Tag archive: economic downturn

As many people have noticed, there’s a recession going on at the moment, with people losing jobs, money, and houses. But it seems to have pretty much by-passed the behemoth that is Google. The company has just posted its figures for the second quarter that end in June, and their profits have leaped up by 18%. For the three-month period, profits were $1.48 billion on revenue of $5.52 billion – so the revenue only went up… Read More

Folks who thought eBay's online payment service PayPal was already pretty ubiquitous might be in for a little shock: the service is expanding its global reach by rolling out fully localized sites in Mexico, Singapore, and Hong Kong, as well as adding nine new languages to its primary Web site, including Danish, NOrwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and Bahasa Indonesian. The additions bring the… Read More