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 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have always told Wall Street that positioning the Internet search leader to realize long-term ambitions is more important than hitting the short-term financial targets of investors.
Just in case anyone forgot, the company punctuated the point with its second-quarter results.
Propelled by the online advertising boom, Google Inc. reported late Thursday that revenue surged to $3.87 billion, up 58 percent from the same time last year — a gain that was slightly above analyst estimates.
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