Google released its Q2 2014 earnings. The key facts :-

– Revenues hit $16 billion up 22 percent from the year previous
– Operating income was $4.26 billion, 27 percent of revenues, up from $3.47 billion the year earlier
– Net income was $3.42 billion up just slightly from Q2 2013
– Earnings Per Share (EPS) came in at $4.99, up from $4.77
– Google sites generated $10.94 billion of the company’s total revenues, a 23 percent increase over Q2 2013 – Partner sites accounted for $3.42 billion of revenues
– Paid clicks for ads increased 25 percent over the last year, and cost-per-click was down approximately 6 percent in the same period.
– Google also announced along with earnings that the number of employees at the company has increased to 52,069 (48,584 in Google and 3,485 in Motorola Mobile)

Glad somebody is making some decent money!