Google aggregator hit by £12m loss
Price comparison site Google Compare has notched a pre-tax loss of £12m in its second set of full year accounts since being acquired by the search giant in 2011.
Google acquired BeatThatQuote.com, which compares travel and car insurance among other financial products, for £37.7m but has yet to see the business record a profit after the business notched a
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