AbbVie Inc (NYSE ABBV), the speciality pharma firm spun off from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE ABT) almost a year ago, and Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) new Calico division will spend up to $1.5 billion to research cures to age-related diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Google’s Calico and AbbVie forms a $1,5 billion aging-related disease partnership. The September 3rd statement announcing the new partnership noted … Continue reading Stock in Focus: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Ties Up With Abbvie To Prevent Aging

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) announced its decision to change the name of its enterprise unit to Google for Work effective immediately. The search engine giant is also rebranding its services. For example, Google’s e-mail and cloud storage will be called Gmail for Work and Drive for Work, respectively. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt emphasized that the company never set out to create a traditional enterprise business … Continue reading Stock in Focus: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Launches “Google For Work” Unit

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is the latest company to get in on the drone wars as its engineers have begun testing them for deliveries. According to reports from The Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal, the search giant has successfully delivered a number of small items to locations in the Australian outback. Engineers at Google have successfully delivered small packages using their drones in Australia. … Continue reading Google stock GOOG News: Google Gets Into Delivery Drones