bakedjake - 8:16 pm on Oct 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

Google reported a profit that easily outpaced analysts' forecasts, and the company's shares jumped in extended trading. Excluding one-time items, Google earned $4.92 a share in the third quarter, on a topline of $4.04 billion. As is traditional with Google earnings results, that sales figure excludes TAC, or traffic-acquisition costs.

[cnbc.com...]