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By George Dwyer
Washington, D.C.
24 July 2006
 
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Google Inc., the U.S.-based web search firm, announced last week its profits have more than doubled in the most recent quarter. The company has managed to avoid the seasonal 1 slump 2 that has hit its rivals, Yahoo and eBay.


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Last week's earnings 3 figures significantly beat market expectations, and sent shares of Google up nearly two percent in after hours trading on Thursday. Google's revenue rose 77 percent to $2.46 billion, with its second-quarter net income up sharply to $721 million.



Dr. Eric Schmidt, Google CEO  
  
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, "I think this shows that the model is working -- that the structure, the innovation, and the focus that we have on our business, and especially on our end-users, is really delivering good financial returns for everyone."


Rival firm Yahoo posted second quarter profits this week as well, but those were modest and more in line with market expectations. Word that Yahoo had postponed 4 a planned upgrade to an advertising 5 system designed to compete with Google is believed to have contributed on Tuesday to Yahoo's biggest one-day percentage decline ever. By contrast, Google confirmed it plans to increase its investment in upgraded hardware and improved networks.


"Google is focused as being the innovator 6 on the Internet, and end-users have a right to have products that scale, that work, that are simple and that work everywhere," said the company's CEO. "Google is building that platform. Google is building those solutions. We have a lot more coming."


One of the firm's latest initiatives, called Google Checkout 7, has caught on fast with online shoppers and sellers. It provides single source "log-in for purchase capability 8" by identifying secure places to shop within online search results.


"We are very happy with Google Checkout so far for our end users. The end users can now get their products even more quickly, and even more reliably, and Google checkout makes that happen that much faster," said Schmidt.


Google's current growth rates are now three-to-four times higher than those of its closest competitors.  But industry analysts 9 are debating when -- or even whether -- the current slow growth in the industry will affect Google as it has its rivals.



adj.季节的,季节性的
  • The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
  • The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
n.改革者;创新者
  • The young technical innovator didn't lose heart though the new system was not yet brought into a workable condition. 尽管这种新方法尚未达到切实可行的状况,这位青年技术革新者也没有泄气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Caesar planned vast projects and emerged as a great innovator. 恺撒制定了庞大的革新计划。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
n.(超市等)收银台,付款处
  • Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
  • A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
学英语单词
acinic cell tumor
additive effect
adequate solution
algoparesis
ananyms
anterior cervical triangle
antidimming dise
arch bar
auramine, auramin
barbadosnut
blue-screen
Boveri, Theodor
Budenheim
business liability
carmen (el carmen)
collimating marks
complete neighbo(u)rhood system
composite capital
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
cross over to the other side
crown control
cyclical balanced budget
d'este
data interrogation language
dead-tired
DIALOG Information Service
dismissal statement
distraction-conflict model
duckin'
dulcinea
early frost hidden
ElErian
expand mandrel
fixed oil radical
foreign flavour
half vat
hemstitchings
hide one's light under a bushel
homemade computer
honeytrap
hydrogenated products
in situ curing
informative advertising
initial sensitivity
intra-observer reliability
Josephson
keep the land aboard
leminoprazole
liquid manure drill
make a pig of yourself
matrimonial rites
means of proof
mesocoracoid
middle ear effusion
military-intelligence
misdrawings
most famous of saddle horses
mulain
mushrooming of dislocations
NEP (new equipment practice)
non navigable river
Nord-Norge
Nyda
phased increase
piping hot
pointrels
process costing
programming language revision
purnick
quasi tort
redintegrative
regulations regarding the recruitment of workers
row sb. up Salt River
sarcoma of vagina
security/sensitivity
sight rule
single stage converter
slobber-chops
smurf attacks
spun-barrel reflector
strings along
tangential grinding force
Teddy Bears' Picnic
telechemic
telosemicollinite
tesler
tesselite (apophyllite)
tetra-acylated
tin-based alloy
tone arm for record player
trichopterous insects
trout cod
trypsinlike enzyme
turd cutter
undelete command
variable rate sampling
vector-electrocardiograph
viscountial
Waitahuna
yarmouth interglacial period
zealants