Google Climbs as Sales Gain Shows Page’s Expansion Progress
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Google Inc., the largest Internet-search company, rose the most in almost three years after reporting sales that beat projections, a sign it’s making progress expanding beyond search advertising.
Sales, excluding revenue passed on to partner sites, rose to $6.92 billion, Mountain View, California-based Google said yesterday on its website. That topped $6.57 billion, the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.