Google Inc (GOOG): Is The Stock’s Rally Over for Now?

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New data from IDC research found that first-quarter PC sales fell short of even the most pessimistic predictions. Global unit sales fell 14% in Q1, the biggest single-quarter drop in nearly two decades. Of the major PC players, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) stock took the biggest hit following the news and ended the week off nearly 5%.

On Thursday, Salesforce will complete a 4-for-1 stock split that has some in the industry salivating (even if the act is, in itself, meaningless). The company also announced new tools for creating mobile apps that tap into its cloud-computing platform, to which more than 1 million developers have already contributed code.

Finally, tomorrow is Tax Day here in the United States. Here are five last-minute tax tips you shouldn’t forget.

What’s caught your eye in the tech world? Do you believe Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock will rally following Thursday’s earnings report? Let us know what you think in the comments box below.

The article Is the Google Stock Rally Over for Now? originally appeared on Fool.com.

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