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Google Sees Profits Surge

The online search giant has reported a large rise in profits, with net income for the third quarter up 26% to US$2.73bn. Turnover was up by 33% to US$9.7bn, with Google head Larry Page pointing to the success of Google+, which now has around 40m users after launching earlier this year.

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