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Business See other Business Articles Title: Google Profits Soar, Exceed Market Estimates
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Published: Oct 19, 2006
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Post Date: 2006-10-19 20:22:10 by A K A Stone
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Mountain View, Calif. - Internet search giant Google on Thursday posted a 70% jump in quarterly profit to $733.4 million, and revenue almost doubled, to $2.69 billion. The results were at the top end of expectations on Wall Street and Google shares were up 7 percent in after-market trading. "Google right now seems to be running on all cylinders. They're executing phenomenally well," Jay Wong, a portfolio manager at Payden & Rygel Investment Management, told Reuters. The strong results are a testament to the fact that Internet users increasingly clicked on Internet advertisements provided through the Google AdWorks network. Chief executive Eric Schmidt has been able to squeeze more money out of each search query, helping to drive profit and establish dominance over Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN. Schmidt is now seeking to translate that success into online video, purchasing YouTube this week for $1.65 billion. Google's third quarter results were in sharp contrast to rival Yahoo, which earlier this week reported a 38 percent decline in profits.
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