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Google Posts Fourth-Quarter Results

The search giant has reported profits of US$2.71bn for the fourth-quarter of 2011, up from US$2.54bn, on net revenues of US$8.13bn. Although falling short of some analysts’ expectations, Google boosted gross revenue by 25% to US10.58bn.

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