In bid for domains, Amazon and Google vie for similar names

Wed, 06/13/2012 - 13:47 EDT - LA Times

Google hopes to inherit the Earth -- or at least .earth. And Amazon wants to bring you .joy. It's probably no surprise that they both want .you.

Original article
Login or register to post comments

Google avoided about US$2B in taxes last year by stashing US$10B in Bermuda haven
Google Inc. avoided about US$2-billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show. By legally funneling profits from overseas subsidiaries into Bermuda, which doesn’t have a corporate income tax, Google cut its overall tax rate almost in half. The amount moved to Bermuda is equivalent to about 80 percent of Google’s total pretax profit in 2011.
More Thoughts On Google
By Intelligent Speculator: Sometimes I feel like I could write a daily blog about Google (GOOG). Things move that quickly and while a lot of this stuff has limited impact on the short-term revenues and earnings, I do still think they do matter when trying to determine Google’s longer-term value. Why?
Amazon's Tablet Will Add To Android's Momentum
By Trefis: Google (NASDAG:GOOG) has an opportunity to capture significant market share in the tablet OS market through the much publicized Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) tablet, which would be powered by Android.
CHART: Google Raked In The Ad Dollars When It Went After Amazon Last Year (GOOG, AMZN)
Google CEO Larry Page hinted to Wall Street on his Q4 2012 earnings call that he was "really excited" about Google's new e-commerce play, Google Shopping. The new search feature allows retailers to buy search results for people looking for something like "laptops" and display them as products -- a bit like the way Amazon displays its goods.
Here's The First Set Of Hard Numbers On Google's Attempt To Steal Amazon's Shopping Business (GOOG, AMZN)
Google's new "product listing ads" -- seen by most as Google Shopping -- appear to be a hit according to numbers generated in Q4 2012.
Google, Hyundai, Italy’s elections and Champaign in Our Highlights for 12/24/2012
Google and Amazon in rivalry for online books and market share. Hyundai Heavy Industries received an order for 5 new LNG ship carriers. Mario Monti will take part in the coming elections. Champaign consumption in France decreased with the implementation of new taxes.
Google Is Aggressively Working To 'Steal Online Retail From Amazon'
Online behemoth Google is preparing to try to "steal online retail from Amazon," according to Marcus
Amazon And Google At War Over Cloud Storage Prices
By Trefis: Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) seem to be at war over cloud storage prices as both the companies aggressively cut prices last week.
Amazon's Tablet Poses No Threat to Apple, But Watch Out Google
TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler
Why It Makes Sense for Amazon to Make a Tablet
Trefis submits: Speculation is rife that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) could soon launch its own tablet [1] to rival Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android based tablets and Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad.

Main menu

Secondary menu

In bid for domains, Amazon and Google vie for similar names

Related

Latest

User login

Our Blog

Markets Map

Follow Us

Secondary menu