Google’s Q1 profit surges to $18B 

Google owner Alphabet trumped market expectations by a huge margin, posting a record profit in the first quarter driven by a huge surge in online ad sales on its search results and YouTube videos, Report informs, with reference to foreign media.

Alphabet's total quarterly sales rose 34% to $55.3 billion (€44.2 billion), and net profit more than doubled to $17.9 billion.