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| Google Offers via Mashable |
1) They beat earnings estimates
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Results and Management Changes (Google Press Release)
Instant view: Google profit beats, Page becomes CEO (Reuters)
2) Co-founder Larry Page replaced Eric Schmidt as CEO (remains Executive Chairman)
Schmidt Named Executive Chairman of Google as Co-Founder Page Becomes CEO (Bloomberg)
Power Shifts Atop Google (WSJ)
Google’s Management Shift: What Now for M.&A.? (DealBook)
John Battelle's Bloomberg Interview on Google Management Changes (Bloomberg Video)
Henry Blodget: Let's Be Serious: Eric Schmidt Got Canned (Business Insider)
Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google? (New Yorker)
"Day-to-day adult supervision no longer needed!" - (Eric Schmidt on Twitter)
An update from the Chairman (Google Blog)
3) Google is launching a Groupon competitor called Google Offers
Google to Launch Groupon Competitor [EXCLUSIVE] (Mashable)
What Does Google Offers Mean for Groupon? [OP-ED] (Mashable)
Google Offers: Group buying, Groupon- and LivingSocial-killer (Computer world)
4) Eric Schmidt is set to sell 534,000 shares. He would still own 8.7 million shares, down from 9.2 million. That's $335 million at todays price. Not bad! (SEC 8-K Filing).
