Google's Earnings Up: Worst of Recession is Over

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google said Thursday the worst of the recession has passed, as it reported quarterly profit and sales that rose from year-earlier results and easily trounced Wall Street's forecasts.

"Google had a strong quarter -- we saw 7% year-over-year revenue growth despite the tough economic conditions," said Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, on a conference call with investors. "While there is a lot of uncertainty about the pace of economic recovery, we believe the worst of the recession is behind us and now feel confident about investing heavily in our future."

Google's strong third quarter could be a good sign for the economy, as the company's ad clicks serve as a kind of barometer of consumers' willingness to spend. The more people click on ads, the more willing they are to buy things.

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Job Search: 3 Rules of Building Linkedin Relationships to Find a Job

I read this article/post on Linkedin.com by Brian French. If you like it, then come connect with me @ http://www.linkedin.com/home and invite me myoung@sctproducts.com.

Everyone knows one of the best ways to obtain a job is by referral. As the cliche goes “It is not what you know, but who you know.”

If you are a member then get involved in different groups, invite past co-workers to connect, the list goes on and on. There are infinite possibilities.

So below is the article, lots of great useable info:

Congratulations! Just by reading this you’ll be ahead of 99.9 percent of Linkedin professionals who have a hundred contacts, aren’t using most of them and are misusing the rest.

You may read the rest of the article at our OnlyBabyBoomer.com blog.

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Letter from the Boss

I just read this, I was a McCain supporter obviously.

LETTER FROM THE Desk of The Boss......

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.

But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.

So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six 'Obama' bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change, I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.

Fractional Ownership of Private Jets Rises

Demand for fractional ownership of private jets continues to rise in spite of sharp increases in fuel prices according to William Kelly, CEO of CEO of NetJets Transportes Aereos.

Tom Peters Still Thrives on Chaos

Just got my Inc. and Wired magazines, will look forward to reading over the Thanksgiving Holidays....

I was perusing Inc. and there was a quick snippet at the bottom about Tom Peters. He is best know for dishing out advice during business and economic downturn and disarray. Mmmm, sound familiar??

He published In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies during the severe 1982 recession and he published Thriving on Chaos on 1987's Black Monday.

His blog is TomPeters.com.

Want to know how to thrive now in these economic times, then read more history.

Here is a little excerpt about thriving in these economic times:

Instant, mindless cutting of R&D or training or salesforce travel in face of a downturn is often counterproductive---or, rather, downright stupid. Tough times are fact golden opportunities to get the drop, and the longterm drop at that, on those who respond to bad news by panichk across-the-board slash and burn tactics and moves that de-motivate and alienate the workforce at exactly the wrong moment.

Recession? What Recession?

We refuse to participate in this recession....This is a quote from Seth Godin's Blog.

"Inc. magazine reports that a huge percentage of companies in this year's Inc. 500 were founded within months of 9/11. Talk about uncertain times.

But uncertain times, frozen liquidity, political change and poor astrological forecasts (not to mention chicken entrails) all lead to less competition, more available talent and a do-or-die attitude that causes real change to happen."

Could not agree more....