CBS - WBBM Newsradio 780 - Chicago IL, one minute ago / Shares of Google Inc. inched lower Monday following media reports that the search giant is close to shutting down its search engine in China.
StreetInsider.com, 10 minutes ago / With shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) down more than 3% today, and shares of Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU ) up 3%, the price for one share of the Chinese-counterpart is now -- for the first time ever -- above the price for one share of Google.
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh NC, 10 minutes ago / City leaders announced this morning they are making a pitch to be one of Google's test sites for its broadband Internet network.
Banbury Cake - Banbury - Oxfordshire - UK, 13 minutes ago / You can now take a virtual stroll down almost every street in Oxfordshire after search engine Google increased its street maps coverage across the UK.
Anderson Cooper 360 Blog, 14 minutes ago / Google appears to be getting closer to shutting down its strictly monitored search engine in China, according to news reports.
Web Worker Daily, 15 minutes ago / On Friday, Google announced that its had launched the Google Wave Extensions Gallery .
Zacks Investment Research, 16 minutes ago / Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ - Analyst Report ) has hinted that it may roll out handsets based on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband standard by mid-2011.
ONN.tv, 17 minutes ago / Beware the Ides of March … U.S. stocks are heading lower today!
The Industry Standard, 19 minutes ago / One ex-Sun Microsystems employee who will not be cashing an Oracle paycheck is XML co-inventor Tim Bray, who has opted instead to work for the Google.
Short-Term Trading, 19 minutes ago / Google's stock is down 7% this year while the NASDAQ has risen 5%.
NBC - KWQC TV6 - Davenport IA, 22 minutes ago / U.S.-traded shares of Baidu Inc. jumped Monday following media reports that rival Google Inc. is nearing a decision to close its search engine in China.
CNN Blogs, 22 minutes ago / I'm watching the Relative Strength Index, explains Scott Nations of NationShares, which suggests the S&P is really close to overbought.
Fishbowl NY - Mediabistro.com, 23 minutes ago / "Search Engine Roundtable" has alerted us to the fact that Google News has introduced a helpful new feature aimed at making browsing through online newspaper articles easier.
The Courier-Journal Blogs, 24 minutes ago / I do an awful lot of collaborating on TidBITS articles, both as a writer and as an editor.
FT.com, 31 minutes ago / US stocks fell on Monday as investors awaited further clarity about Senator Chris Dodd's financial regulation reforms and fears grew that the Chinese government would ramp up its monetary tightening efforts following comments by Wen Jiabao, Chinese premier, over the weekend.
The Huntsville Times - Huntsville AL, 32 minutes ago / Mayor Tommy Battle this morning announced the creation of a "Get Google" task force to help bring Google's ultra-high speed broadband network to the Rocket City. The dozen task force members, including state Sen. Tom Butler, D-Madison, and state Rep. Phil Williams, R-Huntsville, will spend the next two weeks drumming up community support for Huntsville's bid.
Islands Sounder - Eastsound WA, 37 minutes ago / Google plans to launch one or more experimental "ultra-high-speed broadband networks" in communities that evidence interest and support for the project, and at reasonable prices.
SFGate.com - San Francisco CA, 40 minutes ago / SFGate Community blogs are not edited by SFGate or the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, 42 minutes ago / U.S.-traded shares of Baidu.com Inc. jumped Monday following media reports that rival Google Inc. is nearing a decision to close its search engine in China.
Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI, 42 minutes ago / If selected, Ann Arbor will serve as a test market for Google's new ultra-high speed broadband network, which is 100 times faster than current commercial services.
ITN, 10 minutes ago/ It has been announced that Kate Winslet has separated from her director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage.
MSNBC, 19 minutes ago/ David Beckham checked into a hospital Monday for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon, hoping for a "swift and full recovery" from an injury that will keep him out of the World Cup. Beckham left a private jet on crutches at Turku airport and departed in an SUV.
St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN, 1 hour 23 minutes ago/ Attention-grabbing pop star Lady Gaga will return to the Xcel Energy Center, as a headliner, on Aug. 30.
Telegraph - London - UK, 7 hours 13 minutes ago/ It means that iPad users will effectively have to buy a new device if their battery becomes unable to hold a full charge over time.
ABC News, one minute ago/ The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.
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