Google 4Q profit misses analyst target (AP)

A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, central England July 20, 2007. Google on Thursday reported a weaker-than-expected 17 percent rise in quarterly profit, disappointing investors hungry for more and sending its shares down 9.5 percent. (Darren Staples/Reuters)AP - Google Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search leader’s moneymaking machine.

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