Stocks had little to show for a day of rocky trading on Friday. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the stock market spent a lot of time going nowhere on Friday. Google started the day lower after posting strong earnings and lower than expected sales and issuing a cautious outlook. The stock rallied 3% to its highs of the day 30 minutes later, then spent the rest of the day trying to hang onto…
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In chilly ad economy, search giant still comes through with earnings ahead of analysts' expectations. [/caption] In every recession there are companies that seem almost immune. Almost. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today reported the first quarterly drop in revenue in the company's 10-year history, posting $5.51 billion in total revenues, off 3 percent from the mark of $5.7 billion the search giant turned in the previous quarter. Amid a frosty ad market, Google's earnings topped…
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Sun is trying to restart talks with IBM, but is being met with a cold shoulder. [/caption] The on-again, off-again soap opera romance between Sun Microsystems and IBM is back on -- but apparently one-sided, because IBM is reportedly not interested. Negotiations for IBM (NYSE: IBM) to purchase Sun (NASDAQ: JAVA) for $7 billion seemed all but settled last week until they collapsed at the 11th hour. Since then, both companies have gone…
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