Microsoft's got a Googleoo, hey hey hey

GOOG was down $11.88 to close at $387.12 on NASDAQ at the end of the day.

Vole Central turned in its Q4 results. It had revenues of $11.8 billion - not to be sniffed at - but net profit was $2.83 billion, down from the $3.7 billion it turned in QonQ, YoY. It is going to use its endless supply of doubloons to buy back load of shares.

INQsters have already written about Funky Chip firm AMD, here.

A quick look at Cher's faves. BRCM closed at $26.35, INTC teetered $1.39 down to close at $17.10, RMBS closed at $16.88 amidst tales that the stock might be delisted.

On the Dramurai front, Infineon (IFX) said it turned in a net loss of €23 million on revs of €1.97 billion for its third financial quarter. Some of the losses are due to the "carve out" of its memory manufacturing spin off, Qimonda. µ

* INQ news editor Paul Hales has expressed an unhealthy interest in my attire and asks whether I wear the same underwear as my crooning namesake. It must be the heat, we note it's already 29°C at VNU Luton. We wonder if he's as interested in what's under Jock McFrock's McKilt.