Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter net income rose to $542 million, or 37 cents a share, from $142 million, or 10 cents a share in the same period a year earlier. The recent period's earnings include a gain of $401 million related to the IPO of Alibaba.com, in which Yahoo has an ownership stake. Meanwhile revenue in the period ended in March rose to $1.82 billion from $1.67 billion. Yahoo's net revenue, or revenue excluding payments made to other Web sites to acquire traffic, rose to $1.35 billion.
Yahoo beats analyst expectations
Posted on Tuesday, April 22 2008 @ 23:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck