Google Reports $10.65 Billion in Q1 2012 Revenue, Proposes New Class of Stock

Google revenues topped $10 billion for the second quarter in a row, coming in only slightly higher than their Q4 2011 $10.58 billion . The Q1 2012 $10.65 billion in revenue is a new record and reflects a 24 percent increase over the same quarter last year. In their pre-earnings call press release, Google also announced that their board has unanimously approved a stock dividend proposal “designed to preserve the corporate structure that has allowed Google to remain focused on the long term.” CEO Larry Page and co-founder Sergey Brin explain how the two-for-one stock split will work in a Founder’s Letter released alongside the press release. They take pains to quell potential fears over changes in governance: “It’s important to bear in mind that this proposal will only have an effect on governance over the very long term. In fact, there’s no particular urgency to make these ...

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