Google and the Beltway Crowd
November 8, 2009
Short honk: I saw an interesting factoid in the Economic Times today (November 6, 2009). The item appeared in the news story “Google’s Q3 Lobbying Costs Eclipse $1 Million.” The passage that caught my attention was:
Google’s lobbying budget has been steadily rising during the past year even as it tightened its belt in other areas to bolster its earnings during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years.
Through the first nine months of this year, Google’s lobbying costs came to $2.9 million, a 41 percent increase from the same time last year. That contrasted with a 2 percent decline in Google’s companywide expenses during the same period.
I wonder if the Google day care budget issues have been resolved?
Stephen Arnold, November 8, 2009
No dough for the goose for this news item. It’s becoming a habit I think.
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