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Yahoo beat analyst expectations for its first-quarter revenues by $30 million, $1.35 billion to $1.32 billion. Its net income, at $542 million, was considerably higher than Wall Street had hoped for, too. But $401 million of that profit came from a noncash gain, Yahoo's take from Alibaba.com's initial public offering, from which Yahoo profited because it owns 39 percent of Alibaba Group, Alibaba.com's parent company. Investors have taken this caveat into account, bidding Yahoo's stock slightly down in after-hours trading. Commenter WagCurious wants to tar and feather Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen for including these gains in Yahoo's quarterly revenues. But one-time gains like this are a well-understood phenomenon, and there's nothing unusual about Yahoo's treatment of it. If nothing else, Wall Street understands making money from buying and selling pieces of companies.
How Alibaba.com boosted Yahoo's quarter -- and why Wall Street's yawning
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7:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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At least I am heartened to see that their stock continues to slide in open market trading. Seriously, how is next quarter going to look? Do they have a 39% share in Dolly Madison to help out with those results? That $401 million number is basically Jerry saying,"Look, I made one good decision a couple years ago. So can I keep my job now?"
All revenues were above estimates. Costs were slightly higher in the quarter due to the layoff severances and hiring advisers for the Microsoft bid. This is all in the public record.
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