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Google Takes Top Spot From Time Warner

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-doesn't-have-three-names dept.

newfoundry writes "BBC News reports that Google hit $80bn on the NYSE yesterday, so is now worth more than Time Warner..."

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  1. Since when is Google a Media Company? by bradleycarpenter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Last I checked they were a search company. Oh, and Time Warner has sales of 42.45 billion a year compared to Googles 4 billion in sales. I can't wait for Googles stock to burst. Whoever is investing in this company in the $300 range is crazy. Don't complain when you lose all your money because you are a dope.

  2. Welcome to postmodernism by tezbobobo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So you are suggesting then that everytime one makes a claim they should qualify it. It is ludicrous to even suggest this. It is common practice to scale business based on their stock market value. You sound like you've got an axe to grind.

    For example, if I were to reply to an article stating that linux was better than windows you could respond,"Well sure in terms of speed and security. Or you could respond to the diametric opposite, "Well sure .

    For commonly adhered to scales of measurement it is more than appropriate not to qualify statements. It would be ludicrous to respond to the claim "America is more advanced than Kalahari Bushman ethnic regions" by saying, "Well yeah, but not as far as tribal culture is desirable" is true; it is not in this sense that the author intended.