The search giant earned $3.68 a share, not including stock compensation and other onetime expenses. That’s way over the $3.30 analysts expected, on a better-than-expected $3.66 billion in sales for the first quarter. More details to come, but here’s the release for now.
Update: Here’s my story.
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