iStockphoto | maybefalse A first look at Google’s Q2: Earnings of $10.12 per share on revenue of $8.36 billion. The street was looking for $10.05 and $8.4 billion. Remember that this is the first quarter where Google’s results will incorporate the performance of the Motorola unit it bought for $12.5 billion, so deciphering the numbers may take more work for investors. For now, they seem okay with what they see. Quite often, companies that merely hit Wall Street estimates are punished, because the published estimates aren’t the “real” estimates. But for now, GOOG is trading up a couple percent after hours. Here, as always, is a “cheat sheet” from Citi analyst Mark Mahaney. Again, note that there are now multiple ways to view…
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