and cloud computing giant it continues a trend in big tech set out this week by the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet whose latest results show that they re all doing surprising well. this has lifted markets across the board. lisa lisa we saw similar on wall street. here s the bbc s samira hussain. over the last year, amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it s laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. is currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off, as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business which didn t go as much as expected last quarter did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business. even retail, a core part of amazons business exceeded expectations. the boom in online shoppi
and cloud computing giant it continues a trend in big tech set out this week by the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet whose latest results show that they re all doing surprising well. this has lifted markets across the board. lisa lisa we saw similar on wall street. here s the bbc s samira hussain. over the last year, amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it s laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. is currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off, as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business which didn t go as much as expected last quarter did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business. even retail, a core
rose more than expected, boosted by a jump in new home building permits. in stocks, sales force slumped after the cloud computing giant posted a quarterly loss accompanied by a tepid outlook. and wireless service provider cle clearwire tumbled after the company s ceo said it might miss a big debt payment on december 1st. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. well, can any candidate for president actually connect to the american people this year? the latest pew poll shows mitt romney stuck in neutral, if you will, at 23%, with flavors of the month like herman cain at 22 and newt gingrich creeping up now to 16%. no one seems to be catching fire, including president obama, i must say. joining me now is nbc s tom brokaw, who is the author of the