主题：【消息】Google创造的新的经济奇迹 -- Highway

大家都知道Google牛，但是可能不知道Google到底有多牛。这么说吧，小小一个Google比美国传统制造业老大，老二通用（GM）和福特(Ford)加在一起还值钱。你敢相信这是事实吗?

半年前在Google上市之前，外面的议论早已经沸反扬天了。一些人虽然看好Google，但刚刚经历过2000年的那场IT风暴，人们痛苦还历历在目。当Google将Initail offer初步定在110美元的时候，金融界就像炸了锅一样。各种批评，怀疑，甚至是嘲笑纷至沓来。业界的老手们都预测，google将是下一个巨大的泡沫，随时都会破裂。这种说法甚嚣尘上，以至于Google自己都有些动摇了，结果在最后时刻，将Initail offer下调到了$85。

Well，半年过去了，Google怎么样了呢？哈哈，让所有的“专家”大跌眼镜。Google今年的利润比去年同期增长7倍，并且势头正猛，没有滞缓迹象。股价呢，从去年上市起就一路稳步攀升，到今天为止，已经从$85冲到了$216。

Man, Google rocks and we suck(if you didn't buy any google stock)。

现在，Google的市值是580亿美元，而通用和福特的市值分别是210亿和240亿美元。也就是说 Google > GM + Ford

那么Google会涨到多少呢？据保守估计，$275。问题是，你现在敢吃进Google吗？

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --  Google Inc. said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit jumped sevenfold, as sales topped $1 billion for the first time.

The report came out after the close of trading. Shares of Google, which went public in August at $85 a share, fell $3.72, to $191.90, in regular trading on the Nasdaq stock market but surged more than $18 in after-hours trading, to an all-time high of $210.20.

The company said net income rose to a record $204.1 million, or 71 cents a share, from $27.3 million, or 10 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales doubled, to $1.03 billion.

"Revenue exceeded the Street's and my own expectations," said Barry Randall, a money manager for U.S. Bancorp Asset Management's First American Technology Fund.