Google tops profit target, stock jumps

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Thu, 04/17/2008 - 23:01

Google's hard-hit shares surged 18 percent above $500 -- a level last seen in February -- as the company showed signs of better cost control and earned more revenue abroad than at home for the first time, partly because of the weak dollar.

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