be sustainable.
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Nortel Networks Corp., North America&#39;s largest telephone-equipment maker, said sales growth this year will lag that of competitors and predicted third- quarter revenue will fall from the second period&#39;s $2.
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Holiday sales are expected to rise,   though at a slower rate than last year as consumers fret about   the declining housing market, according to a National Retail   Federation economic forecast on Tuesday.
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Google continues to grow revenue at a healthy clip, reporting an increase of almost 60 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year.Third-quarter revenue for the search giant reached $4.23 billion, up 57 percent over the same quarter last year.Net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was $1.07 billion using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), compared to $733 million in the same quarter last year. On a non-GAAP basis, net income reached $1.24 billion in the third quarterEarnings per share on a non-GAAP basis were $3.91, beating analysts consensus as polled by First Call, which was $3.78.Google&#39;s core search advertising business, as well as expansion of services into international markets, drove growth, Google said. Revenue from outside of the United States was $2.03 billion, representing 48 percent of revenue in the quarter. That compares with 44 percent of revenue coming from international markets in the same quarter last year.