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Google Surges In Q4, Cloud Business Sees Healthy Gains

Google turned in a solid performance in its historically healthy fourth quarter, with revenue jumping 36 percent and profit nearly 7 percent. Like most tech companies, Google doesn't break out cloud as a distinct revenue category, but analyst firm TBR crunched the numbers and estimated that Google's cloud businesses brought in $97 million in revenue in the quarter and $314 million for the year. TBR also expects Google's cloud business to triple in 2013 to just under $1 billion.