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Google snaps up mobile ad startup for $750 million Google accelerates its mobile ad expansion with $750 million purchase of AdMob By Michael Liedtke, AP Technnology Writer On 7:03 pm EST, Monday November 9, 2009 Buzz up! 2 Print.Companies:Apple Inc.Ford Motor Co.Google Inc. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet ...

  Berkshire Hathaway's net income triples By Jonathan Stempel and Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKa.N BRKb.N on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit. Results were announced three days after Buffett revealed ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_berks hire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit. Results were announced three days after Buffett revealed the biggest acquisition in his 44 years running ...

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Motorola, Alcoa, Procter & Gamble are big movers Motorola, Alcoa, Procter & Gamble, Office Depot are among big market movers Thursday By The Associated Press On 5:32 pm EDT, Thursday October 29, 2009 Buzz up! 3 Print.Companies:Alcoa, Inc.Aetna Inc.First Solar, Inc. NEW YORK (AP) -- The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock ...

Wall Street jumps as GDP growth spurs optimism On 5:29 pm EDT, Thursday October 29, 2009 Buzz up! 1 Print.Companies:Apple Inc.Dow Jones Industrial AverageSP 500 Energy Sector Index,Rth By Ellis Mnyandu Reuters - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ... Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 9,712.73 -249.85 ^GSPE 422.22 -15.27 NASDAQ...

Consumer spending falls in September, incomes flat Consumer spending falls in Sept. while incomes flat, raises concerns about recovery's strength By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer On 10:12 am EDT, Friday October 30, 2009 Buzz up! 0 Print.Companies:Colgate-Palmolive Co.Kellogg CompanyProcter Gamble Co. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine ...

Markets advance on surprising GDP growth On 11:59 am EDT, Thursday October 29, 2009 Buzz up! 0 Print.Companies:Aetna Inc.Colgate-Palmolive Co.Kellogg Company By Ryan Vlastelica Reuters - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ... Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 9,926.08 +163.39 NASDAQ 2,094.60 +34.99 AET 26.91 +1.59 CL 79.09 +1....

P&G, Colgate top expectations; P&G shares rise On 11:36 am EDT, Thursday October 29, 2009 Buzz up! 0 Print.Companies:Colgate-Palmolive Co.Procter Gamble Co. By Jessica Wohl Reuters - Tide detergent, a Procter & Gamble (P&G) product, at a store in Tempe, Arizona October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua ... Related Quotes Symbol Price Change CL 79.08 +1.40 PG 59.43 +2.20 {"s" : "cl,pg","k" : "c10,l10,p20,...

Wall St rises after Q3 GDP stronger than expected By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday after data showed the U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the last quarter, soothing recent jitters that the recovery would be anemic. Corporate earnings that topped expectations also buoyed the market, including Motorola Inc (MOT.N), up 9.9 percent at $8.77, and Procter & ...