Google’s IPO delayed

Google Inc.’s initial public offering has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Regulators made no decision Tuesday as Google had requested, said John Heine, an SEC spokesman. The Internet search company had requested that its registration statement be made effective at 4 p.m. EDT to clear the way for shares to begin trading as early as Wednesday morning. More here

Google seeks OK to sell shares

Google has signaled that its share auction is nearly complete, asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to begin selling 25.7 million shares of stock starting late this afternoon.

Venture capitalists and Google watchers said yesterday’s request, coming on the first business day after the bidding opened, suggested the Web search provider’s much-anticipated auction already may be oversubscribed at a price in the target range of $108 to $130 a share. That would fetch Google between $2.8 billion and $3.3 billion, the biggest initial public offering ever for an Internet company.

Tactics of ‘Google Guys’ Test IPO Law’s Limits

Playboy magazine issue is still burning hot, AN other related news on the Google guys controversy,

The “Google Guys, America’s Newest Billionaires” — as company founders Sergey Brin, 30, and Larry Page, 31, are described in the new issue of Playboy magazine — may be engineers by training, but they are proving to be skilled at marketing too.

Having built one of the world’s best-known Internet search engines through free publicity and word of mouth, they have generated global attention for their ongoing $3 billion electronic auction of stock by granting an exclusive interview with Playboy. more….

Auction for Shares In Google’s IPO Could End Today

Google Inc.’s initial public offering took a major step forward as the company notified investors that today may be their last chance to submit, withdraw or change bids in the unusual $3 billion electronic auction for stock in the Internet giant. More news…

Google Could Make Its Market Debut Wednesday

The Web search company said on Monday it has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to declare its registration statement effective on Tuesday at 4 p.m. EDT

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Google and the underwriters have requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission declare the registration statement pertaining to Google’s initial public offering of Class A common stock effective on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.

source: http://www.ipo.google.com/press-release-20040816-1.html

Google (GOOG) on Monday said that it has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to declare its IPO effective on Aug. 17 at 4 p.m. Eastern, which could see the search company’s shares trading the next day.

Source: CBS market watch

Google’s Funny logos – Google Olmypic logos, Google Athens 2004 Logos

Google has a good sense of humour as we all know, They had the Pigeon rank, Lunar search etc, Now they have some nicely designed google logos on their search page, These logos are designed with The olympics in sight, Right now they displayed 5 logos which is posted below, More Google logos will be posted here as google shows them on their homepage,

Passing Parade: Google Hype Vs. History

Article Doesn’t Stop Google IPO; Playboy Piece Added to Prospectus

In Google’s defense, Sergey Brin and Larry Page gave the interview four months ago, shortly before the company announced plans to go public. But the timing of the publication raises questions about whether the pair violated “quiet period” rules for companies planning an IPO.

Google IPO bids get under way Firm puts contents of Playboy interview in official filing