Alphabet (GOOG) third quarter beats estimates: $27.8 billion, revenues up 24%
Google paid clicks were up 55 percent, but CPCs were off 18 percent. Google parent Alphabet announced third-quarter results. Both revenues and earnings per share beat Wall Street estimates. The company reported roughly $27.8 billion in total revenues (up 24 percent), with Google contributing all but $302 million of that amount. Earnings per share were $9.57, [...]