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Roskomnadzor, the state communications watchdog, states Google and Facebook published political advertising the day before and during the election, even though it requested them to ban such publication "in line with Russian law". The watchdog labels the tech giants' actions as "interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs".
2019-09-8

Google completes its reorganization into Alphabet Inc., becoming its leading subsidiary. Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google.
2015-10-2

For an undisclosed price, Google acquires the robot-making company Boston Dynamics which had previously been contracted by the U.S. military.
2013-12-16

Google calls one of its search engine websites "Google Palestine" instead of "Google Palestinian territories".
2013-05-3

Trading of Google stock on NASDAQ is temporarily suspended after it drops 9% following an inadvertent early release of its quarterly report showing a 20% decline in profits.
2012-10-18

Reuters reports on the basis of "people familiar with the matter" that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance of the search engine market.
2012-10-13

Google says that first quarter earnings rose over 24%, with net profit increasing to $8.14 billion.
2012-04-12

Apple's chief patent lawyer is leaving the company, Reuters reports, amidst a slew of patent-related conflicts with Google, Samsung, Nokia, others.
2011-07-12

The United States Federal Trade Commission considers taking antitrust action against Google.
2011-04-5

A rally takes place outside Google's offices in the U.S. state of California against a proposal to change online data treatment.
2010-08-14