Is there no end to investors' renewed love affair with the Internet? Shares in eBay leapt 14% after the online marketer last week cheered a 53% leap in second-quarter profit. After its own fourfold rise in quarterly earnings, Google's shares lingered around $300 a long way from last August's $85 debut price and at least one analyst predicts they will hit $400. And revenue and profit unveiled at Yahoo! had a healthy glow, too. Innovation has been key at all three, says Standard & Poor's Internet equity analyst Scott Kessler: "They have amazing virtual research...
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