Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
Online search giant Yahoo has confirmed it will reduce its headcount by 4% – or 600 people, as part of a cost-cutting exercise. The job losses represent the fourth round of staff cuts that the company has made in three years, as it endeavours to cut costs and increase profits. The company’s revenues have grown [...]
Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, has announced its profits for the April to June period and has exceeded analysts expectations. The company said profits hit $4.52 billion (£2.96 billion) for the second quarter – a rise of 48% compared with the same period a year earlier. The software giant, which released the Windows 7 [...]
Online search giant Yahoo has published its second quarter results which disappointed the market, sending its shares diving more than 7%. Profits at the company grew by more than 50% in the quarter, but net revenues missed expectations. Revenue in the three months ending June 30 totalled $1.6 billion (£1.05 billion), compared with $1.57 billion [...]
US search engine giant, Google, has reported second quarter net profit of $1.84 billion (£1.2 billion) – a rise of 24% on the $1.48 billion reported in the same period a year earlier. Meanwhile, revenue for the three months ending June came in at $6.82 billion – also a sharp rise on the $5.52 billion [...]
Google has secretly invested over $100 million in online gaming company Zynga, it has emerged. If the reports are true, the investment represent’s the search engine giant’s first major foray into web gaming. Zynga is responsible for some of the best-known online games, including Farmville and Mafia Wars on social networking site Facebook. The investment [...]
US search engine giant, Google, said revenues surged 23% in the first quarter of 2010 to $6.77 billion, compared with $5.51 billion in the same period a year ago – the greatest revenue growth since the third quarter of 2008. Net income soared 37% to $1.96 billion on $6.06 per share from $1.42 billion on [...]
The 10-year search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has been approved today by both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission. Both companies said they plan to begin the tie-up in the next few days and the deal will be finalised by early 2012. The deal, which was agreed in July [...]
Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, has announced its profits for the October to December period and has exceeded analysts expectations. The software giant, which released the Windows 7 operating system in October, said net profit came in at $6.66 billion (£4.13 billion) for the three months to 31 December 2009, compared with the $4.18 [...]
Online search giant Yahoo has posted strong quarter four profits but said sales continue to decline. The company said net profit in the October to December period was $153 million (£95 million) compared with a $303 million loss in the same period in 2008. However, revenue was down 4% to $1.7 billion in the quarter [...]
US search engine giant, Google, said revenues rose 17% in the fourth quarter 2009 compared with the same period a year ago. Advertising earnings were higher at the company with revenues totalling $6.67 billion (£4 billion) in the October to December period – up from $5.7 billion a year ago. However, the figures were at [...]
Google is said to be developing plans to launch a property portal in the UK that would compete with Rightmove. According to a report in the Financial Times, talks are progressing with estate agents and listings on the new site could be free, unlike Rightmove’s, with revenues generated from advertising. Rightmove currently operates the UK’s [...]
Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, has today announced its profits for the July to September period and has exceeded analysts expectations, which led to an 8% rise in its shares in pre-market trading to $28.68. The software giant, which released its new Windows 7 operating system yesterday, said net profit came in at $3.57 [...]
Online search giant Yahoo has posted its quarter three profits today and exceeded analysts expectations, suggesting that advertisers are spending again. Yahoo said it earned $186 million (£113.6 million) in the July to September period, more than treble the $54 million earned in the same period of 2008. Since chief executive Carol Bartz took over [...]
Internet search giant Google believes the worst of the recession is over after it posted a rise in third quarter profits. Google’s results suggest that the demand for online advertising is growing after the company reported net profit of $1.64 billion (£1 billion) during the 3-month period – a 27% increase compared with the same [...]
US internet search company Google has exceeded market expectations by reporting strong second quarterly results, despite the economic turmoil. The company reported profit of $1.4 billion (£851 million) compared with $1.25 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Meanwhile, revenue rose 3% for the period at $5.52 billion with 53% from outside the US. [...]
The BrandZ Top 100 survey, conducted by market research consultancy Millward Brown, has found Google to be the at the top spot of the Most Valuable Brands table. Google, the search engine giant, has become the first $100bn name and 6 of the top 100 are UK brands with Vodafone in the top 10. The [...]
The fall in advertising revenue has resulted in the first drop in quarterly sales for the first time since its incorporating as a public listed company. The recession has had an impact on slower profits and sales, as users of the search engine are not clicking on ads as often. As a result, sales in [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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