Opportunity and Fear as Google Widens Reach

[mandy]

Google may turn out to have a more far-reaching impact than earlier Web winners like Amazon and eBay. "Google is the realization of everything that we thought the Internet was going to be about but really wasn't until Google," said David Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School.

Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer, strikes fear into the hearts of its competitors and suppliers. Makers of goods from diapers to DVDs must cater to its whims. But there is one company that even Wal-Mart now eyes warily: Google, a seven-year-old business in a seemingly distant industry...

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[xppman]

Go Google

[Jen]

Absolutely.