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Hail Google! Wall Street is crumbling and traditional media companies are struggling to survive. But Internet bellwether Google - the king of search - beat analysts' expectations today and posted solid earnings: $1.35 billion in revenue for the quarter. That's up 31% from a year...
...details here. But the bottom line is very strong - and very clearly shows how solid, diversified and growing Google is. And what about the future in this cataclysm of an economy? While CEO Eric Schmidt was characteristically measured and calm ("While we are realistic about the poor state of the global economy, we will continue to manage Google for the long term...") it looks like Google will emerge from Great Depression 2.0 bigger and stronger than ever. Spend some time with the balance sheet, and listen to Google's top execs - who jackjawed over an hour with analysts after...
...what's really good for the dollar is China, which has a couple of solid reasons to help maintain the stability of the U.S. currency. One is that China is one of America's biggest creditors; the country holds some $519 billion in U.S. Treasury bills (second only to Japan's $593 billion), and it doesn't want to see these investments eroded by a slumping dollar. In addition, China is increasingly worried that an economic slump in the U.S. and Europe will curtail its export growth, dealing the Chinese economy a serious blow. To keep the prices...
...similar unemployment rate today, when a majority of women, both married and single, are in the workforce, is fearful to contemplate. But it would be unlikely to translate into equivalent hardship for individual families. And thanks to Social Security, a solid floor of support exists for elderly Americans--which guarantees a minimum level of consuming power for the economy as a whole...
...Columbia can officially call itself the best winless team in the Ivy League. The Lions lose often—in fact, always—but not by much. Columbia has not dropped any game by more than ten points, and quarterback Shane Kelly is quietly having a solid year in his first season as the Lions’ starter, completing 60 percent of his passes and throwing four touchdowns over just one interception...