It may be one of the world’s great hi-tech companies but Google saw its shares plunge after a “fat finger” computer mistake saw hugely disappointing results for the company released prematurely
The company, which earlier this month surpassed Microsoft in terms of value, saw
its third-quarter profits slide because of spiralling costs and a decline in
advertising prices.
“The big fear has always been, what if people decide just to go straight to
Amazon and do their searches? And potentially that’s what could be happening.”
