Amazon belt-tightening produces strong cloud, ecommerce results

Total third-quarter revenue increased 11% to $158.9 billion, the company said Thursday in a statement, exceeding estimates. Operating profit was $17.4 billion, demolishing the average estimate of $14.7 billion. “Amazon beat expectations in Q3 on the strength of the three pillars of its business ecommerce, advertising and cloud services,” said Sky Canaves, an analyst at Emarketer.
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