John Paczkowski

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Google Shares Above $700. Again.

The Library of Virginia

The week of September 3 was a good one for Google. The company’s shares closed it out at a price they’ve not seen in years — four years, to be exact.

After spiking to a 52-week high of $712.25 Friday, Google’s stock ended the day at $706.15, a price it hasn’t hit since 2007. That’s still a ways off from the record high of $747.24 it hit in November 2007, but it’s clearly headed into the same territory.

Google’s shares have gained about 19 percent since the company last reported earnings, when it turned in solid financials thanks to its thriving core advertising business.

More recently, they’ve been buoyed by Google’s well-received 7-inch Nexus tablet. Also fueling this resurgence of faith: What appears to be a tempering of concern over the integration of Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired earlier this year for $12.5 billion. The search behemoth recently hired Barclays to help it shop Motorola’s Home division, which makes and sells set-top boxes and cable modems. And it’s believed to be looking for a price of $2 billion.

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There’s a lot of attention and PR around Marissa, but their product lineup just kind of blows.

— Om Malik on Bloomberg TV, talking about Yahoo, the September issue of Vogue Magazine, and our overdependence on Google