GOOG closed on 02012.10.17 at $755.49. Yesterday (02012.10.18) GOOG hit an intra-day high of $759.42 before the 3Q'12 results were released early. GOOG plunged to $676.00 before closing at $695.00. For the day, GOOG was down 8%. Volume was 12.43 million vs. t3m-avg. of 2.77 million.
Here are my observations of the 3Q'12 results: free cash flow of $3.13 billion; capital expenditures were $872 million; "cash" at $45.7 billion; effective tax rate of 22%. From Google's press release: "Headcount – On a worldwide basis, we employed 53,546 full-time employees (36,118 in our Google business and 17,428 in our Motorola business) as of September 30, 2012, compared to 54,604 full-time employees as of June 30, 2012."
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