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People have probably started naming their babies "Google."

Google is clearly the go-go-go company of the moment. And everything it touches or talks about touching gets some added oomph.

So for the last day, the buzz has been that Google and Verizon Wireless are working on a secret mobile project together. Ok, iPhone, how about a gPhone?

It's far from clear that this partnership will come to pass and Verizon Wireless is working with others, as Google likely is. But with Google stock surging past $700 a share today, the association was positive for Verizon. Even if the stock only was up 71 cents, it ended up near its high for the year. More than that, it was being talked about in a lot of sentences along with Google. And that, as Martha would say, is a good thing.

Here are some of the stories speculating about the latest in mobile phone and this possible Google-Verizon Wireless team:

http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-google-stock,0,2581546.story

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/31/smbusiness/iPhone.fsb/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/31/smbusiness/iPhone.fsb/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

http://seekingalpha.com/article/52242-how-apple-s-iphone-changed-verizon-wireless?source=yahoo

--Noel Rubinton