Re: amazon

Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday afternoon that third-quarter earnings surged 68% thanks to a strong increase in sales. For the third quarter, Amazon /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn (AMZN 101.75, +8.29, +8.87%) said net income was $199 million, or 45 cents a share, compared to net income of $118 million, or 27 cents a share, for the same period the previous year. Revenue rose 28% to $5.45 billion. Analysts had been looking for earnings of 33 cents a share on revenue of $5.02 billion for the quarter, according to consensus forecasts from FactSet Research. For the crucial fourth quarter, Amazon predicted revenue in the range of $8.125 billion to $9.125 billion. Wall Street had been expecting revenue of $8.13 billion