Googlers on Wall St.

August 24, 2005

Google to introduce voice, text systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Further expanding beyond its roots in Internet search, Google Inc. plans to launch a long-rumored program today that provides both text instant messaging and computer-to-computer voice chat.

August 19, 2005

Google's new stock sale to net $4 billion

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. makes raising money look as easy as pi.

April 20, 2005

Free: pizza to stressed techies

COLLEGE PARK - Allow Rob Sherwood to explain his assignment. "I buy pizza for people," the University of Maryland graduate student says.

March 23, 2005

News agency sues Google for using excerpts

NEW YORK - In a case that could set limits on Internet search engines, the French wire service Agence France-Presse is suing Google Inc. for pulling together photos and story excerpts from thousands of news Web sites.

January 12, 2005

A miscue by Google burdens its employees

NEW YORK - In charting its own trailblazing course through its $1.9 billion initial public offering, Google Inc. made a lot of attention-grabbing moves.

August 6, 2004

Skepticism on Google IPO emerges as auction nears

Google Inc., the search engine giant whose first stock offering supposedly augurs a rebound for the technology economy and a rare opportunity for the small investor, may turn out to be neither.

July 27, 2004

Virus strikes Google as it files for IPO

On a day when Internet search giant Google Inc. stuck its neck out and placed a $36 billion value on itself - higher than even McDonald's Corp.-many users found its services worthless, shut down by the latest version of the MyDoom virus, which first appeared this year and is spread through seemingly innocent e-mail attachments.

May 3, 2004

Google IPO filing leaves out a lot

Google Inc. had been such a secretive company that when it registered last week for an initial public offering, the crush of people trying to read the filing nearly crashed the Securities and Exchange Commission's website.