It happens to the best of them...
Investors hate idea of mature GoogleGOOGLE has lost more of its shine after a senior executive at the internet search company admitted its growth was slowing.
Shares in Google fell 13 per cent in early trading on Wall Street on Tuesday and dragged stockmarkets lower on both sides of the Atlantic after its chief financial officer, George Reyes, told an investor conference in New York that "growth will slow", although he added: "Will it be precipitous? I doubt it.
"We are getting to the point where the law of large numbers starts to take root," he told delegates at a conference organised by investment bank Merrill Lynch.
His comments compounded market fears that Google's previously stellar growth prospects are compromise.
You mean they can't keep up 5,280% growth indefinitely. Who knew?
