Inside This Social Networking Stock's Amazing Earnings

Unlike several of its peers (cough, Facebook and Zynga), business-networking powerhouse LinkedIn knocked its most recent earnings announcement out of the park. The market paid attention, sending its share sharply upward after the report. This most recent earnings season has really helped to more clearly define the real winners and losers of the most recent generation of Web-based IPOs.

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