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Google Scores Significant Upgrade (GOOG)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has scored a significant upgrade in both name and in quality.  The king of search has been raised to Goldman Sachs’ Conviction Buy List.  The target was raised to $560 from $510, which is reflective of…

By Douglas A. McIntyre
Published August 20, 2009, 7:31am ET · 1 min read

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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has scored a significant upgrade in both name and in quality.  The king of search has been raised to Goldman Sachs’ Conviction Buy List.  The target was raised to $560 from $510, which is reflective of roughly 25% upside.  While the firm noted an increase display market share, also noted was more search spending and a boost from Europe and even from travel bookings.  Be advised that Goldman Sachs previously had a “Buy” rating on the firm, but this is the upgrade to is conviction list.  Shares are indicated up about 1% but there is very thin activity because of there being more than two hours until the market opens.

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Douglas A. McIntyre

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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