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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -(Dow Jones)- Yahoo! Inc.'s (YHOO) fourth-quarter earnings nearly quintupled, boosted by a 62% jump in revenue.

The company also provided first-quarter and 2005 revenue projections that bracket analysts' mean forecasts.

In a press release Tuesday, Yahoo said net income rose to $372.5 million, or 25 cents a share, from $75 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier.

Excluding a gain of $185 million, or 13 cents a share, related to the sale of an investment, earnings were $187 million, or 13 cents a share.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call on average projected fourth-quarter earnings of 11 cents a share.

Revenue soared to $1.08 billion from $663.9 million.

Excluding traffic acquisition costs, revenue rose 54% to $785 million from $ 511.3 million, well ahead of the company's October projection of $710 million to $760 million.

Wall Street had projected revenue of $756.1 million.

In after-hours trading, shares of Yahoo changed hands at $37.48 after closing Tuesday at $37.18.

Yahoo's fourth-quarter marketing revenue rose 67% to $910.6 million, while listings revenue increased to $38.1 million from $33.2 million. Both figures were driven by growth related to recent acquisitions.

Meanwhile, fees revenue climbed to $129.1 million from $85.2 million a year ago, driven by growth in the number of paying relationships for Yahoo premium services - 8.4 million on Dec. 31 compared with 4.9 million a year earlier.

In the U.S., revenue grew 42% to $775 million from $545.5 million, while international revenue more than doubled to $302.7 million from $118.4 million a year earlier.

Fourth-quarter operating income, before depreciation and amortization, was $ 327.2 million, ahead of the company's October projection of $285 million to $315 million.

Looking ahead to the first quarter, Yahoo expects revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, of $765 million to $805 million, compared with Wall Street's projection of $772.8 million.

For 2005, Yahoo expects revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, of between $3.37 billion and $3.57 billion. Wall Street expects 2005 revenue of $ 3.39 billion.