Description: Google’s fourth-quarter earnings rise but come in below analysts’ targets, and that doomed the search firm’s stock in late trades. Currency and tax issues, combined with a recent rally, set up the shares for a fall, according to MarketWatch tech editor Dan Gallagher. Lauren Rudser reports.

Source:  Marketwatch.com – video report

Date: 01/05/2012

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/google-rarely-misses-estimates-so-what-happened/EF182A02-BD36-4A3F-8865-3E96A04E5C83

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize what happened at Google, according to this report.
• Do you think now is a good opportunity to pick up Google stock or is this the beginning of a trend?