Google CEO: “We Are Not Immune”

Wed, Mar 4th, 2009

We’re not likely see a repeat perfomance of the surprisingly strong results Google (GOOG) reported in its fourth-quarter when the search giant next report earnings. Certainly, that’s the impression given by Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s grim economic commentary at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. "Everyone is assuming 2009 is a tough, tough year," said Schmidt, adding that he does not expect to see improvement until 2010. "I view the situation as pretty dire," he said. "The combination of everything that we have seen does not appear to have a current bottom. … We may be better positioned from an advertiser perspective, but ultimately… the real pain being felt by corporations worldwide will translate to our world."

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