Category Archives: Google

‘I work for one of the 10 Best Companies’

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com Google’s famous for its perks — free gourmet food in the cafeteria, an on-campus climbing wall — but some of the best offerings at the company depend on its employees’ creativity. Take its 20% time, for example. Google employees are encouraged to devote 20% of their work hours to a project [...]

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Get ready to pay more for your mail

By doris | Published: November 22, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.comThanks for your waiting for me to begin again. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is raising rates for its more profitable express mail and priority mail shipping next year, part of its efforts to stave off bankruptcy. The new prices, which take effect Jan. 22, include the introduction of a new flat [...]

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Google founders plan big stock sale

By doris | Published: January 25, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin plan to sell off 5 million Google shares each over the next five years, a move that could see them surrender majority voting control over the company they created. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) has an unusual dual-stock structure. “Class A” [...]

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Concessions From Google on Digital Books

By doris | Published: November 15, 2009

Full Story at  CBS News.com (AP) Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library if a court approves a revised lawsuit settlement that addresses objections of antitrust regulators. The offer comes two months after the U.S. Justice Department balked at Google’s original agreement with authors [...]

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