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SAN FRANCISCO // Google Inc. plans to sell an additional 5.3 million shares of its prized stock, hoping to raise more than $2 billion to finance its ambitious plan to expand beyond its Internet-leading search engine.

The move comes just two days before Google’s closely watched stock will be added to the Standard & Poor’s 500 index - a breakthrough that snapped the company’s shares out of a recent funk.

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In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late yesterday, Google said it expects to sell the 5.3 million shares primarily to index funds that must own a stake in the company because of its incorporation in the S&P 500. Google’s market value has climbed by more than 15 percent since Standard & Poor’s said it would include the company’s stock in the blue-chip bellwether. Source: Baltimore Sun

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