LinkedIn shares soar after big Q1 beat

LinkedIn shares soared Thursday after the company reported quarterly earnings and revenue that easily topped Wall Street’s expectations.

The company said it saw adjusted first-quarter earnings of 74 cents on $861 million in revenue. Analysts, meanwhile, had expected LinkedIn to report earnings of about 60 cents per share on $828 million in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.

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