Trouble's brewing in Android land

[onthebottom]

Yup, some companies can and do tell their shareholders to pound sand for the good of the long term.

Google has very investor unfriendly voting structures, consider:

How Google's capital structure limits shareholder power
Google currently has a dual-class voting structure that ensures that not only will it get its way in all director elections, but it will also be able to soundly defeat any shareholder proposals pushing for changes to its corporate-governance structure.

Within this structure, insiders' Class B stock has 10 votes per share and average shareholders' Class A stock has one vote per share. Because of this situation, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with Chairman Eric Schmidt, control about 64% of share votes.

In addition, Google plans to introduce a new class of shares in the future -- Class C stock -- that lacks voting power altogether, allowing these insiders to acquire additional shareholder capital in the future without diluting their voting power.

http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...areholders-likely-oppose-googles-dual-cl.aspx

 

[WoodPeckr]

NYSE Closings Wed

GOOG 1,030.42
AAPL 524.90

Seems to not bother GOOG shareholders bottie.....:eyebrows:

 

[rafterman]

More good news for Google. 81% share of the smart phone market vs. 13% for Apple, 4% for Microsoft and trailing the pack with 1% is BlackBerry.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...ket-as-blackberry-apple-slip/article15184300/

 

[onthebottom]

More good news for Google. 81% share of the smart phone market vs. 13% for Apple, 4% for Microsoft and trailing the pack with 1% is BlackBerry.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...ket-as-blackberry-apple-slip/article15184300/

And yet they can't make money at it.....

 

[onthebottom]

Market Cap
GOOG $344b
AAPL $475b

Seems to not bother GOOG shareholders bottie.....:eyebrows:

Fixed it.....

 

[IM469]

Seems to not bother GOOG shareholders bottie.....:eyebrows:

Mrkt Cap......2012.........2013........ Trend
GOOG..........252b..........344b........ 92b
AAPL ...........658b..........475b........ -183b
SSNLF..........177b..........190b........13b

I thought I would throw in Samsung to round off all the players. Odd that this thread was not labelled 'Trouble Brewing in Apple Land'

 

[onthebottom]

Mrkt Cap......2012.........2013........ Trend
GOOG..........252b..........344b........ 92b
AAPL ...........658b..........475b........ -183b
SSNLF..........177b..........190b........13b

I thought I would throw in Samsung to round off all the players. Odd that this thread was not labelled 'Trouble Brewing in Apple Land'

The difference is, more than half that Apple valuation is due to iOS products, none of the Google valuation (or very little of Samsung) is due to Android.

Google is basically a private sector NSA organization that gathers personal data via web services (search, email, maps) and sells it.

OTB

 

[djk]

The difference is, more than half that Apple valuation is due to iOS products, none of the Google valuation (or very little of Samsung) is due to Android.

Google is basically a private sector NSA organization that gathers personal data via web services (search, email, maps) and sells it.

OTB

The fact Samsung has made more money from Android than Google has says a lot.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Fixed it.....

LMAO!!!!

Fuzzy Math away bottie as only you can but the NYSE has spoken......:eyebrows:

GOOG 1,030.42
AAPL 524.90

Seems to not bother GOOG shareholders bottie.....:eyebrows:

 

[WoodPeckr]

Mrkt Cap......2012.........2013........ Trend
GOOG..........252b..........344b........ 92b
AAPL ...........658b..........475b........ -183b
SSNLF..........177b..........190b........13b

I thought I would throw in Samsung to round off all the players. Odd that this thread was not labelled 'Trouble Brewing in Apple Land'

That says it all!!!....