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Not be. >> in one case, the creator of the android software was reportedly paid $90 million to leave despite google finding the misconduct claims credible. among the demands, protesting employees wanted and end to forced arbitration in cases of harassment and discrimination. they also wanted to pay equity and they want google to publicly post a sexual-harassment transparency report. >> we have the eyes of many companies looking at us. if we dont lead the way, no one else will. >> googles ceo apo...

Away with buckets full of cash. >> in one case the creator of its android software was reportedly paid $90 million, google finding the misconduct claims, rubin says the report was not true. >> accountability and equity. >> reporter: among their demands, protesting employees want to end to forced arbitration and cases of harassment and discrimination and to see a end to pay in equity and google to post sexual harassment transparency report. >> many companies looking at us. we dont lead the way no...

Zone hundreds of google employees got up from their desk at more at 20 offices and headed outside as the clock struck 11:10. demonstrators hoping to persuade the tech company to change how it handles claims of sexual misconduct. the lockout comes after a "new york times" investigation showed that google, for years, paid multi-million-dollar severance packages to executives who were accused of sexual misconduct. >> i do not think google has been an outlier and i do not think thats been a good thi...

Smartphone wars with its android software, but its primary business is still search, and search engines survive on ads. with more people searching on phones and tablets, google has to sell more mobile ads, which costs less than their web equivalent, meaning googles ad revenue dropped 9%. the stock fell 3% after hours. its down more than 5% in the past month. one of the tech stocks getting hit in the past month during the tech sell-off, so, watch for tech to be maybe a drag on the market today. ...

It was an actual address. is there a message people need to dial back as well? >> seeing citizen investigation happening, right? everyone can get out a lot of information online and disseminate it without thinking, without eight filter, without an editor on twitter. people trying to figure this crime out but thats just muddying the waters even more. >> its good to have you back. thanks for your reporting down there. we really appreciate it. lets talk money, shall we? a clash of the tech tighte...

Are going to be responsible for hardware. google tried to do a similar thing you might remember, with android powered smartphones back in 2010 when it offered the nexus but that effort was scrapped after only several months. >> you either have the new high-end ipad or go to the prom apparently because there are new numbers out that, you know, obviously, i dont have teenage kids but i was shocked by this the average family in america spends with a high school student $807. >> boy or girl, right. ...

Store. the kindle fire will run google android software, it has a 7 inch screen, no camera or microphone. seems like a lot would be willing to pay less for something like that. >> plus all the movies, e-books, tv shows, amazon sells, hoping they get a bit of the market based on the warehouse of content they sell. so -- waeather news this morning. tropical storm ophelia expected to strength into a hurricane by tomorrow afternoon. here we go again. >> the storm is churning east of puerto rico af...