Wednesday, July 29, 2009

MICROSOFT,YAHOO AND GOOGLE AT A GLANCE

10-year search advertising partnership Wednesday that the companies hope will help them compete against Google Inc. Some key facts about the three companies:

Microsoft:

— Founded: 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to bring the Basic programming language to an early computer, the Altair 8800.

— Headquarters: Redmond, Wash.

— CEO: Steven A. Ballmer

— Employees: 91,000

— Earnings: $14.6 billion in profit and $58.4 billion in sales over the last four quarters.

Yahoo:

— Founded: 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo as a guide to the World Wide Web.

— Headquarters: Sunnyvale, Calif.

— CEO: Carol Bartz

— Employees: 13,000

— Earnings: $11 million in profit and $6.75 billion in sales over the last four quarters.

Google:

— Founded: 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to organize the world's information so more people could find and use it.

— Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif.

— CEO: Eric Schmidt

— Employees: 19,800

— Earnings: $4.63 billion in profit and $22.3 billion in sales over the last four quarters.

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