SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 (Reuters) – Google Inc’s
former chief executive Eric Schmidt received a bump in his
annual salary to $1.25 million from the $1 he received in the
previous year, after he became the executive chairman of the
company in April 2011.

Schmidt’s total compensation last year swelled to $101
million thanks to a previously announced equity award granted
when he ended a 10-year stint in the top job at Google,
according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Reuters) – The Android smartphone
operating system is a very important asset for Google Inc
, but it is not critical, the company’s chief executive
officer said in courtroom testimony.

Google CEO Larry Page took the stand for a second day on
Wednesday in a high-stakes legal dispute with Oracle Corp
over smartphone technology.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Reuters) – The Android smartphone
operating system is a very important asset for Google, but it is
not critical, Google’s chief executive said in courtroom
testimony.

Google CEO Larry Page took the stand for a second day on
Wednesday in a high-stakes legal dispute with Oracle over
smartphone technology.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc reported an uptick in revenue that marked its first quarterly sales growth in three years, as new Chief Executive Scott Thompson outlined his plan to revamp the struggling Web company.

Citing moves to shut down dozens of underperforming online properties, while making online commerce and mobile products a bigger part of Yahoo’s business, Thompson described “the first steps” to regain market share from online rivals and revive the company’s growth.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter said on Tuesday that it would structure its patents so they could not be used for offensive litigation purposes without permission from the people who developed them.

Twitter said the move would give inventors more control over their creations and ensure its patents are not used to “impede the innovation of others,” the company said in a post on its official blog.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc reported a modest uptick in first-quarter revenue and beat Wall Street’s profit targets, as the Web company moves to revamp its growth under new Chief Executive Scott Thompson.

Shares of Yahoo, which closed Tuesday’s regular trading session at $15.01, were trading up at $15.30 in after hours trading on Tuesday.

By Alexei Oreskovic

(Reuters) – An unusual stock split designed to preserve Google Inc founders’ control of the Web search leader raised questions and some grumbling on Wall Street, even as investors focused on the company’s short-term business concerns.

Shares of Google closed 4 percent lower at $624.60 on Friday, driven by deepening worries about its search ad rates and payments to partners.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (Reuters) – Google Inc
announced a stock split designed to preserve the control of
co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin over the world’s No. 1
Web search engine, asking investors to trust their long-term
vision.

The surprise decision, which its board unanimously approved,
came as the company exceeded Wall Street’s profit expectations
but revealed a worrying 12 percent drop in search advertising
rates – the second consecutive quarterly decline.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (Reuters) – Google Inc
announced a stock split designed to preserve the control of
co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin over the No. 1 Web search
engine, as it posted revenue in line with estimates.

Investors welcomed the first quarter revenue of $8.15
billion after the company’s rare miss in the previous quarter.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc announced plans to give investors a stock dividend on Thursday, as the search giant reported first quarter revenue roughly in line with Wall Street estimates.

Shares of Google, which finished Thursday’s regular session at $651.01, rose to $655 in after-hours trading.