بسبب التقرير اليوم
هذا واحد من اخبار التقرير
=======
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Dow Jones)-Google Inc.'s (GOOG) fourth-quarter net income increased 82% as the company continued to improve its search and advertising business through better traffic and monetization.
In a press release Tuesday, the Internet search giant said fourth-quarter earnings rose to $372.2 million, or $1.22 a share.
Non-GAAP earnings were $469 million, or $1.54 a share, and exclude stock-based compensation, in-process research and development charges, and a contribution to the Google Foundation.
The company also booked a tax benefit in the fourth quarter, which it did not exclude in its non-GAAP earnings figure.
The 31 analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expected Google to post earnings of $1.76 a share, on average.
In the year-earlier quarter, Google posted GAAP earnings of $204.1 million, or 71 cents a share, which included $59.5 million in stock-based compensation.
Google shares were recently halted and last listed a price of $432.66.