Technology Report: Google fourth-quarter revenue misses Wall Street target, shares fall

	Click to View in Browser 01/29/2015 Google fourth-quarter revenue misses Wall Street target, shares fall SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's revenue grew 15 percent in the fourth quarter, falling short of Wall Street's target on declining online ad prices and unfavorable foreign exchange rates. Amazon sales rise in holiday quarter, shares jump SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc reported earnings of 45 cents per share for the crucial holiday quarter, trouncing analysts' expectations and sending its shares up 9 percent. Broadcom's fourth-quarter revenue beats expectations SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Broadcom posted higher fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday that exceeded Wall Street's expectations as the company increased its focus on wifi and broadband chips. Politics, mobile overshadow Alibaba's fairy-tale run SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's underwhelming holiday quarter performance and an escalating war of words with a powerful Chinese industry regulator highlight two major risks to its seemingly fairy-tale ascent: politics and the shift to mobile commerce. U.S. wireless spectrum auction raises record $44.9 billion WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission raised a record $44.9 billion in the auction of so-called AWS-3 airwaves that closed on Thursday, marking the highest point yet in the wireless industry's appetite for more spectrum. Delhi Uber passenger who alleges driver rape sues in U.S. court SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A passenger allegedly raped by an Uber driver in India's capital sued the online car service in U.S. federal court on Thursday, claiming the company failed to maintain basic safety procedures. Alibaba quarterly revenue disappoints, shares fall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's shares fell more than 10 percent early on Thursday, wiping more than $25 billion of market value after third quarter revenue at the Chinese internet giant fell short of analysts' expectations. U.S. consistently raised concerns with China on IT rules: trade office WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States administration has consistently pressed China about the impact of regulations on U.S. information technology firms, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday. U.S. prosecutor to drop insider trading charges over IBM deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday they will drop charges against five men accused of insider trading ahead of an IBM Corp acquisition after an appellate court ruling limited the ability of authorities to pursue such cases. Microsoft gives away more Office software to attract mobile users SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp made its popular Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications available for free on Android tablets on Thursday, marking the latest step in its drive to get as many mobile customers as possible using its software. Related Video Mobile heat tech the Google maps of energy savings Amplifying tiny movements to visualize the invisible Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend