Google, Inc (GOOG) Q2 2008 Earnings Call July 17, 2008 4:30 PM ET
Executives
Krista Bessinger - Director of Investor Relations
Eric Schmidt - CEO
George Reyes - CFO
Sergey Brin - Founder and President of Technology
Jonathan Rosenberg - SVP of Product Management
Omid Kordestani - SVP of Global Sales and Operations
Hal Varian - Chief Economist
Analysts
Imran Khan - JP Morgan
Brian Pitz - Banc of America Securities
James Mitchell - Goldman Sachs
Justin Post - Merrill Lynch
Christa Quarles - Thomas Weisel Partners
Douglas Anmuth - Lehman Brothers
Ben Schachter - UBS
Mark Mahaney - Citi
Jeetil Patel - Deutsche Bank
David Joseph - Morgan Stanley
Jeffrey Lindsay - Sanford Bernstein
Operator
Welcome, everyone to the Google Inc. conference call. This call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Ms. Krista Bessinger, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, ma’am.
Krista Bessinger
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to today’s Q2 2008 earnings conference call. We have a slightly different line-up today. With us are Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer; George Reyes, Chief Financial Officer; Sergey Brin, Founder and President of Technology; Jonathan Rosenberg, SVP of Product Management; Omid Kordestani, SVP of Global Sales and Operations; and Hal Varian, Chief Economist. Eric, George, Hal and Sergey will provide us with their thoughts on the quarter and then Jonathan and Omid will join us for Q&A.
Please note that this call is being webcast from our investor relations website and our press release, issued a few minutes ago, is also posted on the website along with slides that accompany today’s prepared remarks. A replay of this call will also be available on our investor relations website in a few hours.
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